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Shane Reiner-Roth

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Shane Reiner-Roth (he/him) is a PhD student in the school of architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA.). His essays, interviews, and reviews have appeared in publications including the Architect's Newspaper Archinect, Log Journal, Plat, Clog, Mas Context, Manifest, Pidgin and Thresholds. You can find his musings on the built environment on his Instagram page @everyverything.

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