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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 article announces that Chinese architect Wang Shu has won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize on February 28, 2012.

This section offers news briefs on architectural practice as of May 2011. Eduardo Souto de Moura, an architect from Portugal, was awarded the 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The Albert Road Apartment project of Jolson in Victoria, Australia received three awards at the Adobe Awards on March 17. Architectus won a contest to design the Qantas Global Headquarters in Kingsford Smith Airport in Sydney, Australia.

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 article discusses the author's views on the proliferation of the New Modesty movement or Radical Traditionalism in architecture, which promotes the idea of deceptively simple and modest design. He comments on SANAA associates Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa's winning of the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize for their simple design. He believes that what determines the size and shape of an architectural output is the course of the global economy and not the critics and designers.

The article reports on the move by 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena to make four of his social housing designs open source and free to download.

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.

An interview is presented with prize winning French architect Jean Nouvel. On being congratulated for his Pritzker Architecture Prize and asked about his design philosophy he says he is shocked by the sameness of design worldwide and designs his building to suite the cultural identity of the site. He discusses the idea of public space and talks about some of his projects.

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.

Profiles Australian architect Glenn Murcutt and winner of the Pritzker. Description of Murcutt's work, which are composed of ordinary materials and are not skyscrapers; Discussion of his houses, which are characterized as environmentally fraternal and envelop local modernism; View that Murcott's style offers a way of how people build and live that is uniquely Australian and globally applicable.

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..

The article announces that Arata Isozaki, Japanese architect, city planner and theorist, has been selected as the 2019 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Profiles Jose Rafael Moneo of Madrid, and his achievement of the 1996 Pridtzker Prize. Estimation of the prize money Moneo will receive; Honoring of the work of Moneo making reference to the Davis Museum and Cultural Center.

Reports on the 1994 Pritzker Architecture Prize for French architect Christian de Portzamparc. Portzamparc's reaction to the recognition; Aknowlegedments; Excerpt of the jury's citation.

Reports on Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki's winning the 1993 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Presentation of the award by Jay A. Pritzker, president of The Hyatt Foundation; Praises from the jury on its formal citation.

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 announces that architect Ieoh Ming Pei has received the fifth annual international Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The article announces that Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has won the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The article announces that the late architect and engineer Frei Otto had been chosen as the 40th Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate.

Zaha Hadid was officially awarded the Pritzker Prize in St Petersburg, Russia, this week. Hadid is the first woman to win the architecture [...]

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Zaha Hadid has celebrated winning the prestigious Pritzker Prize this week by securing her first commission in England. Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker, has started early design [...]

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At 85, Danish architect Jorn Utzon has become the 27th recipient of his craft's richest and most respected prize, the Pritzker. To many, the honor seemed long overdue for an [...]

The article announces that Richard Meier, Fellow, American Institute of Architects, has received the international Pritzker architecture prize award from the Hyatt Foundation.