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If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility. It's not fluff. You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You have to know how the fittings go together. You have to master the mechanical, electrical, acoustical - everything.

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Frank Gehry
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: February 28
Architect
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City of Toronto
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