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Current Affairs UPPSC 2013 GS-I
Question

Who won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize which is considered to be the Nobel Prize in architecture, announced in March 2013 in Los Angeles?

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Option C: Toyo Ito

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Toyo Ito”.
Toyo Ito won the prize by honoring the 2013 Nobel Prize in Architecture.

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