Yona Friedman

Architect

Birthday June 5, 1923

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Hungary

DEATH DATE Feb 20, 2020 (96)

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About

Architect and urban planner who published the manifesto Mobile Architecture in 1958.

Before Fame

He escaped the Nazis during World War II and lived for 10 years in Israel before moving to Paris.

Trivia

He came to prominence in the age of the megastructure, the concept of small cities within buildings.

Family Life

He married French film editor Denise Charvein.

Associated With

He and fellow architect Frank Gehry were contemporaries.