Announcement of the 2016 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Pritzker Architecture Award''s bronze medallion

14/12/2015

The 2016 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize will be announced on Wednesday, January 13 at 10am EST. at Chicago, USA.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize honors a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.

The Pritzker family of Chicago established the international prize through their Hyatt Foundation in 1979. The Hyatt Foundation sponsors the prize, which is granted annually. It is often referred to as architecture’s highest honor. The award consists of US $100,000 and a bronze medallion, conferred upon the laureate at a ceremony held each year at an important site throughout the world.