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Meet the judges<br />
our fourth annual AZ Awards jury<br />
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Our illustrious judges<br />
convened in Toronto on a<br />
cold February day to evaluate<br />
the 652 entries to the<br />
fourth annual AZ Awards.<br />
Their final selection of 13<br />
winners and 36 awards<br />
of merit reflects just how<br />
sophisticated and intelligent<br />
architecture and<br />
design have become, from<br />
schools constructed out<br />
of earthbags to buildings<br />
that bloom in the desert.<br />
1 diego burdi<br />
Along with Paul Filek,<br />
Diego Burdi helms<br />
Burdifilek, the Toronto<br />
interior design firm<br />
behind such stellar<br />
hospitality and retail<br />
environments as the<br />
W Hotel in Atlanta; and<br />
the flagship Joe Fresh<br />
boutique in New York,<br />
located in a historical<br />
building on 5th Avenue.<br />
2 patricia patkau<br />
Patricia Patkau is<br />
co-principal of Patkau<br />
Architecture in Vancouver.<br />
Her firm has won<br />
dozens of accolades,<br />
including two AZ Awards,<br />
one for Cot tages at<br />
Falling water, now under<br />
construction. She is an<br />
Honorary Fellow of the<br />
American Institute of<br />
Architects and the Royal<br />
Institute of Architects.<br />
3 charles<br />
waldheim<br />
As the landscape<br />
archi tecture chair at<br />
Harvard’s Graduate<br />
School of Design, Charles<br />
Waldheim knows what<br />
goes into creating smart<br />
green space. He helped<br />
to advance the discipline<br />
of “landscape urbanism,”<br />
which describes<br />
landscape as a path to<br />
order within cities.<br />
4 Jamie gray<br />
Jamie Gray is the owneroperator<br />
of Matter, a<br />
leading furniture and<br />
accessories retailer in<br />
Manhattan that specializes<br />
in launching young<br />
talent. In 2010, he began<br />
manufacturing products<br />
by some of his favourite<br />
designers, under the<br />
label Matter-Made.<br />
5 ron arad<br />
London-based Ron Arad<br />
designed such postmodern<br />
classics as the<br />
Rover chair, made out<br />
of an old car seat, and<br />
the flexible Bookworm<br />
bookshelf for Kartell. He<br />
is also an architect, and<br />
in 2010 he completed<br />
the Design Museum<br />
Holon outside Tel Aviv,<br />
where he was born.<br />
PHOTO BY araSH MOALLEMI<br />
44 jul ⁄ aug <strong>2014</strong> az awards annual azuremagazine.com