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Master of understatement David Chipperfield wins 2023 Pritzker Prize

David Chipperfield has been declared the 2023 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious award in architecture. The judges lauded his "subtle yet powerful" body of work, which spans four decades and over one hundred projects.

A building like this clad in the new electrochromic material could reduce HVAC costs by 8.4%, say researchers at the University of Chicago

Environment

Cladding could regulate building temps by solidifying and liquefying

Seeking a passive way to keep buildings cool in hot weather and warmer in the colder months, researchers have developed a new electrochromic shape-shifting material. It switches from solid to liquid and from clear to opaque at set temperatures.

Architecture

2022 Pritzker Prize winner pioneers art of low-tech sustainability

Diébédo Francis Kéré has won the 2022 Pritzker Prize. The judges highlighted the architect's ingenious approach to sustainability, which embraces passive techniques like natural ventilation to provide comfort in challenging conditions.

Transformation of G, H, I Buildings, Grand Parc, 530 Units, Social Housing (with Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin) was completed in 2017 and is an example of Lacaton and Vassal's belief that demolishing existing buildings should be avoided if at all possible

Architecture

Modest maestros Lacaton and Vassal win 2021 Pritzker Prize

The winners of this year's Pritzker Prize have been announced. French duo Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal are the deserving winners, with the judges lauding the pair's decades-long efforts to improve and extend existing buildings.

University Campus UTEC Lima's criss-crossing forms create shaded nooks for students to relax

Architecture

Grafton Architects' concrete connoisseurs win 2020 Pritzker Prize

The annual Pritzker Prize is architecture's most prestigious honor. The 2020 laureate has now been announced, and it's actually not one person but two: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Ireland's Grafton Architects.

The Ark Nova was created in collaboration with Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor

Architecture

The amazing avant-garde works of 2019 Pritzker Prize winner Arata Isozaki

The Pritzker Prize is regarded as the most prestigious award in architecture and previous recipients read like a who's who of architectural greats, including Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Shigeru Ban. Renowned Japanese architect Arata Isozaki joins these ranks as the 2019 Pritzker Prize winner.

Balkrishna Doshi was born in Pune, India in 1927

Architecture

Gallery: Balkrishna Doshi becomes India's first Pritzker Architecture Prize winner

The Pritzker Prize has honored the work of living architects from all over the world since its inception in 1979. This year it makes its way to India for the first time, going to Balkrishna Doshi, who has spent much of his 70-year career dedicated to improving the quality of life in his homeland.

The tower would rise to a height of 381 m (1,250 ft), making it the same height as the Empire State Building and the tallest building in Europe (Image: Morphosis)

Architecture

Tallest building in Europe planned for ... a small Alpine village?

Californian architecture firm Morphosis (headed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Thom Mayne), recently released plans for a skyscraper in Vals, Switzerland that would be the tallest building in Europe. So why is it based in a sleepy Alpine village?

The façade itself is not solid; instead it incorporates a field of pixilation and perforations, that together create a changing visual dynamic that shifts depending on lighting and seasonal conditions (Photo: Virgile Simon Bertrand)

Architecture

Zaha Hadid's stunning Dongdaemun Design Plaza opens in Seoul

From London’s Aquatics Centre to the Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion to the Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid’s architectural style remains individualistic. Now the Pritzker winning Iraqi born designer can add Korea’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza to her team’s resume.