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Saturday column: Mandatory design competitions?

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Jul 12, 2025
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THERE is usually no telling exactly how a planning application, and the architecture practice associated with it, ever got together: childhood sweethearts, a casual meeting on the golf course, a personal recommendation or from the beauty parade that is architects’ websites?

But one thing is pretty certain, simply because one hardly ever hears about it: b…

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