Awards can be a controversial topic within China’s architecture community. When Wang Shu became the first Chinese architect ...

From that lofty vantage point, he said, he could peer over neighborhoods still filled with traditional wooden Chinese homes. After Liu graduated from college in 1982, he worked for a state-owned ...

The Pritzker jury praised Liu for using "Chinese tradition without nostalgia, but as a springboard for innovation." ...

is modeled after a traditional Chinese garden.Credit...Bi Kejian via The Pritzker Architecture Prize “In a world that tends to create endless dull peripheries, he has found a way to build places ...

Built in 2014, it summons ancient Chinese architectural motifs in its use of dramatic tiered balconies. Another, the Luyeyuan Stone Sculpture Art Museum in Chengdu, from 2002, evokes a traditional ...

(Tom Welsh for The Hyatt Foundation | The Pritzker Architecture Prize) From that lofty vantage point, he said, he could peer over neighborhoods still filled with traditional wooden Chinese homes.

The jury cited Liu's "reverence for culture, history and nature, chronicling time and comforting users with familiarity through modern... Chinese architect Liu Jiakun wins the 2025 Pritzker Prize ...