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On this day, 21 November 1976

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Death of the Czech architect Antonin Raymond

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During his early career Raymond worked for American architect Cass Gilbert and was involved in designing New York’s Woolworth Building (1910-13), one of America’s first skyscrapers. His later work in Japan combined Western and traditional Japanese elements and he had a powerful influence on Japanese modernism especially after WWII.

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