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The architect who designed the condo building in Surfside, Florida, that collapsed and killed at least 97 people last month had previously been suspended for "gross incompetency" after designing fallen structures, according to a report.
William Friedman, who designed the Champlain Towers South condo before it was built in 1981, faced a six-month suspension from Florida's architecture board in 1967 for designing structures that toppled during a major hurricane, The Real Deal reported.
The report found that Friedman's design of sign pylons on top of a Miami commercial building failed to stand during Hurricane Betsy in 1965, prompting the Florida State Board of Architecture to issue a temporary suspension.
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