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When award-winning architect Yuji Yamazaki agreed to design the Kudadoo Maldives Private Island, he found himself thinking about how his building could show off the island -- and not the other way around.
(CNN) — Many architects would kill to be given a blank slate on which to create their dream project.
But when award-winning architect Yuji Yamazaki agreed to design the Kudadoo Maldives Private Island, which opened in 2018 and is made up of just 15 overwater residences, he found himself thinking about how his building could show off the island -- and not the other way around.

Days after Eric Adams won the New York City mayoral primary four years ago, he was invited to Washington by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to speak to the House Democratic caucus, touted by the chair of the House Democrats’ campaign arm as a model for campaigns around the country, and welcomed at Joe Biden’s White House.