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Originally Posted by cdcox
Someone needs to learn the difference between an engineer and an architect.
An architect draws a pretty picture of a bridge or a building. It's up to the engineer to make it work or to tell the architect to get real. These are all engineering failures. But cutting edge designs and the resulting failures is one of the ways that engineering knowledge advances.
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How is designing a curved hotel that focuses the sun on the swimming pool area an engineering failure?