World Honors for Architecture and Other Arts
One of the two highest international awards for design accomplishment, the Japan-based Praemium Imperiale, honors one outstanding individual per year in the field of architecture, recognized along with achievers in painting, sculpture, music, and theater/film. (In that last category, most seriously impacted by the current pandemic, no winner was named this year.) Within each of these art fields, the program’s laureates may vary widely in their specific accomplishments. In music, for instance, winners have included composers, conductors, and soloists. As in other top awards for architecture – the Pritzker Prize, for instance, or the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal – the winners usually lead an international practice producing buildings of worldwide prominence — but that need not always be the case. Architecture: Glenn Murcutt of Australia The 2021 honoree for architecture, Glenn Murcutt, differs from the typical Praemium Imperiale winner by operating an essentially one-man practice. He designs works …
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