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PRITZKER PRIZE

9th March, 2023 MISCELLANEOUS

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Context: British architect David Chipperfield received the Pritzker prize.

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  • David Alan Chipperfield, a British architect and urban planner, has received the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
  • He is a London-based architect with offices in four other nations and has worked in cities across Asia and Europe as well as in the United States, including Davenport, Iowa, and Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Chipperfield's work spanned more than 100 projects over four decades and included residences, civic, academic, and urban planning buildings as well as a recent addition to Berlin's prestigious Museum Island complex.
  • In 1985, he established David Chipperfield Architects in London. The company later added locations in Berlin, Shanghai, Milan, and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  • In 1985, he established David Chipperfield Architects in London. The company later added locations in Berlin, Shanghai, Milan, and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  • Chipperfield, the 52nd recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, was also given a bronze medallion in addition to a $100,000 grant.

About The Pritzker Prize

  • It is an international architecture award presented annually "to honour a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.
  • It was 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.
  • It is considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes and is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for architecture.
  • The Prize is said to be awarded "irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology".
  • The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and, since 1987, a bronze medallion.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-03-07/uk-architect-david-chipperfield-takes-2023-pritzker-prize