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8 | Altius Architecture of such involvement have seen depletion over the years. Architectural perspective has been largely lost in today’s processes where a builder often only works from a paper draw- ings and attempts to interpret the instruc- tions. “Architectural drawings are an abstrac- tion,” says Smith. “Almost eighty percent of general contractors don’t even know how to properly read an architectural plan .” THE DISCERNING DIFFERENCE So, beyond their knowledge of what could be considered as classic fundamentals and principals of design, Altius Architecture provides another classic component that is Cathy Garrido Trevor McIvor