Some of the best work that's happening right now is from architects who have remained in their home countries and who have focused on a local or national identity and the idea of critical regionalism. — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share Image
After two decades of reconstruction work, I want to work on projects that lay at the intersection of cultural diplomacy and national identity - ones that empower local communities to define progress, not have it sanctioned by others. — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share Image
A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
We often discuss housing refugees, but not how you help return refugees back to their home countries. As a result, in a post-disaster or… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
Families want their child to get an education; families want safe access to healthcare; families want a roof over their head. When we silo… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
For me, I think the most exciting thing in architecture is the re-emergence of the locally-focused architect. — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
If you focus on design, you can call yourself a designer. If you focus on the implementation of your design, you can call yourself… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
Treat the world like a failed state; then you can understand the players needed to fix it. — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
When you as a designer design something that burdens a community with maintenance and old world technology, basically failed developed world technology, then you… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
Success will only happen with Afghans leading the charge, and it is far, far more important for Kabul to create and support a purpose-driven… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
The fact that the president (Michelle Bachelet) was out giving minute-to-minute reports a few hours after the quake in the middle of the night… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved. — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry. — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share
