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Springfield, MO
Age: 29
Hometown: Vincennes, Ind.
Education: Lincoln High School (1996); Drury University Hammons School of Architecture (2001)
Career: Five years with Columbia, S.C., architecture firm Watson Tate Savory Architects Inc.

Project experience: Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Learning Resource Center in Orangeburg, S.C.; University of South Carolina Special Collections Library in Columbia, S.C.; School of Education at College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C.; and TCL Multipurpose Building in Bluffton, S.C.
Personal: Mardis has been married for four years to Natalie Mardis, a graphic designer. He also has a bulldog named Meg. He’s lived in Aegina, Greece; Wolfeboro, N.H.; and Houston. Mardis’ interests include cooking, bikes, music, sushi, magazines, movies, snowboarding and strong coffee.
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