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The pair are both doctoral students in Architecture. Their research will have highlighted the fact that a feeling of verisimilitude is achieved not through complete accuracy but through specific combinations of sufficiently accurate historic elements. Aur\u00e9lien Catros is studying at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, while Maxime Leblanc is studying at McGill University. 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