Yona Friedman
Yona Friedman | |
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| Born | 5 June 1923 |
| Died | 20 February 2020 (aged 96) Los Angeles, United States |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| Occupation | Architect |
Yona Friedman (5 June 1923 – 20 February 2020) was a Hungarian-born French architect, urban planner and designer. He was influential in the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his theory of "mobile architecture". In 2018, on his 95th birthday, he was awarded the Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts.