Architects must always seek innovation and invention without disregard for tradition and convention. In his lifetime quest to improve the built environment, architects must be equipped with tools that have been developed and proven effective by those who have come before him. He should use and continuously improve these same tools in his practice of architecture in the hopes of passing on to the next generation a world that is better than the one found. He must recognize the value of heritage and the importance of creating one for our own time. It is fundamental for the architect to encourage, support, and even start architectural revolutions and also be a part of its continuing evolution.
Architects must always consider the client’s best interest balanced with the common good. He must work with clients, consultants, and contractors efficiently, effectively and profit economically with honor. Architects should make the profession his platform to be a contributor to nation-building and designing an economically and ecologically sustainable world. Architects must always strive for artistic expression, create spaces with meaning, and forms that are inspiring while considering the structure’s functional, technical and engineering facets. It is essential for architects and the students of architecture to be visionaries and have the capacity to turn those visions into reality, to be dreamers with the capability to make their dreams come true.
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