"Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical……" — Cameron Sinclair
"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 this architectural gem is unethical at best?"
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15 Quotes by Cameron Sinclair
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Through training, practice, and a deep sense of optimism, architects see opportunities where others only see a void. This has…
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When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only…
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When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one…
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If you focus on design, you can call yourself a designer. If you focus on the implementation of your design,…
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs,…
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An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.
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Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but…
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The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry.
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The fact that the president (Michelle Bachelet) was out giving minute-to-minute reports a few hours after the quake in the…
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Many feel that sitting at a screen sweating over the design of handrail details for the next cute downtown boutique…
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a…
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A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.
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The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.
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