The regional office of the National Fisheries Development Board in Hyderabad, India, is housed in a building shaped like a fish. Opened in 2012, the plump, tubular fish building has landed on a handful of “bad architecture” lists, but locally it’s a landmark that people seem to like.
Which architect designed the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and the pyramid-shaped expansion of the Louvre in Paris?
A) Frank Gehry
B) Zaha Hadid
C) Richard Meier
D) I.M. Pei
Previous answer: Now lost, the enormous “Braganza diamond” (which probably was a topaz) belonged to the royal family of Portugal.
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