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Updated March 11, 2021
Brazilian football legend Pele take part in a meeting with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and France national football team forward Kylian Mbappe (unseen) at the Hotel Lutetia in Paris on April 2, 2019. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
Football’s greatest living legend, Pele, could add another to his long list of accolades: the Rio de Janeiro state legislature has voted to rename Brazil’s iconic Maracana stadium for him.
Lawmakers voted Tuesday to change the stadium’s official name to “Edson Arantes do Nascimento – Rei Pele” the three-time world champion’s full name, plus “King Pele,” his nickname.
The bill now goes to interim governor Claudio Castro, who has 15 days to decide whether to sign it into law.
A ribbon of steel and aluminium winds around the Suzhou Bay Cultural Center, which French architect Christian de Portzamparc has completed on the shore of Lake Tai in China.
Set on an esplanade in Wujiang District in Suzhou, the centre is divided into two distinct wings that contain a mix of performance halls, educational spaces and galleries.
The wings are unified by a curved, 500-metre-long metal structure, which swoops up and around them in a figure of eight and distinguishes the building from afar.
Above: the cultural centre sits on the shore of Lake Tai. Top image: it is wrapped by a continuous metallic ribbon