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10 Landmark Projects Shaping Architecture in 2024

Azure Magazine

In 2014, photographer Milos Bicanski revisited a series of venues constructed for the 2004 edition of the Olympics in Athens, Greece. A symbol of winding migrant journeys, the sculptural form culminates in panoramic views of the landscape. “For me, it’s a metaphor for the journeys of migrants who passed through this building.”

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Magic Carpets: The Incredibly Fluid Rug Patterns by Faig Ahmed

Design You Trust

Ahmed graduated from the sculpture program at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts in Baku in 2004. Faig Ahmed is an Azerbaijani contemporary visual artist who is best known for his surrealist weavings which integrate visual distortions into traditional oriental rugs. While Ahmed has created. Source.

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Meet the Winners of the Shaw Contract Design 2022 Awards

Design Milk

The project integrates past design and materials used in the space, including from the original 2004 stairs. The main reception area will house a sculpture created by a community collective of local First Nation women and trans women artists called ‘Ngardang Girri Kalat Mimini.’

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro Unveil Sleek MoMA Expansion

Azure Magazine

Philip Johnson in 1964, Cesar Pelli in 1984, Yoshio Taniguchi in 2004 and now Diller Scofidio + Renfro in 2019 : this morning, the latest addition to New York’s historic Museum of Modern Art officially opened its doors to the public. With exacting details and a sharp palette, the result is as much Apple Store as artistic nexus.

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The State of Branding: Massachusetts (From Massachusetts Flags to Massachusetts Brands)

Canny

In 2004, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), placed the Boston flag 133 out of 150 city flags. Brewing the American Dream is the brand’s community-focused initiative that supports local businesses through loans, advice, and dedicated programs for getting a business off the ground. Credit to MIT.

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“Could Policy-Making be Considered Architecture?” A Q&A with Frida Escobedo

Azure Magazine

Their first completed project was Casa Negra, built in Mexico City in 2004. Finished in 2004, it became what I consider my first built work. What substituted a traditional apprenticeship for me was a mentorship program: “Jóvenes Creadores” [Young Creators], with Mauricio Rocha as my tutor. I question it first.

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Sketches of Frank Gehry: A Conversation with Jean-Louis Cohen

Azure Magazine

Fisher Center at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson in New York State (1997–2003), the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago (1999–2004), the New World Center in Miami Beach (2003–11), and Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin (2011–17). So, there is a long thread of his interest in music, which is about a complete experience of architecture.