The most devastating and embarrassing moment for an architect is when he allows himself to be held accountable by the law. Building unsafe architecture and putting individuals in danger is possibly the greatest ethical mistake an architect can make. This brings upon an interesting question, if an architect builds a structure that is not structurally sound and collapses, killing many people, does this call for the death sentence? Certain negligence and illegitimate construction is plausible for legal action and I believe architects should be sentenced to prison time for building structures they know are not safe.

Hidetsugu Aneha was accountable for this mistake as he faces 5 years in prison.

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