Pritzker Architecture Prize

Founded in
1979 by Jay A.
Pritzker and his
wife Cindy, the
award is
funded by
the Pritzker
family and
sponsored by
the Hyatt
Foundation.

Medal Designed by Louis Sullivan

Reverse side – firmitas,
utilitas, venustas
 Quick Facts
• The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation
certificate, and since 1987, a bronze
medallion.
• Before 1987, a limited edition Henry Moore
sculpture accompanied the monetary prize.
• The 2004 laureate Zaha Hadid was the first female prize
winner.
• Ryue Nishizawa became the youngest winner in 2010 at age 44.
• In 1988, Gordon Bunshaft and Oscar Niemeyer were both
separately honored with the award.
• 2015 Laureate Frei Otto was named awardee a day after his death.
• Partners in architecture (in 2001, Jacques Herzog and
Pierre de Meuron, and in 2010, Kazuyo Sejima and Nishizawa)
have shared the award.
• The 2017 winners, architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem,
and Ramón Vilalta were the first group of three to share the
prize.
 Pritzker Prize Chairs
• J. Carter Brown – 1979 to 2002
(John Carter Brown III)
• Lord Rothschild – 2003 to 2004
(Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron
Rothschild, OM, GBE, FRCA, Hon FKC, Hon FBA)
• Lord Palumbo – 2005 to 2015
(Peter Garth Palumbo)
• Glenn Murcutt – 2017 to 2018
(Glenn Marcus Murcutt)
• Stephen Breyer – Present
(Stephen Gerald Breyer)
 Museum of
Modern Art
Arata Isozaki Gunma, Japan
1974
Japan

Museum of
Central Academy
of Fine Arts
Beijing,
China
2003-2008

Qatar National
Convention
Arata Isozaki & Associates Center
Apprenticeship Under: Doha, Qatar
Kenzo Tange 2013
 Aranya Low Cost
B.V. Doshi Housing
Indore,
Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, India
OAL 1989
India

Indian Institute of
Management
Bangalore,
India
1977–1992
(multiple
phases)

Sangath
Architect’s
Studio
Vastushilpa Consultants Ahmedabad,
Apprenticeship Under: India
Le Corbusier 1980
*has worked with Louis Kahn
 Bell–Lloc Winery
Rafael Aranda Palamós, Girona,
Spain
Carme Pigem 2007
Ramón Vilalta
Spain

Barberí Laboratory
(RCR Arquitectes Office)
Olot, Girona,
Spain
2008

RCR Arquitectes Sant Antoni – Joan Oliver

Graduated from: Library,
Escola Tècnica Superior Senior Citizens Center and
d’Arquitectura del Vallès, or Cándida Pérez Gardens
ETSAV Barcelona, Spain
(School of Architecture in 2007
Valles)
 UC Innovation Center
Santiago, Chile
Alejandro Aravena 2014
Chile

“Siamese Towers” at the

Universidad Católica
Santiago, Chile
2005

Writer’s Cabin at
Jan Michalski Foundation
Alejandro Aravena Architects (1994), Montricher,
ELEMENTAL (2001) Switzerland
Director of the Venice 2015
Architecture Biennale
2016
 Munich Olympic
Stadium Roof
Frei Otto Munich, Germany
1972
Germany (Collab with Gunther
Behnisch)

Diplomatic Club Heart

Tent
Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia
1980
(The canopy is made
from 2,020 8-
millimeter-thick tiles
of stained glass
painted with colorful
and traditional
patterns created by
Bettina Otto, Frei
Otto’s daughter.) Japan Paper Pavilion Expo
Hannover, Germany
2000
(In collaboration with
Atelier (Frei Otto) Warmbronn Shigeru Ban, the 2014
Architectural Studio (1969) Laureate. Constructed
*Initially began as camp entirely from paper, the
grid shell pavilion is made
architect (War Camp @
up of recyclable paper tubes
Chartres, France) without joints.)
 Villa at Sengokubara
Kanagawa, Japan
Shigeru Ban 2013

Japan

Centre Pompidou
–Metz
Metz, France
2010

Paper Church
Kobe, Japan
Shigeru Ban Architects 1995
Studied Under:
John Hedjuk
 Matsumoto Performing
Arts Centre
Toyo Ito Matsumoto, Japan
2004
Japan

Sendai Mediatheque
Sendai, Japan
2001

Urbot ("Urban Robot") (1971) Main Stadium for 2009

Toyo Ito & Associates (1979) World Games
*Trained under: Kiyonori Kikutake Kaohsiung City,
*Trained SANAA (Sejima & Taiwan
Nishizawa), KDa (Klein & Dytham),
Fukushima, Yokomizo, Hirata, etc.
2009
*Defined architecture as
"clothing" for urban dwellers
 Ceramic House
Jinhua,
Wang Shu China
2003-2006
China

Ningbo History
Museum
Ningbo, China
2003-2008

Library of Wenzheng
Amateur Architecture Studio (1997) College
*founded with Lu Wenyu (his Suzhou University
wife); focusing on the amateur Suzhou, China
builder approach and 1999-2000
traditional building
 House in Bom
Eduardo Souto de Jesus
Braga,
Moura Portugal
Portugal 2003-2006

Estádio Municipal de
Braga
(Municipal
Stadium of
Braga)
Braga, Portugal
2004

Santa Maria do Bouro

Convent
(Conversion into a
Own Practice (1980) State Inn)
Graduated from:
Porto School of Architecture
Amares, Portugal
1989-1997
 The Rolex Learning
Center
Ecole Polytechnique
Federale Lausanne
Switzerland
Kazuyo Sejima (L) 2009
Ryue Nishizawa (R)
Japan

Christian Dior Building,

Omotesando
Tokyo, Japan
2003

21st Century Museum of

Contemporary Art
SANAA Kanazawa
Sejima and Nishizawa Ishikawa, Japan
and Associates 2004
(1995)
 Therme Vals
Graubünden,
Switzerland
Peter Zumthor 1996
Switzerland

Bruder Klaus Field Chapel

Mechernich, Eifel,
Germany
2007

Swiss Sound Pavilion

Own Practice (1979) Expo Hanover
*at Haldenstein, Switzerland Hanover, Germany
with a staff of fifteen (15) 2000
 Jean Nouvel
France
One Central Park
Sydney Australia
2013

Torre Agbar
(now Torre Glòries)
Barcelona, Spain
2005

Jean Nouvel et Associés (1985)

Ateliers Jean Nouvel (1994) Louvre Abu Dhabi
(Has site offices in London, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Copenhagen, New York, Rome,
2017
Madrid and Barcelona)
*From 1972 to 1984, was
successively associated with
Gilbert Lezenes, Jean-
Francois Guyot & Pierre
Soria.
 Richard George Rogers Centre Georges
(Baron Rogers of
Pompidou
Riverside or The Lord Paris, France
Rogers of Riverside) 1971-1977
United Kingdom

Lloyd’s Building
(Inside-Out Building)
London, England
1978-1986

Worked for Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill

(1962)
Team 4 (1963-1967) – with Norman Foster, Heathrow Terminal
Wendy Cheeseman (later Wendy Foster), 5
and Su Brumwell (later Su Rogers)
Worked with Renzo Piano London,
Richard Rogers Partnership (1977) England
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (2007) 2002-2008
- Has offices in London, Shanghai and
Sydney
 Saint Peter Chapel
Paulo Mendes da São Paulo,
Brazil
Rocha 1987
Brazil

São Paulo Athletic Club

São Paulo, Brazil
1957

Cais das Artes

Own Practice (1955) Vitoria, Brazil
Style: “Brazilian
2008
Brutalist”
 Diamond Ranch High
Thom Mayne School
Pomona,
United States California
2000

San Francisco Federal

Building
San Francisco,
California
2007

Morphosis (1972)
Graduated from: 41 Cooper Square
University of Southern New York, New York
California (1968) and 2009
Harvard University
Graduate School of Design
(1978)
 Vitra Fire Station
Zaha Hadid Weil am
(Zaha Mohammad Hadid) Rhein,
Iraq (born) / Germany
1993
United Kingdom

Heydar Aliyev Center

Baku, Azerbaijan
2012

Messner Mountain
Museum
Mount Kronplatz,
Zaha Hadid Architects (1980) Italy
Graduated from: Architectural 2004
Association School of
Architecture (1977) under Rem
Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, and
Bernard Tschumi
“Queen of Curves”
 Bagsværd Church
Jørn Utzon Near Copenhagen,
Denmark
Denmark 1973-1976
*The unique ceiling shape is
formed of curving reinforced
concrete shells supported by
columns. The alter wall is made
from slim white bricks arranged
in a triangular grid, and the
church's organ and pews hewn
from light-toned pine wood.

Sydney Opera House

Sydney,
Australia
1973

Utzon Center
Aalborg, Denmark
2008
*The last building Utzon
Own Practice (1955) designed was the Center for
*Has worked for Alvar architecture on Aalborg's
waterfront, the harbour
Aalto city where he grew up. The
Utzon Center is not a
museum so much as a place
for architects to gather
and discuss. The building
was completed by his son,
Kim.
 Australian Islamic Centre
Glenn Murcutt Melbourne, Australia
Australia 2016

Berowra Waters Inn

Sydney, Australia
1983

Donaldson House
Sydney, Australia
2017
*Set in a patch of dense coastal
Own Practice (1969) bushland, this weekend residence is
*Has worked for Ancher, armoured in blackened zinc panels
that defends it from wildfires. Its
Mortlock, Murray & Wooley form was designed to preserve and
*Has the Glenn Murcutt Master enjoy its natural surroundings, with
Class in the OZ.E.TECTURE an existing tree trunk extending
through a gap in its roof, and large
Architecture Foundation
projecting windows that frame the
Australia best views.
 Tate Modern
Jacques Herzog (L) Bankside, South
Bank of River
Pierre de Meuron (R) Thames, London
Switzerland 2000

Beijing National
Stadium
(Bird’s Nest)
Tokyo, Japan
2003

Brandenburg Technical
University Library
Cottbus, Germany
Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd. 2004
(1978) *Featuring a curving glass
façade printed with a
or Herzog & de Meuron mélange of white letters
Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH from the world’s alphabets,
(HdM) the building’s footprint is
made up of amoeba-inspired
curves that carefully direct
the flow of movement both
inside and out.
 Seattle Central Library
Rem Koolhaas Seattle, Washington
(Remment Lucas Koolhaas) 2004
Netherlands

Casa da Musica
Porto, Portugal
2003

China Central Television

Headquarters (CCTV Tower)
Also China Media Group
The Office for Metropolitan (CMG) Headquarters
Architecture (1975) Beijing, China
*Together with Elia Zenghelis, Zoe 2008-2012
Zenghelis (wife), and Madelon
Vriesendorp; later joined by
*with Ole Schereen
Koolhaas’ former student, Zaha Hadid
 30 St. Mary Axe
Norman Foster (The Gherkin)
(Norman Robert Foster, (Formerly Swiss RE
Baron Foster of Thames Building)
Bank) London, England
United Kingdom 2001-2003

Apple Park
(Apple Inc.
Headquarters)
Cupertino, California
2013-2017
*The roof is covered in
solar panels with an
output of 17 MWp, making
it one of the biggest
solar roofs in the world.

Millenium Bridge
London, England
2000
*Theme: “Blade of Light”
Team 4 (1963) *Collab with Arup Group, and Sir
*Together with Richard Rogers, Anthony Caro
*The bridge has two river piers and is
Su Brumwell, Georgie & Wendy made of three main sections of 81 m
Cheesman (266 ft), 144 m (472 ft), and 108 m
(354 ft) (north to south) with a total
Foster Associates (1967) structure length of 325 m (1,066 ft);
the aluminium deck is 4 m (13 ft) wide.
*Together with Georgie The eight suspension cables are
Cheesman tensioned to pull with a force of 2,000
tons against the piers set into each
Foster + Partners (1999) bank—enough to support a working load
 The Shard
Renzo Piano (London Bridge Tower/
Italy Shard of Glass/
Shard London Bridge)
London, England
2009-2012
*Tallest building in UK
since 2012

Kansai International Airport

Osaka, Japan
1994

Parco della Musica

Rome, Italy
*Has worked for Louis Kahn 1995-2002
Piano + Rogers (1971-1977)
*With Richard Rogers
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (1981)
Renzo Piano Foundation (2004)
 Nordic Pavilion
Sverre Fehn Brussels,
Belgium
Norway 1962

Norwegian Glacier
Museum
Fjordane, Norway
1999

Hedmark Museum
The Office for Metropolitan (Cathedral Museum at
Architecture (1975) Hedmark)
*Together with Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Hamar, Norway
Zenghelis (wife), and Madelon
Vriesendorp; later joined by
1988
Koolhaas’ former student, Zaha Hadid
 Cathedral of Our Lady of the
Rafael Moneo Angels (COLA)
(José Rafael Moneo (Los Angeles Cathedral)
Vallés) L.A., California, U.S.A.
Spain 2002

Valladolid Science Museum

Valladolid, Spain
2009

Rafael Moneo Arquitecto + Moneo

Brock
*Has worked with Jørn
Kursaal Palace
Utzon
(Kursaal Congress Centre and
*Founded Arquitectura Bis
Auditorium)
Magazine
San Sebastian, Spain
 Honpuku Temple
Tadao Ando (Water Temple)
Japan Hyōgo, Japan
1990-1991

Pearl Art Museum

Shanghai, China
2017

Tadao Ando Architects & Associates Church of Light

Osaka, Japan
(1969) 1989
*Self-taught architect
*Used to be a professional
boxer
*Style: “Critical Regionalism”
–
© Francesco De Cal
 Philharmonie
Christian de Luxembourg
Portzamparc Luxembourg,
Luxembourg
France 1997-2005

LVMH Tower
(Louis
Vuitton Moet
Hennessy
Tower)
New York, USA
1995-1999

French Embassy
Berlin, Germany
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc 1997-2003
(1980)
*Graduated fromÉcole Nationale des
Beaux Arts
 Aga Khan Museum
Toronto, Ontario,
Fumihiko Maki Canada
Japan 2014

Sea World Culture and Arts

Center
Shekuo, China
2017

Maki & Associates (1965)

*Helped establish
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Metabolism Group
Tokyo, Japan
1990
Álvaro Siza Vieira Church of Saint Jacques de la
(Álvaro Joaquim de Lande
Melo Siza Vieira) Rennes, France
2015-2017
Portugal

Iberê Camargo Foundation

Porto Alegre, Brazil
1995

Pavilion of the Portugal

at the 1998 Lisbon
World Exposition
Lisbon, Portugal
Private Practice (1954) 1998
 Lieb House
Robert Venturi Glen Cove, New York, USA
(Originally New Jersey)
(Robert Charles 1967
*A Long Island, New York
Venturi, Jr.) couple purchased this home
United States in early March 2009 for just
$1 to save it from
demolition, paying at least
$100,000 to move it on a
barge to Glen Cove, Long
Island

Episcopal Academy
Chapel
Pennsylvania,
USA
2010

Houston
Venturi and Short (1960) Children’s
Venturi and Rauch (1964) Museum
Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown (1980)
Houston,
Venturi, Scott Brown and Texas, USA
Associates (1989) 1980
“Less is a bore.”
*Postmodern
architecture
 Aldo Rossi Teatro Carlo Felice
Genoa, Italy
Italy 1984-1991

San Cataldo Cemetery

“City of the Dead”
Modena, Italy
1971 (Incomplete)

Bonnefantenmuseum
Maastricht,
Netherlands
The Office for Metropolitan 1990
Architecture (1975)
*Together with Elia Zenghelis, Zoe
Zenghelis (wife), and Madelon
Vriesendorp; later joined by
Koolhaas’ former student, Zaha Hadid
 Museum of Pop Culture
Seattle, WA, USA
Frank Gehry 2000
(Born: Ephraim Owen
Goldberg)
Canada / United States

8 Spruce Street
(Originally: Beekman
Tower)
New York, USA
2006-2010
*NY’s tallest
residential bldg

Nationale-Nederlanden
Building
(Dancing House or
Fred & Ginger)
Personal Practice (1962) Prague, Czech Republic
1992-1995
Gehry Partners, LLP (2011) *In collaboration with
Croatian-Czech architect
Vlado Milunić
 Church of St. Francis de Assisi
Oscar Niemeyer (Igreja da Pampulha)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Brazil 1943
(Shared Prize) *Niemeyer's drawings were often
interspersed with nude sketches
as he sought to extract from the
female nude the curves that most
pleased the eye, in order to
apply them to his designs. The
church's design was
controversial, and it didn't open
for nearly 20 years after its
completion.

Niterói Contemporary Art

Museum
Niterói, Brazil
1996

Cathedral of Brasília
Brasília, Brazil
Personal Practice with
1970
Collaborations *It serves as the
*Has worked in the architecture
studio of Lucio Costa, Gregori seat of the
Warchavchik and Carlos Leão, even Archdiocese of
though they could not pay him.
*Assisted Le Corbusier in his works Brasília.
in Brazil.
*Moved to Paris in 1966 after being
exiled due to political reasons.
 Lever House
Gordon Bunshaft (390 Park Avenue)
United States New York, USA
1952
(Shared Prize) *It is the second curtain wall
building in New York after UN
Secretariat Bldg.
*Its curtain wall was replaced
by SOM in 2003.

Hirshhorn Museum and

Sculpture Garden
Washington D.C., USA
1974

Beinecke Rare Book &

Manuscript Library
Connecticut, USA
Joined Skidmore, Owings, 1963
*It is the rare book library
& Merrill (1937) and literary archive of the
*Stayed for more than 40 Yale University Library in New
years Haven, Connecticut
*Its monolithic granite clad
piers supporting the
building's marble and granite
facade
 Kenzo Tange Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Japan Museum
Hiroshima, Japan
1955

Supreme Court Building of

Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
1993

Tange Laboratory (1946) St. Mary’s Cathedral

Kenzo Tange & Urtec (1961) – Now (Tokyo Cathedral)
Kenzo Tange & Associates Tokyo, Japan
*Major movers of the Metabolist 1964
Movement *Tange’s funeral was held here
*Was a Post-war Architect in Japan in 2005
*His students included Sachio Otani,
Kisho Kurokawa, Arata Isozaki,
Hajime Yatsuka and Fumihiko Maki.
 Böhm's pilgrimage church,
Gottfried Böhm Velbert
(West) Germany (then Neviges)
Neviges, Germany
1968-1972

Bensberg City Hall

Bensberg, Germany
1962-1969

Christi Auferstehung (Church

Family firm (1947) took over after of Resurrection)
his father’s death (1955) Cologne, Germany
*Worked for 6 months for Cajetan 1968-1970
Baumann (1951)
 Abteiberg Museum
Hans Hollein Mönchengladbach,
Germany
Austria 1972-1982

Haas House
Vienna, Austria
1985-1990

The Office for Metropolitan Museum für Moderne

Architecture (1975) Kunst
*Together with Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Frankfurt, Germany
Zenghelis (wife), and Madelon 1987-1991
Vriesendorp; later joined by
Koolhaas’ former student, Zaha Hadid
 High Museum of Art
Richard Meier (The High)
United States Atlanta, Georgia,
USA
1983

Getty Center
Los Angeles,
California, USA
1984-1997

Jubilee Church
Richard Meier & Partners (1963) (Chiesa di Dio Padre
*Has work for SOM and Marcel Breuer
Misericordioso)
Rome, Italy
2003
 Ieoh Ming Pei National Gallery of Art East
United States Building
China (Born) Washington DC, USA
1978

Fountain Place
Dallas, Texas,
USA
1986

John F. Kennedy Presidential

Library and Museum
I.M. Pei & Associates (1955) Boston, MA, USA
I.M. Pei & Partners (1966) 1977
*Pei considers this project as
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (1989) his “most important commission”
*Did consultant work at sons’ *The project had undergone many
architectural firm Pei contradictions and changes that
Pei felt that the final output
Partnership Architects after had lacked its original
retirement in 1990 passion.
*Friends with Breuer & Gropius
 Kevin Roche Ford Foundation Headquarters
(Eamonn Kevin Roche) New York, USA
1968
United States

Knights of Columbus
Building
New Haven, CT, USA
1969

Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and

Associates (1966)
*Studied under Ludwig Mies Van der
Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Dublin Convention Center
Technology (1948)
*Joined Eero Saarinen & Associates Dublin, Ireland
(1950) 2010
*Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and
Associates finished 12 of Eero
Saarinen’s unfinished projects after
his death such as the Gateway Arch,
 Seeley Historical
Sir James Stirling Library
United Kingdom England, UK
1968

Neue Staatsgalerie
Stuttgard, Germany
1979-1984

Florey Building
Stirling and Gowan (1956) Oxford, UK
Own Practice (1963) 1971
*It is the third and last
building of “The Red Trilogy”
(together with the Leicester
Engineering Faculty building
and the Cambridge History
Faculty building), all of
which are now listed.
 Jardines del Pedregal
Luis Barragán (El Pedregal de San
Mexico Angel)
Mexico, Mexico
1945-1953

Torres de Satélite
(Satellite
Towers)
Mexico, Mexico
1957-1958

Casa Barragán
(Luis Barragán House &
Studio)
Own Practice with Mexico, Mexico
1947-1948
Collaborations *Vestibule showing some
*Very keen on modernist style
characteristic features of
*It has also been proved that
Barragán's work: his use of
Louis Kahn informally consulted
natural light, geometric
Barragán on the space between the
forms, pure colors and
buildings of the Salk Institute
staircases without railings.
in La Jolla, California.
* The site became World
Heritage Site by UNESCO in
 One Detroit Center
(Ally Detroit
Philip Johnson Center)
United States Michigan, USA
1991-1993

550 Madison Avenue

Sony Tower/Plaza
(2007)
AT&T Building
(Originally)
New York, USA
1984
*In July 2018 it was
designated a New York City
landmark by the Landmarks
Preservation Commission

Own Practice Glass House

*Close ties with Le Corbusier, (Johnson
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe,
Marcel Breuer, and Walter House)
Gropius Connecticut,
USA
1948-1949
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