Chinese preservationists are irked that the Royal Institute of British Architects has given a RIBA International Award to Zaha Hadid's Galaxy Soho complex, saying the project has "violated a number of heritage preservation laws and regulations." The Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center said it was "disappointed and offended" at the choice, a fairly controversial project that, as one may recall, Architizer once called "buttock-like mounds." [Dezeen; previously]
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