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Can architecture help ensure one's cultural survival? Considering that according to a 2007 YouGov poll less than half the population of Britain consider themselves British, architecture graduate Gemma Douglas presented her conceptual design at the Royal College of Art Show Two recently.

For UKHQ, a combined Ministry of Defence headquarters and integration centre for immigrants, Douglas explores imagery of cross-stitch needlepoint and heraldry, which she feels represent ideas of Britishness as symbols of national heritage.

But, one wonders if fabric identity will really help the Ministry of Defence to discover their softer side...