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[sayrah]

Four buildings all connected by a person. His/her name is three words long 3/4/7.

Buildings are Birds Nest Stadium, The British Museum, Sydney Opera House and The HSBC Building in Hong Kong.
Any help appreciated.

[Fibonacci]

Sayrah,
Could you please follow the site's guidelines and post the name of the quiz and the closing date. Thank you

[ProfessorMaisie]

Could it be 3/7/4?

The English structural engineer Ove Nyquist Arup was involved in the design of all four buildings (Nyquist being his mother's maiden name). Or perhaps the middle name has been mistaken for his surname? He's usually referred to as just Ove Arup.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Nordic surnames are can be a bit tricky, this is from a Wiki article -

''It was the tradition in all Nordic countries for married women to keep their surname after marriage. This changed gradually during the last half of the 19th century. During the 20th century women were given their husband's surname at marriage. From the beginning of 21st century it has become more common for women to keep their own family name after marriage. New laws in 1981 and 2005 allow children to have either father’s or mother’s surname, or even a patronymic or matronymic surname following the pattern in use prior to 1828.''

[sayrah]

Thank you so much Professor Maisie for the answer and for all the interesting information.