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Carl Koch (architect)

American architect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Carl Koch was a noted American architect. He was most associated with the design of prefabricated homes and development of the Techcrete building system.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Carl Koch (architect)” as american architect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carl, Koch and architect.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current 24-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Carl, Koch and architect providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Carl Koch (architect)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.