Professor Alison Brooks, an expert in African archaeology at George Washington University, US, said the study was "very well researched".

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The participating firms included Alison Brooks Architects from London, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group from Copenhagen, Cloud9 from Barcelona, Standardarchitecture from Beijing and J Mayer.

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