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Before computers, you'd start designing using shapes of cubes. Now I can start with something like a handkerchief, an object that doesn't have strong inside and outside boundaries or much closed volume.

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Plastics, as a material, are very nasty, but as an alternative to, let's say, a brick, which seems really natural, they start to look pretty good. They're very low energy to produce, very lightweight to transport and construct. That's why they're so popular.

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When my kids were toddlers, they had all these rotomolded plastic things. My life became surrounded by big, hollow plastic toys - from the scale of playhouses down to rocking horses, and everything in between - which we would then take to the secondhand store. But we'd get sentimentally attached and hate to see them go.

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As sustainability becomes more and more of a concern, we're going to see more plastics.

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Without a computer, every point on a structure has to be calculated with reference to everything else. But by using a PC, I can create complex curves that don't have radii or centers.

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By supporting all the links in the building chain and giving them an easy, intuitive tool for sharing model-based project information, GTeam enhances workflows and improves communication from design through to fabrication and assembly.

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It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.

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I really like the pop culture materials of everyday life, but used in some way that elevates them to something you notice and care about.

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A very big percentage of small-scale construction is plastic. But it's some horrible beige plastic made to look like wood.

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With everything that I design, from a church to a plate to skyscraper to a spoon. I am always thinking about voluptuous volumes and spaces.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Architect

Born: Unknown

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