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Pritzker Prize 2018: Architecture Award
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Jan 30, 2018
Pritzker Prize 2018 Architecture Award Jury
New Jurors for the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018
The Hyatt Foundation Appoints New Jury Member for The Pritzker Architecture Prize
Chicago, IL (January 30, 2018) – The Pritzker Architecture Prize appoints 2010 Pritzker Laureate Kazuyo Sejima as the newest member of the Pritzker Prize Jury. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the accolade, which has come to be known internationally as architecture’s highest honor.
photograph : Aiko Suzuki
Tom Pritzker, Chairman of Hyatt Foundation, states, “During her acceptance speech of the 2010 Pritzker Prize, Kazuyo Sejima remarked, ‘…this award is not only in recognition of our past works but rather an encouragement toward new architectural creations.’ It is this credence, alongside her international background and experience, that makes her a welcomed addition to the Jury.”
photo : Aiko Suzuki
Kazuyo Sejima is the co-founder of Toyko-based SANAA, alongside 2010 Pritzker Laureate Nishizawa Ryue, which opened in 1995. She is also a professor at Polytechnic University of Milan; University of Applied Arts Vienna; Keio University, Tokyo; Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture Y-GSA; and a visiting professor at Japan Women’s University, Tokyo.
photo : Giorgio Zucchiatti, Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
“I am looking forward to working with my colleagues on the jury and supporting the mission of the Pritzker Prize,” comments Ms. Sejima.
Ms. Sejima was appointed as the Director of the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, and was named Japan Institute of Architects’ Young Architect of the Year in Japan in 1992. She has taught at various institutions including Princeton University and Polytechnique de Lausanne. She opened Kazuyo Sejima & Associates in Tokyo in 1987, and joined the office of 2013 Pritzker Laureate Toyo Ito upon completing her architectural studies at Japan Woman’s University in 1981.
Her own works include House in Plum Grove (Tokyo) and Inujima Art House Project (Okayama). Notable works of SANAA consist of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (Kanazawa), the Rolex Learning Center (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), the Louvre-Lens, and Grace Farms (New Canaan).
Ms. Sejima joins Jury Chair Glenn Murcutt, architect and 2002 Pritzker Laureate, Sydney, Australia; Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Washington, D.C., USA; André Corrêa do Lago, architectural critic, curator, and Brazilian Ambassador to Japan, Tokyo, Japan; The Lord Palumbo, architectural patron, Chairman Emeritus of the Trustees, Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom; Richard Rogers, architect and 2007 Pritzker Laureate, London, United Kingdom; Wang Shu, architect, educator, and 2012 Pritzker Laureate, Hangzhou, China; Benedetta Tagliabue, architect and director of EMBT Miralles Tagliabue, Barcelona, Spain; and Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts, Mumbai, India. Martha Thorne, Executive Director of the Pritzker Prize and also Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design manages the open nominations process, which accepts suggestions from architects from all over the world.
The 2018 Laureate will be announced in March, followed by the official ceremony in Toronto, Canada, this spring. Early this year, viewers can expect a new digital experience through a fully redesigned website, PritzkerPrize.com, as well as expanded social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Pritzker Architecture Prize – Past Winners
2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize
RCR Arquitectes – Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta – have been selected as the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award that is known internationally as architecture’s highest honor.
Pritzker Architecture Prize Winners
Pritzker Architecture Prize 2017 Laureates
2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Alejandro Aravena of Chile practices architecture as an artful endeavor in private commissions and in designs for the public realm and epitomizes the revival of a more socially engaged architect.
Pritzker Prize 2016 Winner – Alejandro Aravena
Pritzker Prize Winner 2014
Shigeru Ban is the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
A key building by this architect: Centre Pompidou-Metz, France:
photo : Roland Halbe
Pritzker Prize Winner 2013
The 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner is Toyo Ito of Japan.
The 71 year old architect whose architectural practice is based in Tokyo, Japan, will be the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Ito is the sixth Japanese architect to become a Pritzker Laureate – the first five being the late Kenzo Tange in 1987, Fumihiko Maki in 1993, Tadao Ando in 1995, and the team of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in 2010.
Pritzker Prize Citation 2013 – Toyo Ito
Toyo Ito architect:
photo courtesy of Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Pritzker Prize 2012 won by architect Wang Shu
photos from ceremony
Pritzker Prize 2012 winner : Wang Shu
Pritzker Prize 2011 won by architect Eduardo Souto de Moura
photo : Augusto Brázio
Pritzker Prize 2010 winner : Eduardo Souto de Moura
Pritzker Prize 2010 won by architects SANAA
Pritzker Prize Winner 2010 : SANAA
Pritzker Prize 2009 won by architect Peter Zumthor
Pritzker Prize Winner 2009 : Peter Zumthor
Pritzker Prize – more info on past winners
Pritzker Prize information from The Pritzker Prize
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pritzker Architecture Prize Information
Pritzker Prize architects : main page with current winner information
Pritzker Prize 2011 Citation from the Jury + The Jury + Eduardo Souto de Moura information
Pritzker Prize Winner 2010 : SANAA, architects
Zaha Hadid : Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury member
Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 2010 : Citation from the Jury + The Jury
Key Architecture Awards
World Architecture Festival Awards
AR Awards for Emerging Architecture
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