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News Articles: Pritzker Prize

West Village, 2015, Chengdu, People's Republic of China

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Chinese architect Liu Jiakun wins the 2025 Pritzker Prize

The jury cited Liu's "reverence for culture, history and nature, chronicling time and comforting users with familiarity through modern interpretations of classic Chinese architecture."

March 04, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
Yokosuka Museum of Art, situated on Tokyo Bay, is designed as a destination for both visitors and locals.

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  • Architecture

Riken Yamamoto, who designs dignity and elegance into daily life, wins Pritzker Prize

Yamamoto's postwar childhood in Japan shaped his interest in the interplay of architecture and community. The jury of the prestigious architecture award cited the intergenerational power of his work.

March 05, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
America's Cup Building — or the "Veles e Vents" building — in Valencia, Spain, was completed in 11 months to host the America's Cup sailing competition in 2007.

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More timeless than trendy, Sir David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Prize

The British architect is known for his crisp, understated, elegant work. "He enhances the quality of people's lives through a poetic sensation that always flows from his buildings," the jury said.

March 07, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Arata Isozaki arrives at the Élysée Palace in Paris on May 24, 2019. The Pritzker-winning Japanese architect has died at 91.

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Pritzker-winning architect Arata Isozaki dies at 91

The Japanese architect was known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs. He won the Pritzker Prize, the highest honor in the field, in 2019.

December 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Winter gardens and balconies were added to expand living space in <a href="https://www.lacatonvassal.com/index.php?idp=80">social buildings</a> in Bordeaux in 2017.

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  • Architecture

2021 Pritzker Prize Goes To French Architects Who 'Work With Kindness'

Often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Architecture," this year's Pritzker was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, a design pair who emphasize reuse and equitable housing.

March 16, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
A woman enters a public restroom with transparent walls in Tokyo's Shibuya ward. Architect Shigeru Ban designed the bathroom in a way to reassure anyone entering the toilet.

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  • Architecture

Transparent Public Toilets Unveiled In Tokyo Parks — But They Also Offer Privacy

"There are two things we worry about when entering a public restroom," an architect's firm says of the jewel-like toilets. "The first is cleanliness, and the second is whether anyone is inside."

August 19, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell

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