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a man for all reasons brit architect/designer david chipperfield wins 2023 pritzker architecture prize.

a man for all reasons brit architect/designer david chipperfield wins 2023 pritzker architecture prize.

Mar 7, 2023

civic architect, urban planner and activist, sir david alan chipperfield has been selected as the 2023 laureate of the pritzker architecture prize, the award that is regarded internationally as architecture’s highest honor.

truly a man for all reasons. whether it’s a museum, a spoon or a lounge chair, either modern or traditional, his effort is subtle yet powerful, subdued yet elegant, he is a prolific architect and designer who is radical in his restraint, demonstrating his reverence for history and culture while honoring the preexisting built and natural environments, as he reimagines functionality and accessibility of new buildings, renovations and restorations through timeless modern design that confronts climate urgencies, transforms social relationships and reinvigorates cities.

“i am so overwhelmed to receive this extraordinary honour and to be associated with the previous recipients who have all given so much inspiration to the profession,” remarks chipperfield. “i take this award as an encouragement to continue to direct my attention not only to the substance of architecture and its meaning but also to the contribution that we can make as architects to address the existential challenges of climate change and societal inequality. we know that, as architects, we can have a more prominent and engaged role in creating not only a more beautiful world but a fairer and more sustainable one too. we must rise to this challenge and help inspire the next generation to embrace this responsibility with vision and courage.”

above> procuratie vecchie, photo courtesy of richard davies // below> procuratie vecchie, photo courtesy of alessandra chemollo

above/below> royal academy of arts masterplan, photo courtesy of simon menges

above> royal academy of arts masterplan, photo courtesy of the royal academy of arts

above/below> amorepacific headquarters, photo courtesy of noshe

above> amorepacific headquarters, photo courtesy of noshe

above/below> america’s cup building ‘veles e vents,’ photo courtesy of christian richters

above> america’s cup building ‘veles e vents,’ photo courtesy of christian richters

above/below> the hepworth wakefield, photo courtesy of iwan baan

above/below> saint louis art museum, photo courtesy of simon menges

above/below> james-simon-galerie, photo courtesy of ute zscharnt

above/below> inagawa cemetery chapel and visitor center, photo courtesy of keiko sasaoka

above> inagawa cemetery chapel and visitor center, photo courtesy of keiko sasaoka

above/below> river and rowing museum, photo courtesy of richard bryant / arcaid

[ about the prize ]
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.

the international prize, which is awarded each year to a living architect/s for significant achievement, was established by the pritzker family of chicago through their hyatt foundation in 1979. it is granted annually and is often referred to as “architecture’s nobel” and “the profession’s highest honor.”

the award consists of $100,000 (us) and a bronze medallion. the award is conferred on the laureate/s at a ceremony held at an architecturally significant site throughout the world.

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.

the prize takes its name from the pritzker family, whose international business interests are headquartered in chicago. their name is synonymous with hyatt hotels located throughout the world. 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. his eldest son, tom pritzker, the chairman and president of hyatt foundation, explains, “as native chicagoans, it’s not surprising that our family was keenly aware of architecture, living in the birthplace of the skyscraper, a city filled with buildings designed by architectural legends such as louis sullivan, frank lloyd wright, mies van der rohe, and many others.”

he continues, “in 1967, we acquired an unfinished building which was to become the hyatt regency atlanta. its soaring atrium was wildly successful and became the signature piece of our hotels around the world. it was immediately apparent that this design had a pronounced effect on the mood of our guests and attitude of our employees. while the architecture of chicago made us cognizant of the art of architecture, our work with designing and building hotels made us aware of the impact architecture could have on human behavior. so in 1978, when we were approached with the idea of honoring living architects, we were responsive. mom and dad (cindy and the late jay a. 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.”

many of the procedures and rewards of the pritzker prize are modeled after the nobel prize. laureates of the pritzker architecture prize receive a $100,000 grant, a formal citation certificate, and since 1987, a bronze medallion. prior to that year, a limited edition henry moore sculpture was presented to each laureate.

[ sir david chipperfield awarded pritzker architecture prize ]

diébédo francis kéré receives the 2022 pritzker architecture prize.

diébédo francis kéré receives the 2022 pritzker architecture prize.

Mar 15, 2022

above> startup lions campus, photo courtesy of francis kéré

diébédo francis kéré, architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 laureate of the pritzker architecture prize, announced tom pritzker, chairman of the hyatt foundation, which sponsors the award that is regarded internationally as architecture’s highest honor.

“i am hoping to change the paradigm, push people to dream and undergo risk. it is not because you are rich that you should waste material. it is not because you are poor that you should not try to create quality,” says kéré. “everyone deserves quality, everyone deserves luxury, and everyone deserves comfort. we are interlinked and concerns in climate, democracy and scarcity are concerns for us all.”

francis kéré (b. diébédo francis kéré, 1965) was born in burkina faso – one of the world’s least educated and most impoverished nations, a land void of clean drinking water, electricity and infrastructure, let alone architecture.

“i grew up in a community where there was no kindergarten, but where community was your family. everyone took care of you and the entire village was your playground. my days were filled with securing food and water, but also simply being together, talking together, building houses together. i remember the room where my grandmother would sit and tell stories with a little light, while we would huddle close to each other and her voice inside the room enclosed us, summoning us to come closer and form a safe place. this was my first sense of architecture.”

diébédo francis kéré, photo courtesy of lars borges

xylem, photo courtesy of iwan baan

xylem, photo courtesy of iwan baan

xylem, photo courtesy of iwan baan

gando primary school, photo courtesy of erik-jan owerkerk

the success of gando primary school awarded him the aga khan award for architecture in 2004, and was the catalyst for establishing his practice, kéré architecture, in berlin, germany in 2005. the realization of additional primary, secondary, postsecondary and medical facilities soon followed throughout burkina faso, kenya, mozambique and uganda. kéré’s built works in africa have yielded exponential results, not only by providing academic education for children and medical treatment for the unwell, but by instilling occupational opportunities and abiding vocational skills for adults, therefore serving and stabilizing the future of entire communities.

serpentine pavilion, photo courtesy of iwan baan

sarbalé ke, photo courtesy of iwan baan

sarbalé ke, photo courtesy of iwan baan

opera village, photo courtesy of francis kéré

national park of mali, photo courtesy of francis kéré

lycée schorge secondary school, photo courtesy of iwan baan

burkina faso national assembly, rendering courtesy of kéré architecture

burkina faso national assembly, rendering courtesy of kéré architecture

benin national assembly, rendering courtesy of kéré architecture

his work has expanded beyond school buildings in african countries to include temporary and permanent structures in denmark, germany, italy, switzerland, the united kingdom, and the united states. two historic parliament buildings, the national assembly of burkina faso (ouagadougou, burkina faso) and benin national assembly (porto-novo, republic of benin), have been commissioned, with the latter currently under construction.

additional awards include the cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine’s global award for sustainable architecture (2009), bsi swiss architectural award (2010); the global holcim awards gold (2012, zurich, switzerland), schelling architecture award (2014); arnold w brunner memorial prize in architecture from the american academy of arts & letters (2017); and the thomas jefferson foundation medal in architecture (2021).

the architect has been a visiting professor at the harvard university graduate school of design (massachusetts, united states), yale school of architecture (connecticut, united states), and holds the inaugural chair of architectural design and participation professorship at the technische universität münchen (munich, germany) since 2017. he is an honorary fellow of royal architectural institute of canada (2018) and the american institute of architects (2012) and a chartered member of the royal institute of british architects (2009).

kéré is a dual citizen of burkina faso and germany and spends his time professionally and personally equally in both countries.

[ purpose ]
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.

the international prize, which is awarded each year to a living architect/s for significant achievement, was established by the pritzker family of chicago through their hyatt foundation in 1979. it is granted annually and is often referred to as “architecture’s nobel” and “the profession’s highest honor.”

the award consists of $100,000 (us) and a bronze medallion. the award is conferred on the laureate/s at a ceremony held at an architecturally significant site throughout the world.

anne lacaton and jean-philippe vassal receive the 2021 pritzker architecture prize.

anne lacaton and jean-philippe vassal receive the 2021 pritzker architecture prize.

Mar 16, 2021

above/below > cap ferret house. photography: lacaton & vassal

in a timely nod to planet earth’s need to support life, french social housing architects, anne lacaton and jean-philippe vassal, founders of studio lacaton & vassal, have been named the 2021 winners of the pritzker architecture prizepritzker architecture prize.

their recognition marks the first time a french female architect has won the prize, with lacaton becoming the sixth woman to receive the award since it was established in 1979.

“good architecture is open—open to life, open to enhance the freedom of anyone, where anyone can do what they need to do,” says lacaton. “it should not be demonstrative or imposing, but it must be something familiar, useful and beautiful, with the ability to quietly support the life that will take place within it.”

“our work is about solving constraints and problems, and finding spaces that can create uses, emotions and feelings. at the end of this process and all of this effort, there must be lightness and simplicity, when all that has been before was so complex,” explains vassal.

above > anne lacaton and jean-philippe vassal. photography: laurent chalet

above / below > residential and office building, photo courtesy of philippe ruault

above > site for contemporary creation, phase 2, palais de tokyo, photo courtesy of philippe ruault

above >129 units, ourcq-juarès student and social housing. photography: philippe ruault

above > école nationale supérieure d’architecture de nantes

above > 53 units, low-rise apartments, social housing. photography: philippe ruault

above / below > latapie house. photography: philippe ruault

above / below > frac nord-pas de calais | image courtesy of philippe ruault

above > house in bordeaux. photography: philippe ruault

[ jury citation ]
“not only have they defined an architectural approach that renews the legacy of modernism, but they have also proposed an adjusted definition of the very profession of architecture. the modernist hopes and dreams to improve the lives of many are reinvigorated through their work that responds to the climatic and ecological emergencies of our time, as well as social urgencies, particularly in the realm of urban housing. they accomplish this through a powerful sense of space and materials that creates architecture as strong in its forms as in its convictions, as transparent in its aesthetic as in its ethics,” states the 2021 jury citation, in part.

[ 2021 jury ]
alejandro aravena, chair
, barry bergdoll, deborah berke, stephen breyer
, andré aranha corrêa do lago, kazuyo sejima, wang shu, benedetta tagliabue, martha thorne, executive director, manuela lucá-dazio, advisor

[ purpose ]
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. awarded each year, the international prize is often referred to as the profession’s highest honor.

elke walter connexxion – presents new work and a zaha hadid tribute at coam madrid.

elke walter connexxion – presents new work and a zaha hadid tribute at coam madrid.

Jul 1, 2018

above > connexxion exhibition images / exhibition open through 30 july 2018

zaha hadid defined a future architecture. a math background evolved into a geometry of planes, shapes, and spirals that wave with a spacial rhythm of time and space. hadid’s design vision extended to both buildings and objects.

zaha achieved a great deal in her lifetime. she was dame hadid. a winner of the stirling prize in architecture in 2010 and 2011. the first woman to win the pritzker architecture prize, in 2004. once described as a “paper” architect, hadid’s plans were once considered unbuildable. she was so ahead of the curve, she had to wait for technology to catch up. hadid’s vision was so strong and defined that her architectural practice continues.

there was one designer who the architect turned to design her clothes, elke walter.

a new exhibit at coam museum in madrid entitled, elke walter connexxion from dresses to sculptures & photography, a tribute to zaha hadid runs from 5-30 july 2018. the show will feature unique garments created during the time that zaha hadid was a client, as well as new directions in walter’s work. as with any visionary, elke walter expands her vision with jewelry, sculptures, and photography.

in a continuum, a young fan of zaha hadid reached out to walter to create the show. designapplause chats with elke walter about their unique relationship with zaha and her new direction.

[DesignApplause] you’re presenting new work at coam as well as a tribute to an old friend and colleague, zaha hadid. how did you meet zaha hadid?

[elke walter] i met zaha for the first time 2006 at luminaire in miami. nargis and nasir kassamali introduced me and my work to her and she immediately liked it. but despite our long relationship, we never became close friends. we respected each other and there was a strong connection between us based on a common taste and the strong will to work in a very singular and different way.

[DA] your style was already developed when you met zaha.
[EW] i’m not influenced by someone or something. it always felt like coming from an inner source, i started with some very rudimentary cuts and then little by little developed my own way of creating garments. i always wanted to do my very own ‘thing’, invent not copy. and when i met zaha, i already did these architectural shapes without having any idea of her’s or other architect’s work.

i am self-taught and created and made my first clothes 1998 when i lived with my husband and our 3 sons in montpellier, france. i’ve found my first clients there and when we moved back to hamburg in 2001, i opened my own store there one year later. in the beginning, i only made one-of-a-kind pieces, mainly in black and white. encouraged by a growing clientele, i started creating collections and showed them on fashion fairs and in showrooms in paris, new york, and milan.

i always preferred staying independent as well in my creativity as in business. i had my own style and felt very much attracted by structured fabrics. in my very personal way of cutting, folding and draping these materials, i created sculptural pieces with sometimes architectural shapes. it was a logical consequence for me to use the same skills for making sculptures and jewelry. almost all my photographs show my work or the material i’m using.

[DA] how did zaha choose pieces in your collection?

[EW] as long as i designed and made her unique pieces i always knew what she’d need and like. she designed extraordinary buildings and i designed extraordinary garments for her. her needs, her great style and her personality influenced my work. in everything i’m creating, in every new challenge i still feel this connection. she was very important to me.

[DA] you had an unusual road into fashion. you are now devoted to sculptures, jewelry, and photography. your fashion feels more like wearable sculpture.

[EW] the structure of the fashion business did not suit me. the repetition felt forced in line with the way l work.

when we moved to france again in 2012 i changed everything and did pop-ups in art and design galleries and architecture offices. several garments in this exhibit were on display at zhd gallery in london when zaha was present.

my sculptural objects are a continuation of my work on garments. i felt the need to create something non-wearable, to study the possibilities of manipulating fabrics, create volume and density. i always start with one small object and then, by making hundreds of them and attach them to each other, the sculpture grows and grows. it’s fascinating and has no limits. for these objects, i love working with pleated polyester fabrics that have a metal optic but feel soft.

[DA] your photos will also be on view.  your photos feature strong and mysterious images. on instagram, you are very minimal and directional with your presentation.

[EW] when i first started taking pictures, it was all about nature and architecture and it was just for fun. i used my samsung note and some apps and posted the result on instagram. @elkewalter

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about 2 years ago, i thought it would be useful to have all my work photographed and systematically took pics of all my sculptures. or just parts of it. i always preferred black and white images, and it became a real pleasure to use filters and try new techniques. i only use my smartphone, that’s my personal challenge. i don’t want to think too much about it, just do it, quickly, in my studio, while i’m working. the show will feature photos of the fabrics i am using in my work.

i like to alienate these materials by using filters. often you don’t know if what you see on the image is organic or artificial. photography became a part of my universe, my very personal way of seeing and showing my creations.

[DA] the show at coam is called ‘connexxion’. there are so many invisible threads between your work and zaha including the formation of this show.

[EW] last year, i was contacted by juan antonio fuentes, an architectural student in madrid. juan reached out to me on social media and i enjoyed his work and followed him as well. he ordered a coat and then asked me if i’d ever come to madrid. as i told him that i’ve no contacts there, he proposed to care for this. juan showed my work to one of his teachers, guadalupe cantarrero, and together they had a meeting at coam, the chamber of architects.
coam’s vice dean carlos lahoz valacio knew my work. he agreed immediately to give me the opportunity for a solo exhibition in the context of my years of creating one-of-a-kind garments for zaha hadid.

[ elke walter ] has been creating sculptures as fashion since 1998. her fabrics are produced in a small rural france mill, using old techniques mixed with modern knowhow. there she gets her fabric ideas realized: pleated, twisted and finally dyed delicately on the structured outside. elke has always employed fabric as a medium for her creative expression, one which has been evolving from one-of-a-kind fashion to an increasingly sculptural work. 

elke walter’s sculptural work creatively references the late zaha hadid, a person that she not only admired for her creative impetus, but with whom she had a personal relationship. elke walter was zaha hadid’s favorite designer for many years – understandably, as both considered fashion to be architectural. or intergalactic.

[ coam ] the official college of architects of madrid is the public law corporation that represents and defends the interests of architects.

the herzog de meuron penthouse sitting atop the 1111 lincoln road garage is for sale.

the herzog de meuron penthouse sitting atop the 1111 lincoln road garage is for sale.

Dec 14, 2017

the private residence that is nested on a mezzanine of the top floor of the car park spills out to terraces; it is folded into the structure yet screened by excessive landscaping. the terraces also bridge across to the roof of the existing building. ~ herzog de meuron

robert wennett, the developer of the now infamous parking garage, 1111 lincoln road miami beach, is moving on. he’s just put up his penthouse for sale. the garage was designed in 2010 by pritzker architecture prize-winning, herzog & de meuron. his penthouse sits on an oasis on the roof of the garage.

there’s 18,799 sf outdoor, 7,479 sf indoor living space including separate guest house. raymond jungles-designed the landscape featuring indigenous plants seen in the hills of rio. rooftop offers: private pool, built-in bar & kitchen. plus private elevator, striking geometric lines, 11-foot-high ceilings, free-flowing spaces & custom designed details.

price > $ 34,000,000 a great deal of money considering what else is out there in miami beach. but then again…

note > the penthouse is listed as 1123 lincoln road.

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