Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ushida Findlay Architects
the 'claim to fame' of being the architects on the 2012 Olympics tower ''was'' cited in the New York Times (though half way through the article in a single paragraph) together from a comment by one of their architects. I don't quite understand quite why the nominator went so far as AfD when there were already a national UK newspaper article http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jul/19/kathryn-findlay-ushida-poolhouse-2 and an authoritative book http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LmFooNzPaN0C&pg=RA11-PA1980&dq=%22Ushida+Findlay%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uK7aT4P_DKm-0QWUx7znCg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22Ushida%20Findlay%22&f=false cited (the book gave a broad overview of contemporary architecture but selected UF as one of the featured practices). When the article first appeared this week, it was unsourced and unverified - I added the 'notability' tag to encourage the author to come back and improve it (I've removed it now, it seems to be surpassed by events). Another editor has subsequently added two very thorough national newspaper articles http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2000/mar/18/weekend7.weekend1http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/starfish-house-plans-are-left-dead-in-the-water-889273.html  on the practice. These general, non 'specialist' sources means the subject meets  (there are numerous sources available elsewhere in the architectural press which can back these up
— User:Sionk, 09:02, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NCORP (Wikipedia:Notability)