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Focuses on the Pritzker Architecture Prize in light of the May 1999 celebration of its 20th anniversary and the retrospective exhibition, "The Pritzker Architecture Prize: The First Twenty Years," at the Art of Institute of Chicago in Illinois. Rationale behind Carleton Smith's proposal for the prize, underwritten by hotelier Jay Pritzker; Information on winners of the prize and their credentials; Question of the prize's ability to increase awareness of the art; Appreciation on exhibitionism in Japan; Report on a scandal related to Pritzker prize in 1990's; Importance on museums in displaying arts.

The article discusses the Common Unity project of the architect Rozana Montiel from Mexico City which receives the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) award. It states that award is intended for young architects that have the best realized works of architecture in the Americas. It states that Montiel's project which was already hinted at by Doshi's Pritzker win, highlights the fact that the best work is taking place across Asia and South & Central America.

The article features Balkrishna Doshi, the 90-year-old architect from India, who was selected as recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Topics covered include his academic career in architecture, how he transplanted Modernist ideas to India, reason for his decision to launch the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad in 1962, and the notable architectural works of Doshi.

The article presents a biography of Wang Shu, who became the first Chinese architect to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Wang has completed about fifty projects, including museums, academic campuses, public spaces, and a handful of residences. He is known for designing modern structures that embrace Chinese history and traditions and use recycled, local, and sustainable materials and employ local artisans. The article also offers information on his early life and landmarks in his career .

The article discusses the Chinese architect Wang Shu who was awarded the 2012 Innovator of the Year Award in architecture for his innovative building designs. Topics include his incorporation of traditional Chinese design into modern facilities; his receipt of the 2012 Pritzker Prize for architecture; and buildings in China designed by his Amateur Architecture Studio which he co-founded with his wife Lu Wenyu in 1997.

The article presents information on Renzo Piano, Pritzker Architecture Prize winner of 1998. He is known for his non-set style and new ideas, which he used in each project. He started Pompidou Center for designing and planning in collaboration with architect Richard Rogers. Along with Roger, he is known as High Tech architect for the High Tech expression of technological materials and forms in their designs.

The article presents information on Zaha Hadid, winner of the 2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The Iraqi-born, England, London-based architect is the only woman ever to receive the award. Her interest in the field developed during her youth in Iraq. In 1970, Hadid went to attend the Architectural Association in London, where she learnt about the architecture prevalent in the 1970's, and used it to develop her own concepts. In appreciation of her work in Suprematist forms, she was awarded Pritzker Prize in St. Petersburg. Hadid has also been an educator, and has taught at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard, the University of Illinois School of Architecture, Columbia University and Yale University.

Profiles the life and work of architect Zaha Hadid. Photographs showing examples of her work; Awarding of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the profession's highest award; Native of Baghdad and long time resident of London; Highlights of her career and personality; Description of her style; Emphasis on movement.

Focuses on the architectural designs of architect Thom Mayne. Report that Mayne will be awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest award; Statement that Mayne is constructing a federal office building in San Francisco, California, a U.S. courthouse in Oregon, and a building for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Report that Mayne will design a new capitol in Juneau, Alaska; Description of Mayne's California state transit headquarters; Discussion of Maybe's architectural firm, Morphosis.

The author reflects on the Pritzker Prize, awarded to an architect or group of architects. In the forty years of the Prize's history, the award has only been offered to three women, two of them as part of architect teams. Topics include 2019 winner, Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, a 1999 book written about the Pritzker Prize written by Martha Thorne, and issues with the jury selection reflecting contemporary architectural issues.

Reports on the award of the 1999 Pritzker Prize to Great Britain's Sir Norman Foster. Comments by Foster on the award; Foster's influence on British architecture; Some of the structures that he has designed around the world including the world's largest airport at Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong and Frankfurt, Germany's Commerzbank, the tallest office building in Europe.

The article announces that Kevin Roche has received the Pritzker Architecture Prize from the Hyatt Foundation in the U.S. It notes that a distinguished jury for significant contribution to humanity and the environment will annually choose the recipient. On the other hand, it says that diversity is common in the shapes and techniques of the architectural works of Roche.

An interview with Japanese architect Toyo Ito is presented. Ito discusses winning the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the other Japanese architects who have won the award in the past and his view on the most important skill that an architect should have. He also gives his opinion on whether it is important for the Japanese people to learn English, the future of Japanese architecture and the support he provides to the young Japanese people.

The article announces that Professor Wang Shu won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2012.

Profiles Iraqi-born London architect Zaha Hadid in the U.S. Success in winning the Pritzker Architecture Award; Career history; Contributions and reputation in the architectural industry.

Mentions that the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in April 2000. Koolhaas' influence in modern architecture; Description of his design with space as used in the egg-shaped Grand Palais, which was built in Lille, France in 1994.

The article offers information on the work of the award winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Topics discussed include the architect's career path, his studies in New York and Los Angeles, California, and his breakthrough at the Expo in Hannover, Germany. Other topics include the architect's social engagement, his work on a temporary school building in Chengdu, China in 2014 using mush pipes made by locals, and the Pritzker price awarded to him.

The article discusses various architectural awards to be given in 2017, including The Pritzker Prize, the AIA Gold Medal award, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards and the Chicago Athenaeum's American Architecture Awards. Details relating to the awards' regulations and their prizes are also offered.

This article presents information on several political and social developments around the world. Report on telecast of Balkan war on CNN; Focus on report by journalist Christiane Amanpour, on the Kosovo-Albania border; Information on address of Yugoslavian political leader Slobodan Milosevic on American Television that they are victims of NATO and Albanian terrorists; Emphasis on architecture critic Martin Filler, nominee for Pritzker Prize.

The article reports on the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize awarded to a 48-year-old Chinese architect, Wang Shu, whose work explores the intersection of modern technologies and traditional sensibilities. Wang is the 37th person to receive the$100,000 award sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation, and the first laureate based in China. Wang has participated in the Venice Biennale and exhibited in Hong Kong, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris, but all of his buildings are in China.

The article discusses the role of public interest in the field of architecture. Particular focus is given to the 2016 Pritzker prize for architecture, granted to architect Alejandro Aravena, and to the 2015 Turner Prize, an art award granted to the architecture collective Assemble. Details on Aravena's plans as director of the 2016 Venice Biennale and on social issues explored in the 2015 Chicago Biennale are also presented.

The article reports that more than 8000 people, including many prominent architects, have signed a petition demanding that architect Denise Scott Brown be given a retroactive Pritzker Architecture Prize as the equal partner of her husband, Robert Venturi, who was awarded the prize in 1991. The petition was started by Caroline James and Arielle Assouline-Lichten, students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Comments by Scott Brown are included.

In this article the author discusses the work of Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, winner of the 2011 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He briefly profiles several of Souto de Moura's projects, including the Courtyard Houses in Matosinhos, Portugal, the Braga Soccer Stadium in Braga, Portugal, and the Paula Rego Museum in Cascais, Portugal. The theme of silence in his work is examined and the emphasis of the prize on recognizing the subtle aesthetics of architecture is addressed.

The article announces that Jean Nouvel has won the 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Inspired by the Pritzker Prize, Milwaukee's Marcus Corp. Foundation has announced a new $50,000 Marcus Prize, to be awarded biannually to an emerging architect. Unlike the $100,000 Pritzker Prize, which recognizes an already well-known architect's career or body of work, the Marcus Prize will recognize individual architects earlier in their careers, when they are just on the cusp of greatness. The Marcus Corp. Foundation will provide an additional $50,000 to the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's School of Architecture and Urban Planning to administer the prize and bring the recipient to the school as a guest critic.

The most recent figures on women in architecture in the U.S. reveal a rapidly cracking glass ceiling. In 2002, women made up nearly 21 percent of firm principles, nearly double the number in 1999. The percentage of licensed female architects rose from around 14 to almost 20 in the same period. Women make up nearly 30 percent of all architectural staff, reflecting the growing ranks of female graduates for architecture schools. Architecture's highest honor, the Pritzker Prize, has finally caught up with reality, with Zaha Hadid becoming the first woman to win the award in its 26-year history.

This month, the Pritzker Prize will be given to architect Zaha Hadid in a ceremony at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. And, by the way, Hadid happens to be a British citizen born in Iraq, and a woman, the first to receive the accolade in the organizations 26-year history. While it may be gratifying to see a leading architect so lionized, and time for a woman to win, this particular adulation came with a headache: When the media's first wave of stories hit the stands, Hadid's gender dominated the coverage. This architect communicates ideas visually, offering an opportunity for discussion and debate within the profession and with correlative intellectual communities.

Reports that Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas won the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2000. Examples of architectural works.

The article announces architect Toyo Ito has been awarded the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize given annually by the Hyatt Foundation and photographer Joan Fontcuberta has been awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography given annually by the Hasselblad Foundation.

The article takes a look back at the controversy regarding the awarding of the Pritzker prize to Robert Venturi in 1991 while his partner Denise Scott Brown was overlooked. According to the author, an unexpected movement formed in the milieu to include the name of Brown among the prize-winners. The author adds that the inclusion of Denise Scott Brown in the Pritzker should mean that critics no longer expect a single person to have all the talent and make all the sacrifices.

The author discusses the difference between theory and practice in the field of architecture. She also studies the impact of gender equality in the profession. She examines the issues behind the awarding of the Pritzker prize to study the alleged gender inequality in architecture. She claims that the award is meant to honour a living architect whose works show a combination of talent, vision and commitment. She claims that in the over 30 years history of the award, only two women, Zaha Hadid and Kazuyo Sejima, were recipients.

The author comments on the wrong priorities of the Pritzker Prize, an honor that is often called the Nobel of architecture. It is noted that the prize, which is worth $100,000, is constructed to recognize a single architect, rather than a team or a building. He claims that aesthetic vision is what counts in the Pritzker race. The author argues that the prize distorts the reality of the architectural endeavor, saying that architecture is a collaborative undertaking.

Reports on the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize recognition to be given by Hyatt Foundation to Australian architect Glenn Murcutt in Rome, Italy, on May 29, 2002. Background on the professional practice of the architect; Design philosophy of the architect; Description of buildings designed by Murcutt.

Reports on the winner of the 2000 Pritzker Architecture Prize, Rem Koolhaas. His projects that include plans for the Seattle Public Library, the Channel Tunnel train in Lille, France, and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin; Written works that include 'Delirious New York' and 'S, M, L, XL'; His views on architecture; Other career highlights.

Reports on the celebration of the 1999 Pritzker Architecture Prize awarding ceremony in Berlin, East Germany. Norman Foster as the 1999 recipient; List of speakers; Reception at Mies van der Rohe's National Gallery; Dinner at the Grand Hyatt on Potsdamer Platz; Architectural tour of Berliner architecture. INSET: More big plans for Berlin, by Soren Larson..

Reports that Austrian architect Hans Hollein has been awarded the seventh annual Pritzker Architectural Prize in New York in 1985. Past recipients of the award; Educational background of Hollein; Information on Hollein's architectural works.

The article looks at various architecture prizes awarded as of April 2014. These include the naming of Japanese architect Shigeru Ban as the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize and the awarding of the 2014 Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to the late American architect Julia Morgan. Other topics include the commissioning of design studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro by the New York City Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

The article announces that Indian architect, urban planner and educator Bithalda Dolod has gained the 2018 Pritzker Prize for his architectural designs.

The article announces architect Toyo Ito as the 2013 recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The article discusses a 2013 online petition that calls for the Pritzker Architecture Prize committee to recognize the architect Denise Scott Brown for her contributions that led to her husband, Robert Venturi, winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1991. Particular focus is given to Scott Brown's role in the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Insights from Martha Thorne, the executive director for the Pritzker Architecture Prize committee are also presented.

The article examines the life and work of the Chinese architect Wang Shu. Particular focus is given to his February 2012 award of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. Additional topics discussed include insights on his architectural training, his establishment of a private practice in China in 1999 and his design of the History Museum in Ningbo, China.

The article announces that Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, architects and directors of the architecture firm SANAA, were awarded the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize by the Hyatt Foundation.

The article provides information on the Crystal Island project in Moscow, Russia. According to the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Crystal Island project will have a triangulated steel megaframe structure rising 450 meters (m) and enclosing a total floor area of 2.5 million m2, making it the largest single building in the world. The structure's energy-efficient design features a sloping, faceted, glazed outer skin and a series of terraced winter gardens that should act as a thermal buffer to shield the interior spaces from extreme summer and winter climates.

The article reports that architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has won the 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize by the Hyatt Foundation.

The article reports that Los Angeles, California, architect Thom Mayne, co-founder and principal of the firm Morphosis, was recently awarded the $100,000 Pritzker Prize for 2005, given by the Hyatt Foundation. He is the first American recipient in 14 years. Mayne's designs are often characterized by their severe, variously angular or curving asymmetrical features that charge into space, giving his buildings a futuristic sense of motion. In addition to his numerous completed projects, Mayne was also cited for his role in helping to establish an innovative school of architecture, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, or SCI-Arc, in 1972.

The article reports on the 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize received by architect Thom Wayne. Other awards received by the architect include the American Institute of Architects Awards. The architect received large government projects including the construction of the San Francisco Federal Building in California and the Wayne L. Morse Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon.