Cameron Sinclair

It angers me when

It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival. Cameron Sinclair

When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn’t you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it’s shared. If you’re a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say ‘I’m not going to share this idea with anyone’ then … Read more

Treat the world like

Treat the world like a failed state, then you can understand the players needed to fix it. Cameron Sinclair

I build community. However,

I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats. Cameron Sinclair

A career is a

A career is a job you love, right? That’s what a career should be. If you’re in a job that you hate, you should quit. That’s the way I look at it. I’m in a job that I love so I’m going to make it my career. Cameron Sinclair

Success will only happen

Success will only happen with Afghans leading the charge, and it is far, far more important for Kabul to create and support a purpose-driven school of architecture than to invite a high profile designer to build. Cameron Sinclair

For me, I think

For me, I think the most exciting thing in architecture is the re-emergence of the locally-focused architect. Cameron Sinclair

Families want their child

Families want their child to get an education; families want safe access to healthcare; families want a roof over their head. When we silo issues, we end up with solutions that are in conflict with each other. Cameron Sinclair

An architect is not

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. Cameron Sinclair

When you as a

When you as a designer design something that burdens a community with maintenance and old world technology, basically failed developed world technology then you will crush that community way beyond bad design; you’ll destroy the economics of that community and often the community socially is broken. Cameron Sinclair