SEJIMA Kazuyo and NISHIZAWA Ryūe won the Pritzker Architecture Prize

On March 28, the Hyatt Foundation announced that SEJIMA Kazuyo and NISHIZAWA Ryūe had been selected as its laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an annual award to honor outstanding architects, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. They were praised for their achievements in Japan, Europe, and the United States through their joint architectural firm, SANAA (Tokyo). The award citation recognized their collaborative work in realizing architecture that is powerful yet delicate, practiced, and utilized in accordance with its purpose. Major joint projects include the Kumanokodo Nakahechi Museum of Art (1996) and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2004). Furthermore, SEJIMA Kazuyo served as director of architecture for the 12^th Venice Biennale of Architecture, held from August to November in 2010. She was the first Japanese architect and the first woman in the history of the Venice Biennale of Architecture to hold this position. (Japanese)