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What caught my eye today, February 29th:

• FT.com / Home UK / UK – Walkable, pleasant, urbane, hot – Not sure if Edwin Heathcote is defending the new wave of Middle East architecture and planning or not, but food for thought…
• Tim Harford’s top 10 undercover economics books – Jane Jacobs at No. 1 – good taste. Must add a few of these to my wishlist.
• Build me a pyramid:; Daniel Libeskind and the oligarchitects – Times Online – Tom Dyckhoff’s take on Libeskind’s ethical stance, plus a useful primer on current dubious projects by starchitects (mostly in Russia)
• Construction Industry Faces Ethical Challenges, Exec Says – Fascinating US article. Are Gen X less ethical than Baby Boomers? Breslin argues the talk (Do no evil) is very different to the walk (succeed at any cost).
• Good Homes Alliance say ‘keep sustainability simple’ – Yesterday, AECB were converging with CSH. Today, GHA break away again with Level 3++ (2 extra conditions above CSH). Where will this madness end?

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