"The quality of architecture is invariably high in the religion category, which I think is because communities and religious organizations are often commissioning these projects, " opines Paul Finch, World Architecture Festival program director.

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Today I think I discovered why the world is round, because all to often you find you have just come a full circle. no matter how far you travel sometimes you find yourself straight back where you started.

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"I often think of myself as the last person who is a monarchist really, simply because I simply can't imagine if we had anything in its place it would be anything but worse, " he said.

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