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	Pritzker Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor a living architect.
		Created in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker, and run by the Pritzker family, it is considered the world's premier architecture prize.
		The Pritzker is sometimes referred to as "the Nobel Prize of Architecture".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pritzker_Prize (138 words)

	City Mayors: Pritzker Architecture Prize 2004
		The purpose of the Pritzker Architecture Prize is to honour annually a living architect 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 field of architecture was chosen by the Pritzker family because of their keen interest in building due to their involvement with developing the Hyatt Hotels around the world; also because architecture was a creative endeavour not included in the Nobel Prizes.
		Born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1950, Zaha Hadid studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London from 1972 and was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977.
	www.citymayors.com /environment/pritzker2004.html (1524 words)

	Robert Venturi
		As he puts it, "We were calling for an architecture that promotes richness and ambiguity over unity and clarity, contradiction and redundancy over harmony and simplicity." He was challenging Modernism with the multiple solutions available from history—a history defined as relating not only to the specific building site, but the history of all architecture.
		She is noted for bringing particular attention to the relationship of architecture, planning and social conditions, and is primarily responsible for planning, urban design and architectural programming.
		The traditional architecture of Kyoto as it reveals the elemental quality of architecture as shelter, as sublime background for the complexity and richness of life and its paraphernalia, which themselves evolve rich varieties of scales and patterns.
	www.pritzkerprize.com /venturi.htm (3367 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pritzker Prize
		Pritzker Architecture Prize, prize awarded annually to honor living architects.
		The prize was established by the Hyatt Foundation in 1979 and named...
		As the year began, a variety of challenges to the architectural profession—the continuing energy problem, a slowdown in the construction industry, an ongoing controversy over environmental conservation—prompted much serious reevaluation of the modern architecture movement.
	encarta.msn.com /Pritzker_Prize.html (130 words)

	Archiseek - Zaha Hadid, a worthy winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize?
		Pritzker Prize jury chairman, Lord Rothschild, commented, “At the same time as her theoretical and academic work, as a practicing architect, Zaha Hadid has been unswerving in her commitment to modernism.
		Continuing, Lord Rothschild said, “In her fourth year at the Architectural Association in London, as a student of Rem Koolhaas (himself a recent recipient of the Pritzker Prize) her graduation project was called Malevich’s Tectonik.
		The purpose of the Pritzker Architecture Prize is to honor annually a living architect 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.
	www.archiseek.com /content/showthread.php?t=2857 (1111 words)

	The Pritzker Architecture Prize
		Amery, architecture critic for the London Financial Times, repeats the statement in the catalogue celebrating the exhibition The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1979-1999, on view in Heinz Architectural Center November 6 through February 27, 2000.
		Considered the Nobel Prize of architecture, the award was established in 1979 by Chicago’s Pritzker family, owners of the Hyatt Hotel chain, to honor a living architect for a distinguished body of completed buildings.
		The prize is highly regarded because of the rigorous process by which the jury selects winners, and for its significant monetary award.
	www.carnegiemuseums.org /cmag/bk_issue/1999/novdec/feat4.html (485 words)

	Pretty as a Pritzker: Architecture's art saluted in limited Carnegie exhibit
		Since 1979, the Pritzker Architecture Prize has recognized 22 architects for their contributions to the art of architecture, from Philip Johnson in 1979 to Norman Foster in 1999.
		But the Pritzker, accompanied by a glittery award dinner and a magazine-like publication devoted to the winner, retains enough cachet to be regarded as the Nobel Prize of architecture.
		The Pritzker's purpose is to "honor a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture."
	www.post-gazette.com /magazine/19991104pritzker6.asp (906 words)

	Art Institute official named Pritzker Architecture Prize director
		The Art Institute of Chicago's longtime associate curator of architecture is leaving to become executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is sponsored by the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation and widely considered the most prestigious award for architects in the world.
		Thorne accepted the Pritzker position after being passed over in June as the Art Institute's chief architecture curator (the job went to Joseph Rosa), but she noted that she had been in discussions with the Pritzker organization well before that.
		In a statement, Hyatt Foundation President Thomas J. Pritzker said of Thorne: "She joins the Pritzker Prize with a broad understanding of international contemporary architecture, which is important to our jury that must select each year's laureate from a list of nominees from around the world.
	www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-pritzker19.html (284 words)

	Pritzker Prize -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually to honor a living (Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)) architect by the (Click link for more info and facts about Hyatt) Hyatt Foundation, run by the Pritzker family.
		The honor was created in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and the winner receives $100,000 in addition to industry fame and serious developer interest in the architect and his/her firm.
		Largely modeled after the (An annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace) Nobel Prize, the Pritzker is sometimes referred to as "the Nobel of architecture".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/pritzker_prize.htm (508 words)

	Carnegie: Pritzker architecture prize, The
		Jay Pritzker, chairman of the corporation, died last January at age 76, but the highly visible prize, featuring an annual award ceremony in a different international city each year, is being continued by the family's eldest son, Thomas J. Pritzker, now president of The Hyatt Foundation.
		Prize recipients are judged superior architects based on what they have accomplished that is inherently unique and how this has added to contemporary architecture worldwide.
		It is also notable that The Pritzker Architecture Prize: The First Twenty Years, published by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999 (a 2nd edition is now available by Harry N. Abrams), is not a gloss.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3966/is_200001/ai_n8891050 (1414 words)

	The Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1979-1999 - ROM Media Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1979 1999 is both a survey and a celebration of the world’s most highly regarded architecture award, often described as the Nobel Prize of architecture due to its importance, method of jury selection, and monetary gift.
		The Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1979-1999 presents the signature projects of the 22 outstanding international architects who received the award in its first 20 years, plus this year’s winner, reflecting a broad range of styles, functions and the state of the art in design and technology.
		The Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1979-1999 is supported by the ROM’s Institute of Contemporary Culture (ICC), a privately-funded entity within the ROM dedicated to the exploration of cultural issues in present day society, with an emphasis on contemporary Canada.
	www.rom.on.ca /news/releases/public.php3?mediakey=6aflqcxh4c (1069 words)

	Zaha Hadid - Laureate - Pritzker Prize 2004 :: arcspace.com
		She is the 26th Pritzker Laureate to be honoured and the third from the UK.
		Every year the Pritzker Architecture Prize honours a living architect whose 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 field of architecture was chosen by the Pritzker family because of their keen interest in building due to their involvement with developing the Hyatt Hotels around the world; also because architecture was a creative endeavor not included in the Nobel Prizes.
	www.arcspace.com /architects/hadid/pritzker (209 words)

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		The Pritzker Prize, which has risen to the stature of a Nobel Prize for architecture, honors a living architect for making important contnbutions to humanity by shaping the space in which we live.
		Despite their intense interest in architecture, the Pritzkers have never attempted to influence the selection process.
		This international jury has bestowed the Pritzker Prize upon architects from all over the world - a reflection of Jay's broad vision of the need to recog-nize cultural differences at a time of increasing globalization.
	www.nbm.org /blueprints/95s/summer99/page11/page11.htm (592 words)

	Koolhaas takes the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2000
		Remment Koolhaas, professor in practice of architecture and urban design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is the winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2000.
		The Pritzker Prize has been considered the Nobel of architecture.
		A former journalist and screenwriter, Koolhaas studied at the Architectural Association, in London, and was a Harkness fellow with O.M. Ungers at Cornell University.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2000/05.04/koolhaas.html (272 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Mayne to get Pritzker
		Philip Johnson, who died in February and was long considered the dean of American architecture, received the first Pritzker Prize, which honors a living architect whose work "has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment," according to Pritzker Prize guidelines.
		The pavilion is named for the prize's late founder and was designed by Frank Gehry, a member of the jury and the 1989 Pritzker Prize laureate.
		The prize is presented by the Hyatt Foundation of the Pritzker family, developers of the Hyatt hotel chain.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050321-9999-1c21prize.html (646 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pritzker Prize (Architecture) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Pritzker Prize[prit´skur] Pronunciation Key, officially The Pritzker Architecture Prize, award for excellence in architecture, given annually since 1979.
		Largely modeled on the Nobel Prize, it is the premier architectural award in the United States and is named for the family that sponsors the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Pritzker Prize
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PritzkerP.html (156 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - News - Koolhaas Wins Pritzker Prize - 2000.0607
		In April, Rem Koolhaas, a 56-year-old architect from the Netherlands, was named the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate for the year 2000.
		He is the 23rd Pritzker Laureate to be honored and the first from the Netherlands.
		In their summary of Koolhaas's contribution, the Pritzker Prize jury wrote: "His architecture is an architecture of essence; ideas given built form.
	www.architectureweek.com /2000/0607/news_4-1.html (389 words)

	USATODAY.com - First women wins premiere architecture prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Pritzker jurors singled out her designs for an Austrian ski jump, a German fire station and an Ohio art museum.
		Hadid "is probably one of the youngest laureates and has one of the clearest architectural trajectories we've seen in many years.
		The Pritzker Prize, sponsored by the Chicago family that developed the Hyatt Hotel chain, was created 26 years ago.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-21-pritzker-prize_x.htm (550 words)

	Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		"The Pritzker Architecture Prize was established by The Hyatt Foundation in 1979 to honor annually a living architect 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.
		Architecture of Washington D.C. The Architecture of Washington D.C. web site is "a dissertation research site on how political power and democracy are expressed in the United States capital" conducted and presented by Daniel Frydman.
		The purpose of the archive is to document the history of women's involvement in architecture by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women's architectural organizations, from around the world.
	www.jsu.edu /dept/library/graphic/architec.htm (5869 words)

	RISMedia - Residential Real Estate's Largest Independent News & Information Service - Immediate access to industry ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Pritzker Prize caps a three-decade career in which Mayne has received 54 AIA Awards, some 25 Progressive Architecture Awards, as well as numerous other honors around the world.
		In announcing the jury’s choice, Thomas J. Pritzker, president of The Hyatt Foundation, said, “When this prize was founded in 1979, Thom Mayne had just received his Master of Architecture degree from Harvard the year before.
		The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be held on May 31, 2005 in Chicago’s Millennium Park in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a structure named for the founder of the prize and designed by juror and 1989 Pritzker Laureate, Frank Gehry.
	www.rismedia.com /index.php/article/articleview/9721/1/1 (661 words)

	Moneo Wins Architecture's Pritzker Prize
		José Rafael Moneo, professor of architecture at the Graduate School of Design (GSD), was named the 1996 recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize.
		The $100,000 prize -- the largest in the field of architecture -- is awarded by an international jury of experts.
		Moneo, who was chair of the GSD's Department of Architecture from 1985 to 1990, is the designer of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, the National Museum of Roman Arts in Mérida, and many other buildings, including an airport, a railroad station, and several other museums in Spain.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1996/05.09/MoneoWinsArchit.html (160 words)

	Thom Mayne, Pritzker Award Winner [UCLA Gateway]
		UCLA Professor of Architecture Thom Mayne has been awarded the 2005 Pritzker Prize – an award considered by many to be architecture’s Nobel Prize.
		The Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor, is among many that Mayne has won during his career.
		In fact, the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design received the 2005 Progressive Architecture Award for an urban design research project that was led by Mayne.
	www.ucla.edu /about/faculty/mayne.html (439 words)

	pritzker prize 2004
		zaha hadid, an iraqi born british citizen has been chosen as the 2004 laureate of the pritzker architecture prize marking the first time a woman has been named for this 26 year old award.
		born in baghdad, she studied at the highly regarded architectural association in london, was a partner in the avant gard office of metropolitan architecture with rem koolhaas, and has held prestigious posts at one time or another at the world’s finest universities including harvard, yale, and many others.
		“the 2004 laureate is probably one of the youngest laureates and has one of the clearest architectural trajectories we’ve seen in many years.
	www.danda.be /outdata?dreview=132 (256 words)

	Kevin Roche Architect - Pritzker Prize for Architecture [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
		In 1982, when Roche was awarded the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the $100,000 prize money was used to create a chair of architecture at Yale in memory of his former mentor Eero Saarinen.
		To the Pritzker family for its extraordinary foresight and generosity in establishing this prize, and for its intention to "stimulate creativity and contribute to a deeper sensitivity" to the environment.
		That Architecture is an art we have the evidence of history; that it is an art in our time we cannot yet judge.
	www.irish-architecture.com /architects_ireland/kevin_roche/pritzker.html (955 words)

	AA - Glenn Murcutt: Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 2002 - May/June 2002
		His is an architecture of place, architecture that responds to the landscape and to the climate.
		The Pritzker jury for 2002 was J. Carter Brown (chair), Giovanni Agnelli, Ada Louise Huxtable, Carlos Jimenez, Jorge Silvetti and The Lord Rothschild.
		His architecture is crisp, marked and impregnated by the unique landscape and by the light that defines the fabulous, far away and gigantic mass of land that is his home, Australia.
	www.archmedia.com.au /aa/aaissue.php?issueid=200205&article=11&typeon=2 (7016 words)

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