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Good Morning Folks! This week in our Iconic Architects post, we take a dekko at Antoine Predock, architect par excellence who was awarded the Rome Prize, a New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, the AIA Gold Medal, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and in 2010, Predock was named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. Click on the post for more.

Good Morning Folks! This week our chosen Iconic Architect is Michelangelo, considered one of the greatest architects of all time for his influence on Mannerism - though he is better known for his brilliant paintings and sculptures of the High Renaissance period.

Good Morning Folks! This week our chosen Iconic Architect is Lord Norman Foster (21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate) and founder of Foster + Partners, a practice that has received 470 awards and citations for excellence and has won more than 86 international and national competitions. One of his most well-known works is London's St. Mary's Axe - popularly known as The Gherkin.

Good Morning Folks! This week in our Iconic Architects post, we take a dekko at Ben van Berkel, Dutch architect and founding partner of the internationally acclaimed architectural practice – UNStudio - which realized, amongst others projects, the Karbouw office building and the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. Click on the post for more. # vanberkelandbos

Good Morning Folks! This week in our Iconic Architects post, we turn our attention to American architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, the founding principal of Studio Gang. Jeanne is recognized internationally for a design process that foregrounds the relationships between individuals, communities, and environments. Click on the post for more.

Good Morning Folks! This week in our Iconic Architects post, we bow to Santiago Calatrava, the 66 year old Structural Engineer, Sculptor and Architect whose structures are nothing short of breath-taking! Click on the post for more.

Good Morning Folks! This week in our Iconic Architects post, we pay tribute to Imhotep, considered by some to be the earliest known architect, engineer and physician in history. He is credited with designing the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Click on the post for more.

Good Morning Folks! This week in our Iconic Architects post, we take a look at Antoni Gaudi, the 19th Century Master, 7 of whose structures are UNESCO World Heritage Sites . Click on the post for more.

Good Morning Folks! Over the next few weeks, we shall be paying tribute to some of the stalwarts of the architecture and construction industries in our posts. We start with Zaha Hadid who left the world a much more beautiful place than she found it. Click on post for more.