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Nov 2018
30m 32s

Reaching the top of a skyscraper - the s...

Andres Aviles
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Ed Shim is a principal at HLW and the managing director in the NYC office. Shim knew he wanted to go into Architecture when he was young. Having had the opportunity to take architecture class in High school strengthen his will to move into the field as an architect and study architecture at Carnegie Mellon University. Soon after his educational career ended ... Show More
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