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" I think architecture has to be a gift. "

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" I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? "

David Chipperfield

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" To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. "

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Cameron Sinclair

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" I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

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