"We couldn't stop Balfron Tower from being privatised. In fact we probably helped it along"
We're all to blame for the gentrification of Ernö Goldfinger's brutalist Balfron Tower, says Owen Hatherley, so stop getting angry at the architects. More
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"Why not move some of Britain's political power northwards?"
Opinion: moving the UK's Houses of Parliament to Bristol is not that strange an idea, says Owen Hatherley, but why not go one step further and create a new capital city in Milton Keynes or the Pennines? More
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Park Hill Phase 1 by Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West
The overhaul of the brutalist Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, England, is another of the six projects nominated for the 2013 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). More
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Clapham Library by Studio Egret West
This library by London architects Studio Egret West looks like a row of books (+ slideshow). More
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The Stratford Shoal by Studio Egret West
Architects and urban designers Studio Egret West have designed a shimmering wall of titanium fish to hide an ugly east-London shopping centre from Olympic visitors. More
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Stars to design housing for shack-dwellers
Design Indaba update: international architects and designers including Thomas Heatherwick, Will Alsop, Shigeru Ban and David Adjaye are to design low-cost housing for families living in the shack districts (above) surrounding Cape Town, South Africa. More
