William Friedman, the architect who designed the Surfside condo building that partially collapsed in late June, had been suspended by Florida’s board of architecture in 1967 for designing buildings that could not withstand 1965’s Hurricane Betsy.
Source: Inman News
Surfside condo architect had been suspended for faulty designs in past
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