Round 4: Tossup 18

A disaster memorial in this country contains a pink bedroom visible through a peephole in memory of a teenage victim. Intersecting ramps and a large central courtyard appear in an urban complex in this country called the West Village, which was designed by a native of this country who won the 2025 Pritzker Prize. In response to the prismatic shape of a building in this country, a nearby building had cannon-shaped cranes added to counterbalance. Two conjoined towers form a loop in a broadcasting company headquarters (10[1])in this country that is often called “big pants” and was designed (10[1])by (10[1])Rem Koolhaas. At age 91, an architect from this country designed the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. For 10 points, name this home country of the architect of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louvre Pyramid. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: China [or People’s Republic of China; or PRC; or Zhōngguó; or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó] (The Pritzker Prize-winning architect is Liu Jiakun. The third sentence refers to the Bank of China Tower and the HSBC Building.)
<Chicago C, Other Fine Arts> | Packet F - Chicago C, McGill C, WashU A, Chicago B
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site367%33%73.50
California (South)Main Site4100%0%104.75
CanadaMain Site1080%60%117.88
FloridaMain Site367%67%119.50
Great LakesMain Site5100%0%100.40
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site989%44%118.25
MidwestMain Site875%38%109.67
NortheastMain Site683%17%99.80
OverflowMain Site4100%0%84.00
South CentralMain Site2100%50%116.50
SoutheastMain Site786%29%114.67
UKMain Site1292%17%99.64
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%25%106.63
Upstate NYMain Site475%25%114.33