-: I think that one needs to take and feel good
about making a change to the environment.
Designing buildings that make a difference to people
that are great places to work.
Places that people enjoy being in,
that the buildings have a spirit,
that they're more than just a box,
and the idea of thinking three dimensionally
is very important.
The ability to think about materials,
structural systems, mechanical systems,
and practice of architecture is being a generalist.
So you work certainly with the client
that wants this building done
to their vision and kinda their expectations.
But then you work with landscape architects,
you work with interior designers, you work with contractors,
sub-contractors, city officials, building officials,
there's probably at least a community of at least 20 to 30
at a minimum of people you interface with
in terms of putting together a design for a building.
And part of it, reason that students might be interested
in architecture, is that using all these resources
it stills up the architect that put 'em together,
and come up with something creative.
So it takes an individual who's very resourceful.
He will say okay, here's a whole bunch of things
that are all up in the air.
How will I bring 'em together and make sense out of 'em?
We work with people.
And you know, we have some very nice buildings I think,
And that's our goal, of course.
But in the end I would say 50% or more has to do
with how that person fits into our office.
We tend to work quite hard,
and we play quite hard.
We are very enthusiastic about our work,
and I think energetic.
And so, people hire us because we do nice work certainly,
but more importantly, they hire us because we have a culture
and a personality.
And so when someone comes in our office
that's probably what we look for as much as anything.