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> [As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in imagining the future of cities and the type of relationships and the types of places that we're making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arad/as-architects-we-are-often-involved-in-the-concrete-steel-and-glass/)

[Michael Arad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arad/)

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> [“structure has been defined as ‘any assemblage of materials which is intended to sustain loads’, and the study of structures is one of the traditional branches of science. If an engineering structure breaks, people are likely to get killed, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/structure-has-been-defined-as-any-assemblage-of-materials-which-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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