pritzker architecture prize

Here are 15 key projects by British architect David Chipperfield, who was named the winner of the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize today. Chipperfield, who is the founder of architecture studio David Chipperfield Architects, is the 52nd winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The annual award aims to recognise living architects’ built work and contributions to the built environment.

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The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who has won this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize. Born in Gando, Burkina Faso, Kéré is the first African and the first Black architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1979. The architect was recognised for his body of

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Here are 10 key projects by Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who has been named this year’s laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. Born in Burkina Faso and based in Germany, Kéré’s work focuses on social initiatives for marginalised communities using local vernacular forms recontextualised within contemporary design. “He has served as a singular beacon

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In this previously unpublished interview, Lacaton & Vassal co-founder Jean-Philippe Vassal explained why the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio believes that buildings should be renovated instead of demolished. “Just try to repair and just try to add what is missing,” said Vassal. “You will give much more pleasure than by rebuilding after demolition.” Vassal, who along

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Lacaton & Vassal’s Pritzker Architecture Prize win reinforces the need to focus much more on our city’s existing buildings, says Phineas Harper. Finally, a major architecture award has been given to a studio best known for refurbishments. French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal who have clinched the 2021 Pritzker Prize, are invigorating winners because

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