They kind of tried to go for the best-intention approach with Wang Shu, who had great ideas but uneven execution. Aravena too - his architecture alone has little claim to the prize but he had good intentions, free interns aside.

That's 2 out of the last 9? There are some real great picks in there too... Frei Otto? That was out of left field, but I'm not mad at all.

Sarcasm?

As how the Gen Z's put it, "he is the moment."

Adjaye would be a good pick, imo.

Those bastards delivering their awesome affordable social housing projects on time and under budget, no way the architecture community would stand for such heresy!

Lactation what? Sorry i had to have my high-school moment

Good guess, they won.

And we have a winner. Well done.

I honestly thought Holl had already won it. He seems like an ideal candidate for a 95-2002 prize. Guess not.

Yeah but I think he missed his shot. The projects are nice but not THAT nice.

I also think the priorities of the committee have shifted since Holl did his best work, and they're not looking to reward the type of work he did (whereas ~20 years ago they were rewarding exactly that type of work) .

Who was the youngest winner?

Ryue Nishizawa was the youngest I think

Virtue Signaling = we have no values but want to pretend we do

Value Signaling = we are making this decision in alignment with our moral and ethical beliefs

thanks, i didn't know there were formal definitions for these things

There aren't, but I'm trying.

Go away troll (Koww)

i am a cow, not a troll. actually i was a cow. but then i was something else the moderators didn't like and they changed my name back. i guess they wanted me around

But does his work warrant the prize? What about an African architect?

The NMAAHC alone warrants it, imo.

That building has its big moment but its rather mundane interior space and clunky cladding are minuses for me.

monosierra... he is an African Architect...

"mundane interior space"

I would actually agree that I think his work is well deserving. He has a nice body of high quality work.

However... It's ironic to say that the NMAAHC "alone" warrants it... considering the design team was a 4 architect bond, which no one seems to know, and none of the 4 architects ever mention when they present it hahahahaha. Which could also release him of some of the criticism for the interiors though too. My last comment notwithstanding. 

Adjaye has a shitload of built work spanning over 20+ years, and different project typologies, locations, and expressions. He never repeats himself and is an amazing architect. 

That anyone would he think he deserved or would receive this award solely because he is black just indicates they are a prejudiced fool.

if david adyaye beats me, i'd be ok with that

What awards have a particularly great meaning? Isn't the general intent to congratulate someone after the fact of having done something of perceived value?

I'm curious when you think this started? At what point in the past was the Pritzker relevant to "anything that is vaguely important in our world"?

Safdie has been spurned by the Architecture Establishment since Habitat. He should have gotten the first Pritzker instead of Johnson.

Miles, his moustache alone deserves one.

his best client just died so that would be a nice good break for him...

Holl and DS+R's work of the last decade or so is totally irrelevant...

I missed it too unfortunately :-(