2024-05-19T10:34:21-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150238587/eric-owen-moss-wins-american-prize-for-architecture Alexander Walter 2020-11-23T14:18:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7c/7c30324091b892652ee583677047a868.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Prolific Southern California architect <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/280/eric-owen-moss-architects" target="_blank">Eric Owen Moss</a> was announced as the 2020 laureate of The American Prize for Architecture this morning.</p> <p> Bestowed jointly by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the prize recognizes forty years of contributions Moss' Culver City-based practice has made to Los Angeles and its urban fabric, with buildings such as&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150137404/thoughts-on-eric-owen-moss-gated-gateway-tower" target="_blank">The Samitaur Tower</a>, The Waffle, The Cactus Tower, and the warehouse renovations, 3555 and Stealth. <br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0740f8a2aae3db2736e937b5f4a1f7b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0740f8a2aae3db2736e937b5f4a1f7b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150076179/from-obscurity-to-moma-eric-owen-moss-s-playa-del-rey-triplex" target="_blank">From Obscurity to MoMA. Eric Owen Moss's Playa Del Rey Triplex</a></figcaption></figure><p>"His buildings appear geometrically simple but are infused with theory and purpose," commented architecture critic and President/CEO of The Chicago Athenaeum Christian Narkiewicz-Laine. "His work in his usual and famous Kafkaesque approach simultaneously fosters an insatiable curiosity into what makes him tick; and even more, what makes this ticking turn into such ast...</p>