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  • 1.  Use of term "Architect"

    Posted 03-27-2014 07:20 PM
    Several recent NY Times article headlines have referred to the "9/11 Architect", although the articles clarify that he is the "self-described architect" claiming responsibility for the 9/11 strikes in the USA.  I did a double take at first, thinking of all the distinguished architects working on the memorial and the rebuilding of the site.

    Trial Judge Will Not Allow 9/11 Architect's Testimony

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    A judge in Manhattan ruled on Tuesday that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described architect of the Sept. 11 attacks, will not be permitted to provide testimony in the terrorism trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a former top adviser to Osama bin Laden.

      Suzanne Wertz AIA
      Grunig and Wertz Architects
      New York NY
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    • 2.  RE:Use of term "Architect"

      Posted 03-28-2014 05:55 PM
      This is possibly all very unfortunate, but is there any other word that so concisely denotes a person that can develop a vision and then assemble all the requirements and parts to make that vision come to fruition? Of course, that vision can run the gamut from software to a destructive act.

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      J. Stuart Pettitt, AIA
      Straub Pettitt Yaste Architects
      Clawson, Michigan
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    • 3.  RE:Use of term "Architect"

      Posted 03-31-2014 08:23 PM
      How about "God"? As in: "Code God," "App God," "Network God," "Web God," "Political Strategy God," "Heist God," "Coup God," etc. Since it's politically incorrect to use the word in public with its original meaning, I figure it's up for grabs.

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      Sean Catherall AIA
      Architect
      Herriman UT
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