The 2012 Pritzker Prize was awarded to Wang Shu

The nine-member jury decided that this year's Pritzker Prize will be awarded to Wang Shu, the founder of the Chinese Amateur Architecture Studio. The selection seems logical. One-fifth of the world's population lives in China, the most steel and concrete is consumed here annually, and the country excels in every category one can think of. It would be surprising if such enormous overproduction did not yield some gems as well. Wang Shu is the first Chinese recipient of the Pritzker Prize. I.M. Pei, who received this award in 1983, was born in China but received the prize as an American citizen. At the same time, the situation from 1991 is repeating itself, when the couple from the VSBA studio was awarded the prize only to Robert Venturi. The award ceremony associated with a financial reward of $100,000 is scheduled for May 25, 2012, in Beijing.
We plan to provide more detailed information about the Amateur Architecture Studio, led by the couple Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, in the coming days.

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