Pritzker Prize Background

The Pritzker Prize THE PURPOSE OF THE PRITZKER PRIZE IS TO HONOR A LIVING ARCHITECT 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. THE 2012 JURY Lord Peter Alejandro Stephen Breyer Palumbo Aravena 2005-present 2009-present 2012 Yung Ho Chang Zaha Glenn Hadid Murcut 2012 2012 2010-present Juhani Pallasmaa Martha Thorne Karen Stein 2005-present 2004-present 2004-present HISTORY THE PRIZE TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PRITZKER FAMILY, WHOSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO. THE PRITZKERS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. JAY A. PRITZKER, (1922-1999), FOUNDED THE PRIZE WITH HIS WIFE, CINDY. JAY AND CINDY PRITZKER BELIEVED THAT A MEANINGFUL PRIZE WOULD ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE NOT ONLY A GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WOULD INSPIRE GREATER CREATIVITY WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION. PAST LAUREATES 1979 Philip Johnson 1980 Luis Barragán 1981 Sir James Stirling 1982 Kevin Roche 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei 1984 Richard Meier 1985 Hans Hollein %3D 1986 Gottfried Böhm 1987 Kenzo Tange 1988 Gordon Bunshaft 1988 Oscar Niemeyer 1989 Frank Gehry 1990 Aldo Rossi 1991 Robert Venturi 1992 Álvaro Siza Vieira 1993 Fumihiko Maki 1994 Christian de Portzamparc 1995 Tadao Ando 1996 Luis Rafael Moneo 1997 Sverre Fehn 1998 Renzo Piano 1999 Norman Foster 2000 Rem Koolhaas 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 2002 Glenn Murcutt 2003 Jørn Utzon 2004 Zaha Hadid 2005 Thom Mayne 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha 2007 Richard Rogers 2008 Jean Nouvel 2009 Peter Zumthor 2010 Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa 2011 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2012 Wang Shu PRESENTED BY ARCHDAILY VISIT ARCHDAILY.COM @ARCHDAILY ON TWITTER SOURCE_WWW.PRITZKERPRIZE.COM DESIGNED BY MEGAN JETT NZ The Pritzker Prize THE PURPOSE OF THE PRITZKER PRIZE IS TO HONOR A LIVING ARCHITECT 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. THE 2012 JURY Lord Peter Alejandro Aravena Stephen Breyer Palumbo 2005-present 2009-present 2012 Yung Ho Chang Zaha Hadid Glenn Murcut 2012 2012 2010-present Juhani Pallasmaa Martha Thorne Karen Stein 2005-present 2004-present 2004-present HISTORY THE PRIZE TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PRITZKER FAMILY, WHOSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO. THE PRITZKERS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. JAY A. PRITZKER, (1922-1999), FOUNDED THE PRIZE WITH HIS WIFE, CINDY. JAY AND CINDY PRITZKER BELIEVED THAT A MEANINGFUL PRIZE WOULD ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE NOT ONLY A GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WOULD INSPIRE GREATER CREATIVITY WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION. PAST LAUREATES 1979 Philip Johnson 1980 Luis Barragán 1981 Sir James Stirling 1982 Kevin Roche 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei 1984 Richard Meier 1985 Hans Hollein %3D 1986 Gottfried Böhm 1987 Kenzo Tange 1988 Gordon Bunshaft 1988 Oscar Niemeyer 1989 Frank Gehry 1990 Aldo Rossi 1991 Robert Venturi 1992 Álvaro Siza Vieira 1993 Fumihiko Maki 1994 Christian de Portzamparc 1995 Tadao Ando 1996 Luis Rafael Moneo 1997 Sverre Fehn 1998 Renzo Piano 1999 Norman Foster 2000 Rem Koolhaas 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 2002 Glenn Murcutt 2003 Jørn Utzon 2004 Zaha Hadid 2005 Thom Mayne 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha 2007 Richard Rogers 2008 Jean Nouvel 2009 Peter Zumthor 2010 Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa 2011 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2012 Wang Shu PRESENTED BY ARCHDAILY VISIT ARCHDAILY.COM @ARCHDAILY ON TWITTER SOURCE_WWW.PRITZKERPRIZE.COM DESIGNED BY MEGAN JETT NZ The Pritzker Prize THE PURPOSE OF THE PRITZKER PRIZE IS TO HONOR A LIVING ARCHITECT 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. THE 2012 JURY Lord Peter Alejandro Aravena Stephen Breyer Palumbo 2005-present 2009-present 2012 Yung Ho Chang Zaha Hadid Glenn Murcut 2012 2012 2010-present Juhani Pallasmaa Martha Thorne Karen Stein 2005-present 2004-present 2004-present HISTORY THE PRIZE TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PRITZKER FAMILY, WHOSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO. THE PRITZKERS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. JAY A. PRITZKER, (1922-1999), FOUNDED THE PRIZE WITH HIS WIFE, CINDY. JAY AND CINDY PRITZKER BELIEVED THAT A MEANINGFUL PRIZE WOULD ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE NOT ONLY A GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WOULD INSPIRE GREATER CREATIVITY WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION. PAST LAUREATES 1979 Philip Johnson 1980 Luis Barragán 1981 Sir James Stirling 1982 Kevin Roche 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei 1984 Richard Meier 1985 Hans Hollein %3D 1986 Gottfried Böhm 1987 Kenzo Tange 1988 Gordon Bunshaft 1988 Oscar Niemeyer 1989 Frank Gehry 1990 Aldo Rossi 1991 Robert Venturi 1992 Álvaro Siza Vieira 1993 Fumihiko Maki 1994 Christian de Portzamparc 1995 Tadao Ando 1996 Luis Rafael Moneo 1997 Sverre Fehn 1998 Renzo Piano 1999 Norman Foster 2000 Rem Koolhaas 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 2002 Glenn Murcutt 2003 Jørn Utzon 2004 Zaha Hadid 2005 Thom Mayne 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha 2007 Richard Rogers 2008 Jean Nouvel 2009 Peter Zumthor 2010 Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa 2011 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2012 Wang Shu PRESENTED BY ARCHDAILY VISIT ARCHDAILY.COM @ARCHDAILY ON TWITTER SOURCE_WWW.PRITZKERPRIZE.COM DESIGNED BY MEGAN JETT NZ The Pritzker Prize THE PURPOSE OF THE PRITZKER PRIZE IS TO HONOR A LIVING ARCHITECT 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. THE 2012 JURY Lord Peter Alejandro Aravena Stephen Breyer Palumbo 2005-present 2009-present 2012 Yung Ho Chang Zaha Hadid Glenn Murcut 2012 2012 2010-present Juhani Pallasmaa Martha Thorne Karen Stein 2005-present 2004-present 2004-present HISTORY THE PRIZE TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PRITZKER FAMILY, WHOSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO. THE PRITZKERS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. JAY A. PRITZKER, (1922-1999), FOUNDED THE PRIZE WITH HIS WIFE, CINDY. JAY AND CINDY PRITZKER BELIEVED THAT A MEANINGFUL PRIZE WOULD ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE NOT ONLY A GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WOULD INSPIRE GREATER CREATIVITY WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION. PAST LAUREATES 1979 Philip Johnson 1980 Luis Barragán 1981 Sir James Stirling 1982 Kevin Roche 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei 1984 Richard Meier 1985 Hans Hollein %3D 1986 Gottfried Böhm 1987 Kenzo Tange 1988 Gordon Bunshaft 1988 Oscar Niemeyer 1989 Frank Gehry 1990 Aldo Rossi 1991 Robert Venturi 1992 Álvaro Siza Vieira 1993 Fumihiko Maki 1994 Christian de Portzamparc 1995 Tadao Ando 1996 Luis Rafael Moneo 1997 Sverre Fehn 1998 Renzo Piano 1999 Norman Foster 2000 Rem Koolhaas 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 2002 Glenn Murcutt 2003 Jørn Utzon 2004 Zaha Hadid 2005 Thom Mayne 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha 2007 Richard Rogers 2008 Jean Nouvel 2009 Peter Zumthor 2010 Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa 2011 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2012 Wang Shu PRESENTED BY ARCHDAILY VISIT ARCHDAILY.COM @ARCHDAILY ON TWITTER SOURCE_WWW.PRITZKERPRIZE.COM DESIGNED BY MEGAN JETT NZ The Pritzker Prize THE PURPOSE OF THE PRITZKER PRIZE IS TO HONOR A LIVING ARCHITECT 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. THE 2012 JURY Lord Peter Alejandro Aravena Stephen Breyer Palumbo 2005-present 2009-present 2012 Yung Ho Chang Zaha Hadid Glenn Murcut 2012 2012 2010-present Juhani Pallasmaa Martha Thorne Karen Stein 2005-present 2004-present 2004-present HISTORY THE PRIZE TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PRITZKER FAMILY, WHOSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO. THE PRITZKERS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. JAY A. PRITZKER, (1922-1999), FOUNDED THE PRIZE WITH HIS WIFE, CINDY. JAY AND CINDY PRITZKER BELIEVED THAT A MEANINGFUL PRIZE WOULD ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE NOT ONLY A GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WOULD INSPIRE GREATER CREATIVITY WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION. PAST LAUREATES 1979 Philip Johnson 1980 Luis Barragán 1981 Sir James Stirling 1982 Kevin Roche 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei 1984 Richard Meier 1985 Hans Hollein %3D 1986 Gottfried Böhm 1987 Kenzo Tange 1988 Gordon Bunshaft 1988 Oscar Niemeyer 1989 Frank Gehry 1990 Aldo Rossi 1991 Robert Venturi 1992 Álvaro Siza Vieira 1993 Fumihiko Maki 1994 Christian de Portzamparc 1995 Tadao Ando 1996 Luis Rafael Moneo 1997 Sverre Fehn 1998 Renzo Piano 1999 Norman Foster 2000 Rem Koolhaas 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 2002 Glenn Murcutt 2003 Jørn Utzon 2004 Zaha Hadid 2005 Thom Mayne 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha 2007 Richard Rogers 2008 Jean Nouvel 2009 Peter Zumthor 2010 Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa 2011 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2012 Wang Shu PRESENTED BY ARCHDAILY VISIT ARCHDAILY.COM @ARCHDAILY ON TWITTER SOURCE_WWW.PRITZKERPRIZE.COM DESIGNED BY MEGAN JETT NZ The Pritzker Prize THE PURPOSE OF THE PRITZKER PRIZE IS TO HONOR A LIVING ARCHITECT 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. THE 2012 JURY Lord Peter Alejandro Aravena Stephen Breyer Palumbo 2005-present 2009-present 2012 Yung Ho Chang Zaha Hadid Glenn Murcut 2012 2012 2010-present Juhani Pallasmaa Martha Thorne Karen Stein 2005-present 2004-present 2004-present HISTORY THE PRIZE TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PRITZKER FAMILY, WHOSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO. THE PRITZKERS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. JAY A. PRITZKER, (1922-1999), FOUNDED THE PRIZE WITH HIS WIFE, CINDY. JAY AND CINDY PRITZKER BELIEVED THAT A MEANINGFUL PRIZE WOULD ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE NOT ONLY A GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WOULD INSPIRE GREATER CREATIVITY WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION. PAST LAUREATES 1979 Philip Johnson 1980 Luis Barragán 1981 Sir James Stirling 1982 Kevin Roche 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei 1984 Richard Meier 1985 Hans Hollein %3D 1986 Gottfried Böhm 1987 Kenzo Tange 1988 Gordon Bunshaft 1988 Oscar Niemeyer 1989 Frank Gehry 1990 Aldo Rossi 1991 Robert Venturi 1992 Álvaro Siza Vieira 1993 Fumihiko Maki 1994 Christian de Portzamparc 1995 Tadao Ando 1996 Luis Rafael Moneo 1997 Sverre Fehn 1998 Renzo Piano 1999 Norman Foster 2000 Rem Koolhaas 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 2002 Glenn Murcutt 2003 Jørn Utzon 2004 Zaha Hadid 2005 Thom Mayne 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha 2007 Richard Rogers 2008 Jean Nouvel 2009 Peter Zumthor 2010 Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa 2011 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2012 Wang Shu PRESENTED BY ARCHDAILY VISIT ARCHDAILY.COM @ARCHDAILY ON TWITTER SOURCE_WWW.PRITZKERPRIZE.COM DESIGNED BY MEGAN JETT NZ