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‘Starchitects go home’: what’s the truth behind Albania’s astonishing building boom?

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Sixty top architecture firms from around the world have mooted 500 eye-catching projects across Albania, sparking fury and protests. Now they’re being celebrated in an 800-page tome that some are calling ‘a smoking gun’

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Art and design
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Oliver Wainwright
Published
Oct 2, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC
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Oct 2, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC

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