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Hope it happens one day! I couldn't imagine the feeling of permanently leaving your mark on the best place on earth! also, Whit seems to be moving towards modern style like facilities.....but that could be me just thinking they are modern...

Yea... didn't you hear that they're going to crush us and it won't even be close?

I guess it's a one game season for the Vols.

I would love to do that! I would probably do it at cost. I have designed, or been a part of the design for, pretty much everything under the sun from a 5 square meter balcony landscape to a city of 300,000 people, and just about everything else.

I am currently designing a K - 12 school that I want to open myself here in Shanghai, and I have designed some universities. Athletic facilities I would love to do and have done as well.

I would be much more modern that VT currently approves though. Would still use Hokie Stone throughout but much more modern.

My buddy just sent me this video. Certainly a really inspirational story and video. Worth watching to get a different perspective on some of the motivators for the vols.

one last question, have you ever wanted to design anything on the VT campus from residential, academic, or athletic facilities?? I wasn't sure if that was up your alley but based on that list above, it looks like you dabble in just about everything concerning architecture.

would you rather: RichRod coach VT and be given 50 yard line season tickets for life OR be permanently banned from Lane Stadium and fall always in blackout areas of television coverage?

there's a burning house, you arrive to a distraught family and a crying little girl. "She sobs princess and max are still inside!" her pet cat and pet dog. Both are equidistant from the entrance in opposite corners of the house and upon your arrival will willingly jump into your arms for rescue. You know you only have time to save one of them, which one do you choose?

I am a super casual observer of architecture, so I will have fun learning about the architects you have shared above.

I like the Taubman also. It gives an interesting energy/vibe to downtown Roanoke. To me, it is the visual complement to the sound of trains chugging through.

FLW was the original diva. Can understand why he isn't your favorite along with Gehry and Rem.

Thanks for the insight.

Thanks for all the interest!

For informational purposes here are some random things that may also be of interest which would be hard to ask specific questions about if you didn't know.

I am currently involved in the following businesses:
1) Design Practice (arch, landscape, urban design & planning)
2) Land Sourcing for Developers (mostly in China, but also most western markets)
3) Project Financing for large scale construction projects (global)
4) Soil Remediation and Agricultural Enhancement (cleaning China's soil pollution in brownfields and farmlands)
5) Luxury Senior Living development and operation (started in Sydney and expanding to UK, China and USA)
6) Smart City development (global)

If no more questions, thanks to everyone that did ask. Feel free to hit me up any time.

Dang I was going to save that one for Butch next week. Well played.

Honestly I just didn't want to slow the thread down anymore. They were all loaded up and ready to go and I took them down. I also just had a real life version of the " he who shall not be named" conversation yesterday. Someone down here said, "yall should have hired him" I took out my phone without saying a word and played that gif, turned and walked away.

Also something to keep an eye out for are Lawyers that practice Planning Law. If you want to be a land-use planner there is no greater place to learn how to use and manipulate code like a Planning Law office. Offer to be an research intern and that experience will be a huge asset in USA.

This is going to take some time to type up I'll get to it tonight.

Edit: this has become something, I even got to talking to some guys I know in the field. So look for the answer tomorrow at some point and be ready with follow up questions.

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