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unusual facts about Pritzker Prize



Architecture of Texas

In Austin, Gordon Bunshaft's Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum (also a Pritzker Prize winner) is particularly noteworthy, while Steven Holl, Robert A. M. Stern, Richard Meier, and César Pelli are other architect legends who designed buildings that grace the Dallas and Houston areas.

London Aquatics Centre

It was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid in 2004 before London won the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Paulista School

The two primary figures associated with the Paulista School are the Pritzker Prize-winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha and João Batista Vilanova Artigas; other figures include Joaquim Guedes and Oswaldo Bratke.

Robert Ivy

His interviews include an architectural who’s who, from the Aga Khan to Pritzker Prize winners and AIA gold medalists.

Slow architecture

When Eduardo Souto de Moura won the 2011 Pritzker Prize, a jury member described his buildings as 'Slow Architecture', because it required careful consideration to appreciate its intricacies.

Southern California Institute of Architecture

SCI-Arc's undergraduate and graduate programs culminate in two public events in which students present their thesis projects to renowned critics from around the world, including Sir Peter Cook, Greg Lynn, and Pritzker Prize recipient Thom Mayne.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano and innovative contemporary architect Zoltan Pali, the Academy Museum will be located next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) campus in the landmarked 1939 May Company building on Wilshire Boulevard.


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Woodruff Arts Center

This new "village for the arts" was designed by another Pritzker Prize winner, Italian architect Renzo Piano.