Pritzker Architecture Prize

Pritzker Architecture Prize
Current: Riken Yamamoto
Medal of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Awarded forA career of achievement in the art of architecture
Sponsored byHyatt Foundation
Reward(s)US$100,000
First awarded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Last awarded2024
Websitewww.pritzkerprize.com

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international award presented annually "to honor 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.”[1] 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 of architecture.[2][3][4][5]

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