Riken Yamamoto, Architect of Innovative Housing, Wins the 2024 Pritzker Prize

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.

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.