Riken Yamamoto wins the 2024 Pritzker Prize
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been awarded the 2024 Pritzker Prize. "By the strong, consistent quality of his buildings, he aims to dignify, enhance and enrich the life of individuals—from children to elders—and their social connections," said the jury citation. "And he does this through a self-explanatory yet modest and pertinent architecture, with structural honesty and precise scaling, with careful attention to the landscape of the surroundings." "His architecture clearly expresses his beliefs through the modular structure and the simplicity of its form," the jury added. "Yet, it does not dictate activities, rather it enables people to shape their own lives within his buildings with elegance, normality, poetry and joy." Ecoms House, photo courtesy of Shinkenchiku ShaOn the eve of the announcement, Archinect asked various AI models to predict the 2024 Pritzker Prize winner. However, no models accurately predicted this year's winner. As the 53rd laureate, Yamamoto will join...
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been awarded the 2024 Pritzker Prize.
"By the strong, consistent quality of his buildings, he aims to dignify, enhance and enrich the life of individuals—from children to elders—and their social connections," said the jury citation. "And he does this through a self-explanatory yet modest and pertinent architecture, with structural honesty and precise scaling, with careful attention to the landscape of the surroundings."
"His architecture clearly expresses his beliefs through the modular structure and the simplicity of its form," the jury added. "Yet, it does not dictate activities, rather it enables people to shape their own lives within his buildings with elegance, normality, poetry and joy."
On the eve of the announcement, Archinect asked various AI models to predict the 2024 Pritzker Prize winner. However, no models accurately predicted this year's winner.
As the 53rd laureate, Yamamoto will join...
