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Architect's Friends All Have Great Idea For A Building

SAN DIEGO— Friends and acquaintances of Phil Yost are constantly giving him ideas for buildings, the 40-year-old architect said Monday. “I was catching up with my old college roommate, who I hadn’t spoken to in years, and he blurts out, ’What if you built a revolving hotel like they have revolving restaurants?’” Yost said. “Do you know how many times I’ve gotten that?” In the past month, Yost has heard pitches for pyramid-shaped warehouses, retractable-roof golf courses, and 100-story, subterranean “groundscrapers” that would be impervious to terrorist attack.