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Thursday, 12 June 2014

PRITZKER Archirecture Prize



PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE

Establish: 1979.
Awarded for: A career of achievement in the art of architecture
Sponsor: Hyatt Foundation.
Prize: $100,000, a citation and a bronze medallion.

The Japanese architecture, Mr. Shigeru Ban (56) won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014 for his unique approach in using materials viz. paper tubes, bamboo and shipping containers. Mr. Ban would be the seventh Japanese architect to receive the prize when it is given away on June 13, 2014 in Amsterdam.

Pritzker Architecture Academy Award for 2009 was given to Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. It is also called the Nobel Prize of Architecture.


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