Bing Thom, the Hong Kong-born Canadian architect who was hailed for his design of the new building to house Washington’s Arena Stage and for the structure’s potential to transform an entire quadrant of the city, died Oct. 4 at a hospital in his native city. He was 75.He had suffered an aneurysm, according to the website of his architectural firm. Mr. Thom’s design for the futuristic Mead Center for American Theater, which under its swooping roof houses the Arena near the waterfront in Southwest Washington, received unstinting praise from arts writers. The building, reportedly costing more than $130 million, …
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