Rant on

3 September 2009 | The Stirling Prize is called a "gaff", China's first eco city is an "unworkable urban eco-cliche" and the planning system gets panned, in today's news digest.

LAVA wins global competition for eco-city in the desert

27 August 2009 | Chris Bosse of Sydney studio LAVA speaks about his firm's winning design for the world's first carbon-neutral, waste-free city centre in the desert.