Building Culture: Perkins and Will on Designing with Respect for Indigenous Traditions

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Context defines both how we design and what we build. This holds especially true when designing contemporary architecture for Indigenous communities. For Andrew Frontini, Design Director of Perkins and Will’s Ontario practice, architecture should be driven by a strong social agenda. As the lead designer on the Seneca CITE project, Frontini and his team created contextual spaces informed by the local community and its needs.

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Cite: Eric Baldwin. "Building Culture: Perkins and Will on Designing with Respect for Indigenous Traditions " 14 Apr 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/937337/building-culture-perkins-and-will-on-designing-with-respect-for-indigenous-traditions> ISSN 0719-8884

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