> even the most unassuming building […] will influence the lives of thousands of people (if only because they see it and seeing it makes their day a bit better or worse)
This bears repeating.
The amount of people who have to contend with a building will always far outnumber the number of people who inhabit or profit from the building.
This bears repeating.
The amount of people who have to contend with a building will always far outnumber the number of people who inhabit or profit from the building.
How should we build, knowing that?