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Frei Otto wins 2015 Pritzker Prize

Frei Otto © 2015 The Pritzker Architecture Prize / The Hyatt Foundation Institute for Lightweight Structures, interior, 1967, University of Stuttgart in Vaihingen. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Roofing for main sports facilities in the Munich Olympic Park for the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1968–1972, Munich, Germany. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Roofing for main sports facilities in the Munich Olympic Park for the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1968–1972, Munich, Germany. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Roofing for main sports facilities in the Munich Olympic Park for the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1968–1972, Munich, Germany. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Roofing for main sports facilities in the Munich Olympic Park for the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1968–1972, Munich, Germany. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, 1967, Montreal, Canada. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, 1967, Montreal, Canada. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, 1967, Montreal, Canada. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Roof for the Multihalle (multi-purpose hall) in Mannheim, 1970–1975, Mannheim, Germany. Photos © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Roof for the Multihalle (multi-purpose hall) in Mannheim, 1970–1975, Mannheim, Germany. Photos © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Roof for the Multihalle (multi-purpose hall) in Mannheim, 1970–1975, Mannheim, Germany. Photos © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hannover, 2000, Hannover, Germany. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hannover, 2000, Hannover, Germany. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai Aviary in the Munich Zoo at Hellabrunn, 1979-1980, Munich (Hellabrunn), Germany. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Music Pavilion at the Federal Garden Exhibition, 1955, Kassel, Germany. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Large Umbrellas at the Federal Garden Exhibition, 1971, Cologne, Germany. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn Umbrellas for Pink Floyd’s 1977 concert tour of the United States, 1977. Photo © Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn

Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hannover, 2000, Hannover, Germany. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai

Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hannover, 2000, Hannover, Germany. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai