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Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-a is an author, artist, entrepreneur, architect and urban planner with extensive experience in academia, business, real estate, urban planning, and design in the USA and Europe. He is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Abu Dhabi University in the UAE. He is the author and playwright of several fiction and non-fiction titles including: Mars Rising (science fiction), The Persistence of Memory and Other Plays (theatre), Everyday Objects: Collected Poems, 1987-2012 (poetry), An Infinitesimal Abundance of Color and An Excessive Abundance of Curls (children’s books with Layce Boswell).

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	Poor Richard, Another Almanac for Architects and Planners by Mark David Major (Goodreads Author), Steve Mouzon (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Persistence of Memory and Other Plays by Mark David Major (Goodreads Author), Rachael Harbert (Cover Art) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Song of My Childhood: Actors Edition by Mark David Major (Goodreads Author), Rachael Harbert (Cover Art) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Infinitesimal Abundance of Color by Mark David Major (Goodreads Author), Layce Boswell (Artist) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Architecture and urban design, both in their formal and spatial aspects, are seen as fundamentally configurational in that the way the parts are put together to form the whole is more important than any of the parts taken in isolation.”
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