Arata Isozaki Won 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Isozaki won the Pritzker Architecture Prize on Tuesday, a lifetime achievement award so prestigious, it’s often known as the Nobel Prize for architects.
And according to the prize’s judges, it was in part Isozaki’s endless attempts to rebuild — to make something new from old forms, to experiment on the edge of what’s possible — that earned him the honor.
Isozaki’s best-known works span the globe — from Tokyo to Milan, from Los Angeles to Doha, Qatar.
- the Shanghai Symphony Hall,
- a curving saddle of a building in the midst of the Chinese metropolis,
- the Center of Science and Industry,
- a gently bending fixture of Columbus, Ohio.
- In Barcelona, his Palau Sant Jordi arena
became a major venue at the 1992 Summer Olympics. And in more than a quarter-century since those Olympic Games
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