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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3

                    Consent of Semple & Cooper, P.L.C.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the 1996 Stock Option Plan of American Architectural Products
Corporation of our report dated January 31, 1997, with respect to the combined
balance sheets of Eagle Window & Door, Inc. and Subsidiaries and Taylor Building
Products Company as of December 31, 1995 and August 29, 1996, and the related
combined statements of operations and accumulated deficit, and cash flows for
the year ended December 31, 1995, and the eight months ended August 29, 1996,
included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1997.


                                                            SEMPLE & COOPER, LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
August 7, 1998