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by jhbadger 938 days ago
Munger is not a trained architect. Just as I would not want to undergo surgery by someone without a medical degree, I wouldn't want to live in a building not designed by an actual architect. Being rich doesn't suddenly make you an expert in all fields.
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Large buildings cannot be built in America without the sign off of licensed architect. No architect would sign off on the building of it was an unlivable monstrosity.
That's simply untrue.

You can find at least one of <almost any profession> in America who will happily sign off on dubious work in exchange for $$$.

That's capitalism for you.

Yes, there are people with high standards and ethics, but it'd be hard work to find a professional niche that was solely made up of people that couldn't be influenced by a chequebook.

An ugly building is a no brainer .. it's not like it's teetering on the verge of collapse and about to kill all the residents.

I can't believe there are many architects signing off for money on dubious designs, since they wouldn't be architects for long as soon as one thing went wrong with the building.
Did he not get professionals to translate his designs into something firmer?