Question

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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Florida2025-02-01Y36.6767%0%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y611.67100%17%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y610.00100%0%0%
Midwest2025-02-01Y611.67100%17%0%
North2025-02-01Y316.67100%33%33%
Northeast2025-02-01Y512.00100%20%0%
Overflow2025-02-01Y512.00100%20%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y210.00100%0%0%
South Central2025-02-01Y210.00100%0%0%
Southeast2025-02-01Y410.00100%0%0%
UK2025-02-01Y1011.0080%10%20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y810.0075%13%13%
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y36.6767%0%0%

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Rutgers ACornell B001010
George Washington AColumbia C001010
Maryland AGeorge Washington B001010
Vassar AHaverford A0000
Haverford BPenn B0000
Columbia BJohn Jay College001010
NYU APenn A10101030
Yale AJohns Hopkins A001010