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• What the Marble Arch Mound architects did next: a skyscraper shaped like Albania’s national hero

  15-08-2022 07:00
  
  A building with the aquiline profile of a 15th-century warrior is the latest proposal by MVRDV to transform Tirana, the capital of Albania. But not everyone is happy with the Dutch firm’s plansWith his distinctive aquiline nose and magnificent flowing beard, Albania’s national hero, Skanderbeg, has long been a familiar presence in the country’s streets and squares. The 7ft warrior king known as the Dragon of Albania, slayer of the Ottoman Turks, is celebrated in numerous monume
  
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• M&S Oxford Street store plan opposed by author Bill Bryson and architects

  15-08-2022 07:00
  
  Raze-and-rebuild proposal for London shop led to carbon footprint debate, with public inquiry loomingThe author Bill Bryson and architects including the Stirling prize winner Steve Tompkins and Mark Hines, the project director for the remodelling of BBC Broadcasting House, have lined up to oppose plans to flatten Marks & Spencer’s store on London’s Oxford Street.Bryson, who is best known for Notes from a Small Island and A Short History of Nearly Everything, has donated £50
  
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