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Pattern Recognition

Gelpi, that architects don’t design details in Miami, they shop for them. That’s because strict product-approval guidelines can leave designers with a limited palette of materials to choose from in this hurricane- prone region. While the challenge would discourage some, Gelpi embraced it head-on when he traded a post at

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