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Makers and Shakers

ARCHITECT – ARTIST

Dom Cheng

started NONUMENT in 2020, it was one of many possible names for his new architecture and design practice. Something about the name stuck with him; it suggested an alternative way of creating something of cultural significance that wasn’t monumental. It was also a term that reminded him of a word artist Robert Smithson could have used to describe his sculpture and land art.

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