Architizer shares the story of "self-proclaimed architect" Philippe Leblanc, who just narrowly avoided jail time after building schools and homes for nearly 30 years under the guise of being a licensed practitioner. The George Costanza-esque dreamer—whose simple, modernist buildings "were actually pretty good"—was instead given a two-year suspended sentence by the court and a brutal case of internet-shaming. [Architizer]
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