Frei Otto wins RIBA Royal Gold Medal

Otto: Pioneered tent structures.

Source: Otto Photo: RIBA LIbrary photographs collection

German architect and engineer Frei Otto, who is seen as the pioneer of tensile and gridshell structures in modern architecture, has won the RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal.

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