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Egon Eiermann
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Born September 29, 1904 • Germany
Died July 20, 1970 (aged 65) • Baden-Baden • Germany

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Wallace Harrison, 1966
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American architect
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Spanish architect
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American architect
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Le Corbusier
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Church of Notre-Dame, Le Raincy, Fr., by Auguste and Gustave Perret, 1923, with stained glass by Maurice Denis
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Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.
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