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Peter Clewes is a Canadian architect and the principal of the Toronto-based firm architectsAlliance. He has been one of the leading architects in the condo boom that has reshaped Toronto in the first decade of the 21st century. His projects include SP!RE, Casa Condominio Residenza, Murano, Burano, X Condominium, 20 Niagara, Ideal Lofts, and MoZo. He most often works for Howard Cohen of Context Developments.

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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 environment.

Architecture, Art, Environment, People, Problem, Territory

When we're dealing with historic buildings, we don't replicate, but we try to be subordinate and be deferential to them.

Building, Deferential, Historic, Replicate, Subordinate, Trying

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 engagement. That's what you sign up for when you decide to become an architect.

Architect, Budget, Building, Engagement, Sign

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.

Fear, People, Presented, Thinking, Wrong, Yesterday

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 society.

Came, Contemporary, Contemporary Society, Important, Time

Public commentary absolutely influences my work.

Commentary, Influence, Influences, Public, 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 we won't be creating appropriate cultural markers.

Appropriate, Believe, Buildings, Creating, Vacuums

Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.

Artist, Criticism, Hurtful, Negative, Tell

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.

Care, Deeply, Important, Passionate, Received, Work

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