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Feb 2024
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#381 - Aidan Anderson, Founder and Direc...

David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet
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This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design are joined by Aidan Anderson, Founder and Director of The Local Project to discuss how The Local Project started, growing the company, video and print publications, architecture in the media, Aidan’s background, and more.

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