Riken Yamamoto, Architect of Innovative Housing, Wins the 2024 Pritzker Prize
The Japanese designer has made a career of finding new ways to bring people together.
The Japanese designer has made a career of finding new ways to bring people together.
Architect Riken Yamamoto has won the 2024 Pritzker Prize—the highest award in architecture. Yamamoto’s work is known for its boxy forms, but this achievement acknowledges his significant contributions to social housing and community life, fostered through his designs.
Riken Yamamoto, Pritzker Prize 2024 laureate
Tom Welsh, courtesy Pritzker Architecture Prize
Yokosuka Museum of Art
Tomio Ohashi, courtesy Pritzker Architecture Prize
Yamamoto founded his firm, Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop, in 1973. His work spans Japan, China, South Korea, and Switzerland and includes educational facilities, civic buildings, and mixed-use developments. But Yamamoto is largely recognized for housing that blurs the lines between private and public realms, utilizing careful planning to produce communal spaces.
Tianjin Library
Courtesy Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop, Pritzker Architecture Prize
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