Archinect - News 2024-11-05T07:36:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150433239/junya-ishigami-receives-the-13th-kiesler-prize-in-vienna Junya Ishigami receives the 13th Kiesler Prize in Vienna Josh Niland 2024-06-18T18:38:00-04:00 >2024-06-24T16:27:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/ae4287a79d949ec9bfb78e8cb8aa242b.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/251016/junya-ishigami" target="_blank">Junya Ishigami</a>, the Japanese architect and creative force behind his country's continued dominance on the international scene, has accepted his 2024 Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts via a special awards ceremony held yesterday in Vienna.&nbsp;</p> <p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1340912/2019-serpentine-pavilion" target="_blank">2019 Serpentine Pavilion</a> designer and founder of Tokyo's&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/68391005/junya-ishigami-associates" target="_blank">Junya Ishigami + Associates</a> was recognized by the Prize's jury this January for a boundary-pushing approach that has largely and by many measures contributed to contemporary architecture's embrace of more ethereal and open public space-oriented designs while earning his reputation as the &ldquo;Master of the Void.&rdquo;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9d/9db88610d76a400293866d6fdc42e1fd.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9d/9db88610d76a400293866d6fdc42e1fd.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>House &amp; Restaurant, Ube/Japan, 2022, photograph &copy; junya.ishigami+associates</figcaption></figure><p>"Junya Ishigami is one of the most interesting architects of the younger generation.<em>&nbsp;</em>Both his persistent attitude and his visionary work make him the perfect Kiesler Prize winner," Kiesler Foundation president Elke Delugan-Meissi said prior to his acceptance. "His poetically sculp...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150281332/theaster-gates-has-been-awarded-the-frederick-kiesler-prize-for-architecture-and-the-arts Theaster Gates has been awarded the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2021-09-14T15:27:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0c/0ce0516826f05ebe3de06a30ea0ae88b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Artist, educator, and urban planner <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/668714/theaster-gates" target="_blank">Theaster Gates</a> has been awarded the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts by the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation.&nbsp;</p> <p>The 55,000 Euro ($65,000 USD) prize, awarded every two years by the Republic of Austria and the City of Vienna, recognizes outstanding achievement in architecture and the arts that relate to artist, designer, set designer, and architect <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/149999936/friedrich-kiesler-architect-artist-visionary-at-martin-gropius-bau-tells-rather-than-shows-the-architect-s-oeuvre" target="_blank">Frederick Kiesler</a>&rsquo;s experimental and innovative approach to the arts.&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;Spatial platforms that highlight the contributions of Black artists and designers have been long overlooked,&rdquo; says Theaster Gates. &ldquo;Projects that consider people as much as they consider the implications of the built form deserve merit. I&rsquo;m so grateful to be part of this precedent and honored that the selection committee would acknowledge my practice as part of the amazing work by luminaries who have received this award in the past. I&rsquo;m thankful to all who have supported my practice both wi...</p>