“Imposing, impersonal buildings that bear no resemblance to their communities are off-putting. Traditional architecture draws people to its harmonious, human scale. Local, natural materials not only protect our environment, but connect us to it. And the character of a community is preserved in attention to historical precedent so that we don’t have a cookie-cutter country but a patchwork that represents who we are both individually and collectively. I believe that cities should be built to last, so that we retain the unique sense of place that accrues over time.”

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