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As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
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The quote describes architecture as a responsibility across time. An architect must meet present needs while learning from what came before, yet accept that the future cannot be fully predicted. Good design therefore connects past and present without pretending to know exactly what lies ahead.
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