Difference between revisions of "Pritzker Architecture Prize"
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* 2013 - [http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/WWW/Profile/pf_en.html Toyo Ito] ([[Japan]]) | * 2013 - [http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/WWW/Profile/pf_en.html Toyo Ito] ([[Japan]]) | ||
| − | * 2012 - Wang Shu ([[China]]) | + | * 2012 - [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2012/biography Wang Shu] ([[China]]) |
| − | * 2011 - Eduardo Souto de Moura ([[Portugal]]) | + | * 2011 - [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2011/biography Eduardo Souto de Moura] ([[Portugal]]) |
| − | * 2010 - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa ([[Japan]]) | + | * 2010 - [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2010 Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa] ([[Japan]]) |
| − | * 2009 - Peter Zumthor (Switzerland) | + | * 2009 - [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2009/bio Peter Zumthor] (Switzerland) |
* 2008 - [[Jean Nouvel]] (France) | * 2008 - [[Jean Nouvel]] (France) | ||
* 2007 - [[Richard Rogers]] (UK) | * 2007 - [[Richard Rogers]] (UK) | ||
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The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the architecture's highest honor. The prize takes its name from the Pritzker family. Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize receive a $100,000 grant, a formal citation certificate, and since 1987, a bronze medallion. [1]
Jay A. Pritzker, (1922-1999), founded the prize with his wife, Cindy. His eldest son, Thomas J. Pritzker, the current president of The Hyatt Foundation, explains, “As native Chicagoans, it’s not surprising that our family was keenly aware of architecture, living in the birthplace of the skyscraper, a city filled with buildings designed by architectural legends such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and many others.” Ibidem
The Medal is based on designs of Louis Sullivan. On one side is the name of the prize; on the reverse, “firmness, commodity and delight,” recalling Roman architect Vitruvius' fundamental principles of architecture of firmitas, utilitas, venustas.
Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates
- 2013 - Toyo Ito (Japan)
- 2012 - Wang Shu (China)
- 2011 - Eduardo Souto de Moura (Portugal)
- 2010 - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (Japan)
- 2009 - Peter Zumthor (Switzerland)
- 2008 - Jean Nouvel (France)
- 2007 - Richard Rogers (UK)
- 2006 - Paolo Mendes da Rocha (Brazil)
- 2005 - Thom Mayne (USA)
- 2004 - Zaha Hadid (Iraq)
- 2003 - Jørn Utzon (Denmark)
- 2002 - Glenn Murcutt (Australia)
- 2001 - Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron (Switzerland)
- 2000 - Rem Koolhaas (Netherlands)
- 1999 - Norman Foster (UK)
- 1998 - Renzo Piano (Italy)
- 1997 - Sverre Fehn (Norway)
- 1996 - Rafael Moneo (Spain)
- 1995 - Tadao Ando (Japan)
- 1994 - Christian de Portzamparc (France)
- 1993 - Fumihiko Maki (Japan)
- 1992 - Alvaro Siza (Portugal)
- 1991 - Robert Venturi (USA)
- 1990 - Aldo Rossi (Italy)
- 1989 - Frank Gehry (USA)
- 1988 - Gordon Bunshaft (USA) & Oscar Niemeyer (Brazil)
- 1987 - Kenzo Tange (Japan)
- 1986 - Gottfried Böhm (West Germany)
- 1985 - Hans Hollein (Austria)
- 1984 - Richard Meier (USA)
- 1983 - I. M. Pei (USA)
- 1982 - Kevin Roche (USA)
- 1981 - James Stirling (UK)
- 1980 - Luis Barragán (Mexico)
- 1979 - Philip Johnson (USA)
See also
