pritzker architecture prize

This week on Dezeen, Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that aim to foster community. Yamamoto, who became the 53rd architect to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, was recognised for his work created over a five-decade career. To celebrate Yamamoto’s win, we looked back at 15 of

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It’s now 20 years since a solo woman won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The profession’s most prestigious award must do better, writes Tom Ravenscroft. It is 20 years since Zaha Hadid won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, yet somehow she remains the only solo woman to have won the accolade. Just days before International Women’s Day today,

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Riken Yamamoto being named the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Japanese architect Yamamoto has been announced as the latest winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Yamamoto, the ninth recipient from Japan and the 53rd laureate of the annual Pritzker Architecture Prize, was

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Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Diébédo Francis Kéré may be known for his resource-light community buildings but would be open to designing a skyscraper when the time is right, he tells Dezeen in this interview. Burkinabè architect Kéré has risen to become one of the profession’s biggest stars in recent years, becoming the first African to win

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In this week’s comments update, readers discussed an opinion piece arguing against awarding the Pritzker Architecture Prize to David Chipperfield and continued debating 15-minute cities, following an interview with its creator. Chipperfield’s work is “on the whole bland, unimaginative and overly grandiose” wrote architecture critic Aaron Betsky in an opinion piece for Dezeen, following his Pritzker Architecture Prize

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David Chipperfield did not deserve to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize last week, writes Aaron Betsky. Whether it’s the Oscars or the Pritzkers, it is always a fool’s errand to second-guess jury choices. I mean, I liked Everything Everywhere All at Once, but really? Nonetheless, given the tremendous outpouring of support for the selection of

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