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23 February 2010 | Las Vegas' latest casino resort an "absurd simulacrum of another city", the failure of modern architecture and Lord Norman Foster delivers disappointing design for Yale.


Global round up

22 February 2010 | Light shines on Shanghai's solar powered pavilion, UK architects remain pessimistic and Chicago's carbon reduction plans get underway.


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19 February 2010 | Millennium arts projects result in "dark, vandalised" buildings, "poor planning" in Ireland and LA Live is "sorely lacking".


Global round up

18 February 2010 | New Office for Urban Development and Environment in Germany, British Airways flights go carbon neutral and open-air theatre causes controversy in Malta.


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17 February 2010 | World Trade Centre an "old lump of concrete", well-respected architects getting away with designing "abominable" buildings and design competitions "guinea-pig" suffering of Haitians.


Global round up

16 February 2010 | Efforts to save Hollywood hills from development, Vancouver Convention Centre is first to receive LEED Platinum ranking and Zaha Hadid's petroleum plant to be a model for sustainability.


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15 February 2010 | Modern architecture "drab", architects should be subject to public scrutiny and "miserably anti-urban" buildings in Cincinnati.


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11 February 2010 | Sydney let down by its architects, Cabe enforces "veil of secrecy" and Olympic City parking lot more suited to earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince.


Global round up

10 February 2010 | UK invests in eco-building, Abu Dhabi searches for developers of $2 billion power plant and Jennifer Aniston cuts "his" facilities from mansion.


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9 February 2010 | "Uninspired" buildings that offer "desultory" results, "absurdist, nihilistic and egocentric" architecture and Victorian terraced housing "left to rot".


Global round up

8 February 2010 | RMJM tower leans over Abu Dhabi, Barbie considers a career in architecture and dead body discovered above architecture firm.


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5 February 2010 | Union Station is a "civic embarrassment", finding architecture work in Ireland is a "thankless task" and the Burj Khalifa as a symbol of "hubris".


Global round up

4 February 2010 | I.M. Pei honoured in celebratory film, India focuses on sustainable cities and Madonna's Academy for Girls gets under way.


Global round up

2 February 2010 | Work Architecture to create modern look in Shenzhen, a soccer ball that generates energy is trialled in South Africa and robots to replace humans in Dubai.


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1 February 2010 | Canada Pavilion is "shameful", Denise Scott Brown on why architecture is "heartbreaking" and Canberra's "dysfunctional" planning system.


Global round up

29 January 2010 | War plane converted into hotel suite in The Netherlands, Victoria Beckham asked to design luxury hotel in Dubai and London's Royal Docks could become waterside eco-town.


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28 January 2010 | Presenter of Grand Designs accused of "poverty porn", UK architects "mediocre" and Australia's suburb-stifling sustainability.


Global round up

27 January 2010 | Make designs soccer star's eco-home, Habitat for Humanity provides shelter in Haiti and Eco-domes to educate South Korea on environment.


Global round up

22 January 2010 | New York architects left without bookstore, future looking bleak for UK architects and Frank Gehry's wine named number one.


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21 January 2010 | RMJM needs to "look at its conscience", Haiti earthquake was a disaster "waiting to happen" and "eco-bling" does little for sustainability.


Global round up

20 January 2010 | Spiderman sets his sights on world's tallest tower, a wind and solar powered roof in Perugia and a centre that converts sewage into heat opens in Canada.


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12 January 2010 | Amazing architecture can't mask bad planning in Dubai, Australia's capital struggles to cater for all citizens and "blame games" getting in the way of cultural heritage.


Global round up

11 January 2010 | Office building sets new heights in Korea, contractors named for HCA's affordable housing scheme and Rafael Vinoly's design for New Domino enters review process.


Rant on

18 December 2009 | Frank Gehry's explosive response to "starchitects", minarets ban likened to burning books and hypocritical politicians attend Copenhagen's Climate Summit.


Global round up

17 December 2009 | Koolhaas' hits new heights in The Netherlands, architects optimistic about the industry's future and Brazil contradicts its sustainability plans with dam construction.


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