Riken Yamamoto, an architect from Yokohama, Japan, is the winner of the Pritzker Prize 2024. The Pritzker Prize is a globally renowned award in the field of architecture. Riken Yamamoto promotes a harmonious society through his designs. He challenges conventional views of freedom and privacy and emphasizes the importance of community and mutual support, and his projects are characterized by a sensitive integration of cultures, histories and generations. In doing so, he creates a new architectural language that supports living together in communities. His works, including residential complexes and public buildings, are characterized by transparency and permeability. By carefully designing spaces that invite people to linger and meet, Riken Yamamoto contributes to making architecture more than just a physical structure; it becomes a living part of the social fabric.
Riken Yamamoto's projects range from private residences to large-scale residential complexes. According to Deutschlandfunk Kultur, the Pritzker Prize is considered the "Nobel Prize of architecture" and was established in 1979 by the entrepreneur Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy and is now awarded by the Hyatt Foundation. The Pritzker Prize is endowed with 100,000 dollars.sources and further information: pritzkerprize.com/deutschlandfunk.de
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