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Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing was the most significant building of 2004

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But after its completion in 2004, the development of 93 homes in Iquique gained global attention for its unusual approach, which saw dwellings handed over to residents literally half built. Was Quinta Monroy by Elemental the most significant building completed in 2004? Did we get it right? Let us know in the comments.

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Albert Frey’s Desert Modernism Had a Sense of Humor

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Frey, known as the founding father of desert modernism, pictured in front of Frey House I, his first Palm Springs residence, completed in 1940. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10). Courtesy of House for an Art Lover See the full story on Dwell.com: Albert Frey’s Desert Modernism Had a Sense of Humor

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Threefold Architects puts modern spin on Tudor architecture for Eight Gables house

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Eight Gables' bedrooms are contained on the upper floor Threefold Architects was founded by Matthew Driscoll and Jack Hosea in 2004. Eight Gables is topped by an interlocking hipped roof clad with Kentish peg tiles, in another reference to its local context.

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Yoshio Taniguchi, Architect Behind MoMA Redesign, Passes Away at 87

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wikimedia | MoMa Extension Yoshio Taniguchi , the renowned architect behind the redesign of New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and other celebrated cultural landmarks , has passed away, at the age of 87 due to pneumonia.

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Ten notable projects by 2025 Royal Gold Medal-winner SANAA

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Among the studio's key projects are the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, which is composed of a low-lying circular structure wrapped with glass, and the stepped Sydney Modern gallery in Australia. Find out more about Sydney Modern The post Ten notable projects by 2025 Royal Gold Medal-winner SANAA appeared first on Dezeen.

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NCS Colour launches new Standard colours for first time since 2004

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NCS Colour also launched the Blackish Elegance collection of "modern, dark colours" that it says can be used to emphasise lighter and more chromatic details, and Great Greys, which features toned-down greige nuances between beige and grey. The post NCS Colour launches new Standard colours for first time since 2004 appeared first on Dezeen.

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MAD "cracks open" facade of Denver residential building

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The middle of the building was opened up to reveal plaster, cave-like elements that resembled a canyon "The canyon looks like a natural space cracking open a modern box," MAD Architects principal Ma Yansong told Dezeen. "In MAD Architects created the structure for developer The Max Collaborative.