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                                    | June 20, 2006 Coinciding with Architecture Week (the national public celebration of contemporary architecture), Royal Mail had issue a set of 6 stamps depicting the most modern of modern British Architecture.
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                                    | Edward Cullinan Architects |  |  
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                                    | Edward Cullinan, Steve Johnson, Robin Nicholson, John Romer |  |  
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                                    | Buro Happold, Bath Michael Dickson, Richard Harris, James Rowe, Peter Moseley
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