The suspicion is that the Pritzker judges haven’t changed all that much, and are backing an iconic-humanitarian architect, a flipside to the starchitects they previously promoted rather than a radical alternative [...]
Some scepticism is in order, as to whether the Pritzker committee have suddenly become experts in the vastly complicated business of humanitarian architecture and whether there might be a large dose of gesture and symbolism in their actions.
— theguardian.com
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I just love the "I just woke up from under the highway overpass" look he's rocking.
Dumb article. Pritzker has been pushing humanitarian architecture for the past decade at least. Think it started with Glen Murcutt in 2002. Don't think they get enough credit here...media is so far behind.
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