Yesterday is always better than today and the fear of tomorrow. I don't think there's anything absolutely wrong with that, it's just the way we are. So when people are presented with something new, there is a very visceral reaction.
When we're dealing with historic buildings, we don't replicate, but we try to be subordinate and be deferential to them. - Peter Clewes
When we're dealing with historic buildings, we don't replicate, but we try to be subordinate and be deferential to them.
- Peter Clewes
It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary s… - Peter Clewes
It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary s…
Yesterday is always better than today and the fear of tomorrow. I don't think there's anything absolutely wrong with that, it's just the way we are. … - Peter Clewes
Yesterday is always better than today and the fear of tomorrow. I don't think there's anything absolutely wrong with that, it's just the way we are. …
Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them. - Peter Clewes
Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.
We have to respond to budget concerns, we have to respond to functional and programmatic concerns of the building, and we have to respond to public e… - Peter Clewes
We have to respond to budget concerns, we have to respond to functional and programmatic concerns of the building, and we have to respond to public e…
I'm a passionate person, and I care deeply about the work I do. It's very, very important to me that it's well received. - Peter Clewes
I'm a passionate person, and I care deeply about the work I do. It's very, very important to me that it's well received.
The problem with architecture is it goes with the territory, because it's an applied art and because you're messing about with people and their envir… - Peter Clewes
The problem with architecture is it goes with the territory, because it's an applied art and because you're messing about with people and their envir…
Public commentary absolutely influences my work. - Peter Clewes
Public commentary absolutely influences my work.
If we are to believe or accept that buildings are cultural markers, if architects work in a vacuum with their own preconceptions about society, then … - Peter Clewes
If we are to believe or accept that buildings are cultural markers, if architects work in a vacuum with their own preconceptions about society, then …
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