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+  From: Architexturez-IN <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:05:52 +0530
GroundLab, a collective formed last year 'to win large-scale competitions', has bagged the international competition to redesign the Chinese city of Longgang.

Under the scheme the Chinese government will pull down 95 per cent of the existing city – which lies north-east of Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta, southern China – allowing GroundLab to regenerate the city's central 'urban fabric' and provide homes for an estimated 350,000 people.

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http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/dailynews/2008/03/uk_collective_to_rebuild_razed_chinese_city.html

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