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#1. A greater awareness in architects and planners of their real value to society could, at the present, result in that rare occurrence, namely, the improvement of the quality of life as a result of architectural endeavour.

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#2. Architecture must concern itself continually with the socially beneficial distortion of the environment.

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#3. Technology is the answer, but what was the question?

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#4. Architects (should) involve themselves continuously in anticipatory design as recommended by Buckminster Fuller

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#5. Like medicine (architecture) must move from the curative to the preventive.

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#6. The Office's prime approach to architecture ... is one of continuous ANTICIPATORY DESIGN.

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#7. C.P. Office sees its particular product (buildings) as the readily recognisable parts of its continuous design process.

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#8. Likewise 'radical'. I'm only radical because the architectural profession has got lost. Architects are such a dull lot - and they're so convinced that they matter.

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#9. Architecture is too slow in its realisation to be a 'problem solver'.

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#10. I think I have said enough.

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#11. Architecture is slow and therefore requires anticipatory design.

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#12. Architecture should have little to do with problem solving - rather it should create desirable conditions and opportunities hitherto thought impossible.

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