Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha dies at 92

Highly decorated Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and RIBA Gold Medal, has passed away at the age of 92.The architect died in a Sao Paulo hospital of lung cancer on 23 May 2021.
Described as a "role model" for architects, Mendes da Rocha was the recipient of many of architecture's highest accolades.
He was globally recognised as a major architect of the 20th century, despite rarely building outside his native Brazil.
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