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EXPAND YOUR BOLDFACE AND THE WINNERS ARE… AZURE EXPERIENCE The Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies handed out more than  Good Design Awards in December. As in recent years, electronics manufacturers came out on top, accounting for nearly a sixth of the awards. Contract furnishings dominated the furniture category, with wins for Teknion’s flexible Interpret desking system, Humanscale’s adjustable sit-to-stand table, Knoll’s Lounge soft seating collection, and Allsteel’s frameless, movable Beyond glass walls and Clarity task seating collection. In residential products, Kartell picked up three awards, including one for Tokujin Yoshioka’s transparent table; BoConcept was recognized for the Ottawa dining table, designed by Karim Rashid, and a leaf-shaped dining chair; and Flou took one home for its elegant Essentia bed propped up on bent iron GO TO legs. In textiles, Bernhardt Textiles was lauded for its Fusion and Workshop collections, while KnollTextiles was ZINIO.COMAZURE handed two awards for the Glass and Vivid collections. Other nods went to Hansgrohe Axor, for the modular AND GET YOUR Bouroullec vanity and shower collection and the Starck OWN DIGITAL shower fixture line; Thermador, for the Freedom induction cooktop, Star Sapphire dishwasher and four other appli- SUBSCRIPTION ances; Bulthaup, for its innovative b drawer organization system; and Boffi, for its stainless steel K kitchen. For the full list, visit chi-athenaeum.org. The Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for SAVE OVER % AND ENJOY: Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies also → Convenient, instant access on multiple platforms announced the recipients of the Europe  under Awards. A jury of practitioners from Europe and the → Search, zoom, link, bookmark and other navigation features United States narrowed down hundreds of submissions, → Share, save articles and images, and archive issues presenting accolades to  architects, industrial designers → Interactive experience and quick links to additional online content and landscape architects from  countries, including Bulgaria, Malta and Poland. The talent roster from France was off the charts, with a whopping  winners , including Samuel Delmas and Stephanie Vincent. Others included Bart Reuser and Michel Schreinemachers of Amsterdam and Beijing’s NEXT Architects, and Yianna Bouyioukou of Los Angeles firm Your Building Here. For the full list, visit chi-athenaeum.org. The American Institute of Architects awarded its gold medal to architect Thom Mayne, founder of the L.A. firm Morphosis and the mastermind behind the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas; the Cooper Union in New York; and the Phare Tower in Paris, currently under construction. AIA also selected Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, based in New York, as best firm. Among Williams and Tsien’s achievements are the new Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, a handsome museum that features a spectacular cantilevered light box perched above a grey and gold limestone building; and the David Rubenstein Atrium at New York’s Lincoln Center, a ticketing facility that boasts a floor-to-ceiling fountain, an instal- lation by Dutch textile artisan Claudy Jongstra, and oculus-style fixtures that draw in natural light. Toronto’s Brigitte Shim, Howard Sutcliffe, Marianne McKenna and Vancouver’s James K.M. Cheng have been selected as members of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s most prestigious civilian honours. Shim-Sutcliffe Architects has headed up many refined commercial and residential commissions, including the Integral House, a sculptural home with a performance theatre located on a ravine lot in Toronto. McKenna is a founding partner of Toronto's KPMB Architects and her cultural and educational structures, including the Rotman School of Management expansion in Toronto, are internationally lauded. James K.M. Cheng Architects is renowned on the West Coast for its tall, slender condominiums. Outside of British Columbia, Cheng has designed mixed-use towers in Bellevue, Washington, and Toronto.  MAR⁄APR  AZUREMAGAZINE.COM

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