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Architects can be inspired by art, fashion, history, and many other aspects of society. Sometimes that inspiration comes from the work of other architects, in which case certain styles or ideas may be borrowed. For example, they might take the concept of an agora and use it to create the masterplan for a new retail project, or they could use a school marquee as inspiration for the marquee of a fitness center. Like an orator borrowing a line from the words of a famous world leader or author in order to make a point, architectural borrowing helps us understand the language of architecture. It can be thrilling to see how one project or style influences others. Of course, there are also times when architectural borrowing verges on plagiarism. Remember when it was reported that a developer in Chongqing, China copied a building designed by the late Zaha Hadid" We heard about that because it involved one of the most famous architects in the world, but if a lesser-known architect plagi...