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Zaha Hadid Architects has paid almost $16million to keep founder’s name

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The deal, reported by UK outlet Building Online , included $4.6m (£3.4m) to use the founder’s name in 2021, $3.8m (£2.8m) in both 2020 and 2019, $1m (£780,000) in 2018, and $3.1m (£2.3m) in 2017. The fees were paid to the Zaha Hadid Foundation, who control the trademark for the late architect.

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The Obel Award Announces Theme for its 6th Cycle, the 2024 Edition

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Courtesy of Henrik Frode Obel Foundation The Obel Award is an international prize for architectural achievement presented annually by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation. Each year, the jury selects a specific theme and grants an award to a promising solution.

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Marc Newson unveils the final Tokyo Toilet project design

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World-renowned Australian industrial designer Marc Newson has revealed his contribution to the Nippon Foundation’s ongoing The Tokyo Toilet public design project. Photo: Satoshi Nagare, courtesy of The Nippon Foundation The design for the public restroom was inspired by elements central to vernacular Japanese architecture.

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ASA North Presents "Remembrance of Things Present" Exhibition in Tehran, Iran

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Courtesy of Deed Studio In 2020, Ahmadreza Schricker (ASA North) completed the Argo Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Center design. Previously a 1920s beer distillery in the heart of Tehran , it has now been converted into a contemporary art center and is now the new home of the Pejman Foundation.

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Elyn Zimmerman’s Marabar sculpture redebuts as Sudama in D.C.

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’s American University after a yearslong preservation effort spearheaded by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). Had TCLF not intervened beginning in March 2020 , when the artist was resigned to the loss of one of her most important works, Zimmerman's instal.

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$600,000 Mellon grant will help public programs for the Paul Revere Williams Architecture Archive at USC

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Mellon Foundation will help bolster Paul Revere Williams ’ archive at his alma mater, the University of Southern California. Now housed at the Getty Center, the archive, which was jointly acquired by USC and the Getty Research Institute in 2020 , includes: "Over 37,000 plans, including 10,000 drawings, blueprints, project diazo types,

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Fallen Journalists Memorial competition selects four finalists for new D.C. site design

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The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation’s competition to design a new memorial space on federally-owned land in Washington, D.C. The nation’s first memorial dedicated to the cause of press freedom was first launched in 2020 and will culminate in a public memorial in direct view of Capitol Hill on the National Mall.

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