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Words from 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, Arata Isozaki

2019-03-05T10:13:00-05:00

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin to keep up and if not, find them once they are gone? Soapbox looks to assemble a selection of recent, archived and outlier lectures surrounding a given theme. Soapbox looks to curate this never-ending library of ideas into an engaging and diverse list of thoughts and provocations. Soapbox is just that, a collection aimed at discovering the occasional needle in a haystack.

This week, we look at the thoughts, inclinations and pursuits from the awarded 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, Arata Isozaki.

From the Ground Up: Balkrishna Doshi

2018-03-16T09:00:00-04:00

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in its journey. These early projects grant us a glimpse into the early, naive, ambitious and at points rough edges of soon to be architectural masters.

Soapbox: Pritzker

2018-03-14T09:00:00-04:00

Why is the Pritzker such a big deal?

2016-01-27T07:01:00-05:00

First awarded in 1979 to Philip Johnson, the annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has become the profession’s top award. But why?

Aravena's Pritzker: A Critical Round-Up

2016-01-14T14:25:00-05:00

What to make of this year’s Pritzker Prize awarding? With today’s announcement, the Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has secured his place within the upper echelon of the architecture community. In fact, 2016 is shaping up to be his big year: he’s curating this summer’s Venice Biennale, which is expected to be something of a showcase for the type of high-design yet socially-aware and economically-pragmatic practices that his own “Do Tank,” Elemental, typifies.

Amateur Architecture: A New Vernacular?

2012-03-11T20:20:00-04:00

Wang Shu may be a surprising choice for this year’s Pritzker Prize, but it’s an excellent one, and well-deserved. In recent years the Pritzker Committee has gravitated towards architects who produce work with an innate understanding of place, allowing their ties to local culture to infuse their work. The choice of Wang Shu (and, by extension, of Amateur Architecture and partner Lu Wenyu) continues this trend: his work is as culturally-sensitive and contextually responsive as it is aesthetically stunning.