PASSINGS
Andre Polak; Co-Designer of Brussels World Fair Landmark
Andre Polak, 74, an architect who helped design the Brussels Atomium monument for the 1958 World Fair. Polak created the structure along with his brother, Jean. It resembles an iron molecule to symbolize the power of science, the Atomic Age and Belgian industrial acumen of the 1950s. The nine huge spheres of the 335-foot-tall Atomium still dominate the cityscape of suburban Laken. In Brussels of a heart attack on April 1.
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