This architect, who often requested meals in which all the foods were pink, designed modernist houses on a former lava field called the “rocky gardens.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this architect whose Satellite Towers are painted in bright, monochromatic colors. This architect’s house and studio is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico City.
ANSWER: Luis Barragán [or Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín]
[10m] Jill Magid turned Barragán’s ashes into a diamond ring to convince this country’s furniture company Vitra to publicize his archive. This country’s firm Herzog and de Meuron (“duh mur-ON”) used 300 thousand LEDs in their design for the Allianz Arena.
ANSWER: Switzerland [or Swiss Confederation; or Schweiz; or Suisse; or Svizzera; or Svizra]
[10e] This artist, who advised Barragán on his design for the Jardines del Pedregal, died before the completion of his Anahuacalli (“ah-nah-wah-KAH-lee”) Museum. This muralist lived in his wife’s Casa Azul, or “blue house,” in Mexico City.
ANSWER: Diego Rivera [or Diego María Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez]
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