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• Shell urged not to demolish modernist HQ over carbon emissions fears

  12-08-2023 15:48
  
  Architects, academics and climate activists launch campaign against plan to knock down five-storey building in AberdeenAberdeen is arguably best known for two things: granite – found in nearby quarries and used to construct almost all of the coastal city’s buildings – and oil. After the discovery of a significant reserve in the North Sea in the 1970s, Aberdeen became known as Europe’s oil capital and a thriving oil and gas industry sprang up in Scotland’s north-east
  
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• Shell accused of eco-destruction in push to demolish old HQ

  12-08-2023 15:48
  
  Plan to knock down former offices in Aberdeen will release ‘vast amount of carbon emissions in atmosphere’ warn expertsAberdeen is arguably best known for two things: granite – found in nearby quarries and used to construct almost all of the coastal city’s buildings – and oil. After the discovery of a significant reserve in the North Sea in the 1970s, Aberdeen became known as Europe’s oil capital and a thriving oil and gas industry sprang up in Scotland’
  
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• AI watch: from architects’ assistants to writers’ rivals

  12-08-2023 08:00
  
  This week in artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence is either going to save humanity or finish it off, depending on who you speak to. Either way, every week there are new developments and breakthroughs. Here are just some of the AI stories that have emerged in recent days:“Just accept the tech, architects!” Oliver Wainwright, our architecture and design critic, looks at whether AI will wipe out architects. Teaser: it can quickly show you what mosques in Abu Dhabi could look l
  
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