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Embarking on the Australian Institute of Architects’ ninetieth year, one of my first tasks in January’s diverting calmness was to reach out to a longstanding member. I telephoned Vladimir Perm at his home town near Nice, France, on the morning of his ninetieth birthday, 11 January. Conversing with a member who has witnessed the rise of modernism, brutalism,

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