Viewpoint Current efforts to define a popular standard for beauty in building echo historic debates, says Timothy Hyde, but the judgments of law courts have often been more significant than the court of public opinion
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Squirrels, ghosts and a waterfall are among the allusive titles of the 15 shortlisted buildings
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A diverse shortlist of 12 buildings ranges from Dancing Flowers to a Confetti Campus
Books
Colin Davies appraises two new surveys of contemporary life within notable housing schemes that have been both revered and reviled
Practice
As growing numbers of architectural firms become Employee Ownership Trusts, Sara Cohen outlines the potential benefits, and practice founders Robin Partington, Linda Morey-Burrows and John Assael reflect on their own experiences
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An extensive shortlist of 24 buildings ranges from one-off houses to district masterplans
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Among 84 shortlisted buildings are a repurposed town hall in Battersea and an extended school in Dulwich
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Projects in the running range from a boutique office in Paddington to a Passivhaus dwelling in Camden
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From a train station in Hackney to an event space in Highgate
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Projects in the running range from an artist studio in New Cross to a reworked Victorian house in Kensington
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Among 84 shortlisted buildings are a new headquarters for the Royal College of Pathologists in Aldgate and the redevelopment of the Southbank Centre in Lambeth
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From estate regeneration in Hoxton via a transformed magistrate's court in Walthamstow to a school activity lab in Kentish Town
