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Zaha Hadid Foundation presents 'Zaha Hadid: Paper Museums'

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This fall in London, the Zaha Hadid Foundation is presenting an exhibition of paper reliefs showcasing the design process behind three of its namesake’s most important cultural sector designs: the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati (2003), MAXXI Museum in Rome (2009), and unrealized Museum of Islamic Art in Doha (1997).

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Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall was the most significant building of 2003

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Its completion in 2003, after more than 15 years of stops and starts, marked the return of Frank Gehry's rising architectural stardom to his adopted home city of Los Angeles, where the architect had been living since the 1940s. Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall was the most significant building of 2003. Did we get it right?

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News: Zaha Hadid Foundation presents 'Zaha Hadid: Paper Museums'

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This fall in London, the Zaha Hadid Foundation is presenting an exhibition of paper reliefs showcasing the design process behind three of its namesake’s most important cultural sector designs: the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati (2003), MAXXI Museum in Rome (2009), and unrealized Museum of Islamic Art in Doha (1997).

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The Timelessness of Libraries

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The Foundation chose the downtown Library itself as the venue for Booked 2023. To help celebrate this milestone, the Foundation thought it would be fitting for me, being one of the architects who designed the building, to discuss its architecture and speak to the Foundation’s vision of Building for Generations. The reason?

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IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008

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It is located on an artificial island The MIA project began as a competition organised by the Aga Khan Foundation in 1997 from which Indian architect Charles Correa and Palestinian-Jordanian architect Rasem Badran emerged as the frontrunners, with Badran eventually being awarded the project.

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MPavilion 10 design by Tadao Ando Architect

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Among his many notable works are the Church of the Light (1989; Osaka, Japan), Pulitzer Arts Foundation (2001; St. MPavilion is an annual initiative of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation and is supported by the City of Melbourne and the Victorian State Government through Creative Victoria. Professor at the University of Tokyo from 1997.

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Urban Growth Strategies: Homes & Jobs for 2045

SW Oregon Architect

They are the foundation upon which any stable, livable community is built. They saw fit to include me among those they invited to be a member of the project’s Housing and Development Working Group. Our homes are essential for providing us with shelter, safety, gathering, and comfort.

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