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Originally Posted by Winnipeg Architect
MAA is just an Old Boys Club full of a bunch of jealous cry babies.
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I work with the current President of the MAA and a past president, and based on these two Architects, I can confirm that your statement is categorically false.
The beef that the MAA has with this proposal is that (regardless of what the City requires for it's variances and bylaws), the MAA requires the involvement of a registered Architect throughout the planning process, including renders, for projects where an Architect is necessary (i.e. Part 3 buildings).
I agree that up to this point, the fact this hasn't happened in this particular case, isn't necessarily a big deal, but the rules are the rules. Especially with a high profile project like this.
If anything, the fact the people involved in this project weren't aware of the requirement for a qualified Architect, or simply didn't care, says more about their level of experience in development and building a large scale project like this, and also how much any of us should get our hopes up for actually seeing this thing built.