Archinect - News2024-05-12T07:50:07-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150419123/seven-defining-projects-by-the-2024-pritzker-prize-winner-riken-yamamoto
Seven defining projects by the 2024 Pritzker Prize winner Riken Yamamoto Josh Niland2024-03-05T17:40:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d1/d1e196fe5df5df46c8a2880c0782dc5c.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This morning’s announcement of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2460242/riken-yamamoto" target="_blank">Riken Yamamoto</a> as the 53rd official laureate of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/51168/pritzker-prize" target="_blank">Pritzker Prize</a> has come with praise for the Beijing-born Japanese designer whose community-minded approach to architecture has impacted countless lives. Many outside of Asia were surprised by his selection, which is being received as a win for rational design principles, relational aesthetics, and the democratization of architecture.</p>
<p>He is particularly well-known for placing emphasis on the boundaries and periphery spaces inherent in his designs, as well as for having an equal competency in transfusing landscapes within their natural environments and urban context. To date, completed works include projects in Japan, Switzerland, China, and the Republic of Korea. </p>
<p>“Yamamoto has expanded the toolbox of the profession towards both the past and the future to be able to give each time, in very different modes and at very different scales, the most pertinent response to the challenges of both the built envi...</p>
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Riken Yamamoto wins the 2024 Pritzker Prize Niall Patrick Walsh2024-03-05T09:00:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/88/8856451a97ab15bd2f3a79da50e2d59e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been awarded the 2024 <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/51168/pritzker-prize" target="_blank">Pritzker Prize</a>.</p>
<p>Born in 1945, the architect and social advocate has built a career that establishes kinship between public and private realms, in pursuit of harmonious societies that overcome diverse identities, economies, politics, infrastructures, and housing systems.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/23/23e84fe2cc5f9c2092ef60419bbcbe49.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/23/23e84fe2cc5f9c2092ef60419bbcbe49.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Yamakawa Villa, photo courtesy of Tomio Ohashi</figcaption></figure></figure><p>“For me, to recognize space, is to recognize an entire community,” Yamamoto notes. “The current architectural approach emphasizes privacy, negating the necessity of societal relationships. However, we can still honor the freedom of each individual while living together in architectural space as a republic, fostering harmony across cultures and phases of life.”</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/02/0231ac97520b9f6a47a7ae640cc20e80.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/02/0231ac97520b9f6a47a7ae640cc20e80.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Jian Wai SOHO, photo courtesy of Mitsumasa Fujitsuka</figcaption></figure></figure><p>Yamamoto was chosen by the Pritzker jury for his championing of a profession that creates awareness in the community, "questioning the discipline of architecture to calibrate each individual architectural ...</p>