Our strategy for existing is low overhead. That liberates us to pretty well design our own lives. In rural Canada, in most places, you can pretty well do that. I designed the restoration schemes for Nelson, British Columbia—I was resident coordinator of that project—and Perth, Ontario. My life has been with old buildings, but I'm not against demolition, which is a harsh thing to say, as long as what replaces it is better than the existing. That's the directive in most cases. Buildings have to earn their keep, and to that end, mixed use is always considered.
On November 29th, 2018. See this statement in context.