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Pritzker prize, 2021

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In news : French architect duo, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, were honoured with the 2021 Pritzker Prize recently

About Pritzker Architecture  prize

  • It is the international prize, which is awarded each year to a living architect/s for significant achievement  
  • It honours  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”
  • It is considered to be one of the world’s premier architecture prizes, and is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture
  • Launch: The award was founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy
  • Funding: the award is funded by the Pritzker family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation
  • The Pritzker Architecture Prize is said to be awarded “irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology”.
  • The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and, since 1987, a bronze medallion

Anne Lacaton 

She is a French architect and educator. She runs the architectural practice Lacaton & Vassal, with Jean-Philippe Vassal.

 Jean-Philippe Vassal

He is a French architect and academic. He runs the architectural practice Lacaton & Vassal, with Anne Lacaton. 

Contribution of Jean Philippe & Lacatonn

  • Lacaton & Vassal have worked with Frederic Druot on sustainable housing projects, reinventing old 1960s era social housing in a project called Plus.  
  • Plus is an initiative to upgrade old social housing into better living spaces.
  • Initially based in Bordeaux, the practice moved to Paris in 2000. 
  • Lacaton & Vassal’s work focuses on reduced-cost construction. 
  • Many projects are hybrids between a contemporary building concept and more diverse techniques, upsetting building contractors’ standard usages.
Source: Indian Express
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