The announcement of Pritzker Prize It is just around the corner. As every year, lovers of architecture and design are in the expectation of the announcement, because we know who is the architect who will become a guild legend, but do you know What is the Pritzker Prize?
What is the Pritzker award?
He Architecture Pritzker Prize It is an annual recognition granted by the Hyatt Foundation with the objective of “honoring a living architects whose work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitmentwhich has produced consistent and significant contributions for humanity and the environment built through the art of architecture ”
Pritzker Award: History
The Pritzker is granted by the Hyatt Foundation And it was created in 1979 by Jay and Cindy Pritzker to honor The best in architecture worldwide. His main motivation was to stimulate a broader audience lover of architecture and inspire the creative talent of professionals to continue promoting their creativity in architecture.
The winner of the Pritzker He receives a prize of $ 100,000, in addition to a bronze medallion that accredits him as a winner and participates in a ceremony where the award is delivered and an acceptance speech is offered.
Pritzker Award: Some outstanding winners
From the first edition in 1979 to date, 41 architects such as Alejandro Aravena, Zaha Hadid, Philip Johnson, Toyo Ito, James Stirling, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Luis Barragán or Rem Koolhaas.
These are some of the winners and the reason why They received the Pritzker Prize According to the Hyatt Foundation and the Jury
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Luis Barragán, the only Mexican winner of the Pritzker Prize
The only Mexican who has won the Pritzker is Luis Barragán in 1980, the satellite towers and the house that bears his name, among other flagship works, received the Second edition of the Pritzker Prize And his work was defined by the Hyatt Foundation as «A sublime act of poetic imagination, with gardens, squares and disturbing beauty sources”