Charlie Van Kirk
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Full stop, really.
Full stop, really.
He was famous for throwing out any plans that he did draw.
He was famous for throwing out any plans that he did draw.
He self-proclaimed didn't know how to draw.
He self-proclaimed didn't know how to draw.
His preferred method of drawing was literally sculpting mounds of dirt and sand, little scale models when he was out on site.
His preferred method of drawing was literally sculpting mounds of dirt and sand, little scale models when he was out on site.
You go down here and build me a bathtub there or build me a waste bunker that's about this size and let's physically drag my muddy boots in the dirt to illustrate what I'm talking about.
You go down here and build me a bathtub there or build me a waste bunker that's about this size and let's physically drag my muddy boots in the dirt to illustrate what I'm talking about.
And a lot of the guys who worked for him have adopted that sort of ethos, even if some of them draw more plans than Pete did.
And a lot of the guys who worked for him have adopted that sort of ethos, even if some of them draw more plans than Pete did.
They're like true designer builders.
They're like true designer builders.
He didn't even like to call himself an architect because he wasn't formally trained in that way.
He didn't even like to call himself an architect because he wasn't formally trained in that way.
When I sat down with Roger Warren, who is the president of Kiowa,
When I sat down with Roger Warren, who is the president of Kiowa,
before i even press record on the tape he said i hope that whatever conversations you're having about pete are also about alison i assured him that that was in fact the case they had a really interesting partnership and by all accounts a very strong marriage and she was a killer in her own right as a golfer and as a design partner i'm not sure
before i even press record on the tape he said i hope that whatever conversations you're having about pete are also about alison i assured him that that was in fact the case they had a really interesting partnership and by all accounts a very strong marriage and she was a killer in her own right as a golfer and as a design partner i'm not sure