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This is a result of the limitations in synthesis of aligned and high quality CNTs, and their effective packing assembly to ensure load transfer among them. In this work, I present novel methods to manufacture well-aligned CNT sheets from chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of vertically aligned (VA-)CNTs. Three different catalyst patterns are designed, and VA-CNTs are planerized to change their orientation and join them into continuous micro-architectured sheets. The CNT sheets packing density is increased by ten folds compared to their density from the synthesis process by using capillary forces. I studied a method for removing the CNT sheets from the growth substrate and protocols to test their tensile strength, tearing energy and electrical conductivity at different growth height. The highest tensile strength measured is 0.4 GPa and the average is 0.15 GPa for staggered CNT micro-architecture reminiscent of the brick and mortar morphology found in nature. 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