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Notes on Becoming a Famous Architect Categories : humour random trackback Leave a comment name (required) mail (will not be published) (required) website comment	Author Profile I am a structural engineer focused on building a better future. I love the construction industry because it offers the potential to transform our communities into engines of development. It also gives us the opportunity to reaffirm our responsibility to a sustainably engineered human world. Linked In Profile Mission APOS Mission: A place for engineers, architects, and everyone. A place that gives a voice to building designers with something to say. A place where logic and progressive design guide development. A place where not even the chains of inherited knowledge will stop the radical reinvention of our profession. Blogroll American Dirt Circles and Squares DIG-B Huston Street Racing IBJ Property Lines The Heidelberg Papers The Urbanophile Urban Indy Streetsblog Badge
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