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James Polshek [1930-0] American

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Architect

James Stewart Polshek is an American architect living in New York City. He is the founder of Polshek Partnership, the firm at which he was Principal Design Partner for more than four decades.

Architecture

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I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there.		101
I went into architecture a little as 'Peck's Bad Boy.' It allowed me to be a critic in a socially condoned way.	Architecture	102
I had it drummed into me from an early age that personalizing everything was not a good thing. Besides, I don't think that kind of commodity-driven system makes for the most productive architecture.	Architecture	103
I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry. But this is a very political profession in the Grecian sense. I believe there have to be reasons for every building, and that the ideas should not be self-referential.	Architecture	104
I've always seen architecture as a healing art, not just as a beautification art.	Architecture	105

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