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Meet the judges<br />

our fourth annual AZ Awards jury<br />

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5<br />

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2<br />

4<br />

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

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