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Born 1975 (age 51) • Beijing • China

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Chinese architect Ma Yansong stands behind two scale models of the curving Marilyn Monroe Buildings in his Beijing office, with exposed wooden beams above.
Aerial view of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, showing its futuristic, curving white structure with a green rooftop and cityscape in the background.
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