The document provides biographical information on recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 1979 to 2023. It describes key details about each recipient's background, notable works, and architectural style and approach. Recipients include Philip Johnson, Luis Barragán, James Stirling, Kevin Roche, I.M. Pei, Hans Hollein, Gottfried Böhm, Kenzo Tange, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Fumihiko Maki, Christian de Portzamparc, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Glenn Murcutt,
The document provides biographical information on recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 1979 to 2023. It describes key details about each recipient's background, notable works, and architectural style and approach. Recipients include Philip Johnson, Luis Barragán, James Stirling, Kevin Roche, I.M. Pei, Hans Hollein, Gottfried Böhm, Kenzo Tange, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Fumihiko Maki, Christian de Portzamparc, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Glenn Murcutt,
The document provides biographical information on recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 1979 to 2023. It describes key details about each recipient's background, notable works, and architectural style and approach. Recipients include Philip Johnson, Luis Barragán, James Stirling, Kevin Roche, I.M. Pei, Hans Hollein, Gottfried Böhm, Kenzo Tange, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Fumihiko Maki, Christian de Portzamparc, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Glenn Murcutt,
The document provides biographical information on recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 1979 to 2023. It describes key details about each recipient's background, notable works, and architectural style and approach. Recipients include Philip Johnson, Luis Barragán, James Stirling, Kevin Roche, I.M. Pei, Hans Hollein, Gottfried Böhm, Kenzo Tange, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Fumihiko Maki, Christian de Portzamparc, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Glenn Murcutt,
- GLASS HOUSE (NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT) – MASTER DEGREE THESIS 1980 LUIS BARRAGAN - BORN IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - SELF TAUGHT ARCHITECTURAL SKILLS; ENGINEERING; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT - ESCUELA TAPATIA (1920s) – VIGOROUS ADHERENCE TO REGIONAL TRADITIONS - MINIMALIST - WORKS ARE DESCRIBED AS MYSTICAL, SERENE (CAPUCHINAS SACREMENTARIAS) - “IT IS ESSENTIAL TO AN ARCHITECT TO KNOW HOW TO SEE – TO SEE IS SUCH WAY THAT VISION IS NO OVERPOWERED BY RATIONAL ANALYSIS.” 1981 JAMES STIRLING - BORN IN GLASGOW (1926) - POSTWAR INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE - MUSEUMS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE RESIDENCES - HISTORIC ALLUSION AND CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATION - 1977, ALVAR AALTO MEDAL - 1980, RIBA GOLD MEDAL 1982 KEVIN ROCHE - BORN IN DUBLIN, IRELAND (1922) - ROOF GARDEN 1983 IEOH MING PEI - BORN IN CANTON, CHINA (1917) 1984 RICHARD MEIER - YOUNGEST ARCHITECT TO RECEIVE PRITZKER - “ARCHITECTURE IS A TRADITION, A LONG CONTINUUM. WHETEHER WE BREAK WITH TRADITION OR ENHANCE IT, WE ARE STILL CONNECTED TO THAT PAST.” - MUSEUMS 1985 HANS HOLLEIN - BORN IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA (1934) 1986 GOTTFRIED BOHM - EXPRESSIONIST; POST-BAUHAUS - CONNECTIONS – OLD WITH THE NEW - SON AND GRANDCHILD OF ARCHITECTS 1987 KENZO TANGE - INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF LE CORBUSIER THAT HE BECAME AN ARCHITECT 1988 OSCAR NIEMEYER - LYRICAL SCULPTURE - “FORM FOLLOWS BEAUTY.” GORDON BUNSHAFT - INTERNATIONAL STYLE - BORN IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK (1909) 1989 FRANK GEHRY - BORN IN CANADA (1929) - HATES CHAIN LINK: “…IF YOU CAN’T BEAT 'EM, JOIN ‘EM.” 1990 ALDO ROSSI - A POET WHO HAPPENS TO BE AN ARCHITECT - THEATERS 1991 ROBERT VENTURI - GRADUATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE - PRACTICING MODERN ARCHITECTURE 1992 ALVARO SIZA - ALVARO JOAQUIM DE SIZA VIEIRA - BORN IN PORTUGAL (1933) 1993 FUMIHIKO MAKI - MODERNIST - BORN IN TOKYO, JAPAN (1928) 1994 CHRISTIAN DE PORTZAMPARC - 6TH EUROPEAN TO RECEIVE PRITZKER - FRENCH - STIMULATED BY LE CORBUSIER IN PURSUING ARCHITECTURE - ARCHITECTURE AS A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 1995 TADAO ANDO - LIGHT IS AN IMPORTANT CONTROLLING FACTOR - GEOMETRY - BOXER - “SMOOTH-AS-SILK” - ANDO'S CONCRETE 1996 RAFAEL MONEO 1997 SVERRE FEHN - CATEGORIZED AS MODERNIST BY ARCHITECTURAL WRITERS - BORN IN KONGSBERG, NORWAY (1924) - WOOD, CONCRETE, HARMONY, RHYTHM - CONSIDERS LIGHT AS ANOTHER MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION 1998 RENZO PIANO - FAMILY OF BUILDERS 1999 NORMAN FOSTER - 1990, KNIGHTHOOD 2000 REM KOOLHAAS - WRITER 2001 JACQUES HERZOG PIERRE DE MEURON 2002 GLENN MURCUTT - LONDON-BORN AUSTRALIAN - ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE DESIGNS WITH A ISTINCTIVE AUSTRALIAN CHARACTER - RESIDENTIAL 2003 JORN UTZON - COSTS AND SCHEDULE ISSUES WITH THE AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS TO THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 2004 ZAHA HADID - ARCHITECT WHO CONSISENTLY PUSHE THE BOUNDARIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN 2005 THOM MAYNE 2006 PAULO MENDES DE ROCHA - PAULIST-BRUTALIST - CONCRETE AND STEEL FORMS - MODERNIST - POETICS OF SPACE - ARCHITECTURE OF PROFOUND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT 2007 RICHARD ROGERS 2008 JEAN NOUVEL 2009 PETER ZUMTHOR - BORN IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND (1943) - CABINET MAKER 2010 KAZUYO SEJIMA RYUE NISHIZAWA - INNNOVATIVE BUILDINGS 2011 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA - BORN IN PORTO, PORTUGAL (1952) - NEO-MIESIAN 2012 WANG SHU - CHINA (1963) 2013 TOYO ITO - COMBINING ELEMENTS OF MINIMALISM WITH AN EMBRACE OF TECHNOLOGY 2014 SHIGERU BAN - INNOVATIVE WORK WITH PAPER, PARTICULARLY RECYCLED CARDBOARD TUBES USED TO QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY HOUSE DISASER VICTIMS 2015 FREI OTTO - MMODERN LIGHTWEIGHT, TENT-LIKE STRUCTURES - TENSILE ARCHITECTURE 2016 ALEJANDRO ARAVENA - BORN ON SANTIAGO, CHILE (1967) - SOCIALLY CONCIOUS BUILDING PROJECTS THAT ATTEMPT TO BREAK DOWN ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN URBAN AREAS - FIRST CHILEAN TO WIN PRITZKER 2017 RAFAEL ARANDA CARME PIGEM RAMON VILALTA - COLLABORATIVE APPROACH IN DESIGNING A RANGE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS 2018 BALKRISHNA DOSHI - BORN IN PUNE, INDIA (1927), DIED (2023) - FAMILY IS IN THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY FOR 2 GENERATIONS - FATHER OF ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA - COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT INDIA - STYLE: NATURAL – INFLUENCED B LE CORBUSIER AND LOUI KAHN 2019 ARATA ISOZAKI - FIRST EXPERIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE WAS THE VOID OF ARCHITECTURE - INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECT AND THEORIST OF POSTMODERN ERA IN JAPAN 2020 YVONNE FARRELL SHELLEY MCNAMARA - GRAFTON ARCHITECTS - STRUCTURES THAT ARARE AT ONCE UNDERSTATED AND COMPLEX, HISTORICAL AND MODERN, GENEROUS TOWARDS THEIR USERS 2021 ANNE LACATON JEAN-PHILIPPE VASSAL - EXAMINED URBAN HOUSING AREAS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ADOPT THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL HOUSING - NEVER DEMOLISH, NEVER REMOVE – ALWAYS ADD, TRANSFORM, AND REUSE. 2022 DIEBEDO FRANCIS KERE - FIRST AFRICAN TO RECEIVE THE PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE - CREATING INNOVATIVE WORKS THAT ARE OFTEN SUSTAINABLE AND COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE - SOCIAL INITIATIVES FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES USING LOCAL VERNACULAR FORMS 2023 SIR DAVID ALAN CHIPPERFIELD CH - COLLABORATION - BRITISH - QUIETLY INCORPORATING MODERN MINIMAL DESIGNS WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS - DETAILED STONE AND CONCRETE PROJECTS