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2011 review: July
Next in our review of 2011 is July, when this cliff-top house near Sydney inspired by a Picasso painting was our most popular story.
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Frank Gehry's skyscraper in New York was in second place.
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The aquatics centre by Zaha Hadid for the London 2012 Olympic Games came in third.
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In fourth position was the conversion of a house once occupied by Mexican communist party founder M. N. Roy into a private nightclub.
![PTree by Aandeboom PTree by Aandeboom](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_PTree-by-Aandeboom_01.jpg)
In fifth place, were these tree-mounted urinals for festivals. We also rounded up our top ten toilets here.
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