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Feb 2011
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Norman Foster: Lecture

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Lord Foster delivers his inaugural lecture as Humanitas Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Oxford, asking how do we sustainably accommodate larger populations in cities in a way that does not recklessly deplete natural resources? 
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