Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and
Ramon Vilalta of Spanish studio RCR Arquitectes have been awarded 2017 Pritzker
Prize, architecture's most prestigious award.
The three Catalan
architects are the 39th recipients of the Pritzker Prize, and received
a $100,000 (£81,000) grant and bronze medallion at a ceremony held at the
State Guest House in Tokyo on 20 May 2017.
This is the first
time that three architects have been awarded the Pritzker Prize,
and just the second time the award has gone to laureates from
Spain – with the first being Rafael Moneo in 1996.
The
Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually 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.
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
- Considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes.
- It is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.
- The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and since 1987, a bronze medallion
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