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Curves are to be banned in a new generation of no-frills school buildings, according to a government crackdown on what it believes is wasteful extravagance in educational architecture.
Design templates unveiled for 261 replacement school buildings also prohibit folding internal partitions to subdivide classrooms, roof terraces that can be used as play areas, glazed walls and translucent plastic roofs.
— guardian.co.uk
I am a fighter and you're not gonna get rid of me.. — LA Times
'The House of Davids has been an L.A. landmark of sorts ever since Norwood Young put a line of statues in his yard in 1997. Now he’s selling. He’s done with the Davids.' View full entry