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How difficult is it to hold onto the integrity of
your design ideas?
You’re right. It’s so hard out there at the moment. It’s a
time about winning the work and not enough for design.
There’s little time for sustainability and being beaten up by
accountants and finance people. They all have benchmarks.
If you start talking design they shut you down. What
our clients wanted was a highly efficient building that
responded to the functional needs. We sought to exceed
their expectations.
So is that what you’d consider a design highlight?
Yes, it has been a wonderful journey. It has been a really
tough journey but very rewarding. From the end-user point
of view we have been getting very positive feedback. That’s
what we get out of it. The cue for us is as long as those
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