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A series of glass sculptures named for these structures, like Triangular Solid with Circular Cut-Outs, characteristically use two-way mirrors and were created by Dan Graham. In Brussels’s Jubelpark, a building of this type designed like a classical Greek temple houses Jef Lambeaux’s relief The Human Passions. A plinth in a building of this type made out of Roman travertine stone is located next to two pools enclosed by green marble walls, (-5[1])which frame (*) Georg Kolbe’s statue Dawn. For a 1929 building of this type, an architect imported onyx from the Atlas Mountains and created (10[1])a design based on the curule chair, which he later used (10[1])in his Villa Tugendhat. Nine hyperbolic paraboloids made up a Iannis Xenakis and Le Corbusier-designed one of these buildings commissioned by Philips. For 10 points, Mies van der Rohe designed what kind of building for the International Exposition in Barcelona? ■END■

ANSWER: pavilion [or pavillon; or pavelló; or pabellón; accept Barcelona Pavilion or German Pavilion; accept Philips Pavilion; accept Pavilion of Human Passions]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Oscar SiddleLimp FranceskitCambridge70-5
Daoud JacksonDefying SuavityGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz9310
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesCien Años de Quizboledad10410

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%33%118.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%50%126.17
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2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%33%98.50