The Pritzker Prize was awarded to Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa

Los Angeles - The most prestigious global award in the field of architecture, the Pritzker Prize, has been awarded this year to Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. The jury that decides on the award announced this today in Los Angeles.
    The jury stated that both "investigate the phenomenal qualities of space, lightness, transparency, and materiality like few others." The Associated Press reported that both are recognized as creators of ethereal, dreamlike spaces in museums, university buildings, and boutiques of leading fashion houses in Japan, the United States, and Europe. The jury specifically mentioned the fashion house Christian Dior's building in Tokyo and the Glass Pavilion at the museum in Toledo, United States.
    Sejima is 54 years old, and Nishizawa is ten years younger. Both work together at the firm Sanaa Ltd., which they founded in 1995.
    The Pritzker Prize is often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of architecture." It was established in 1979 by American businessman Jay Pritzker and his wife Cindy. Among its recipients are Brazilian Óscar Niemeyer, American Ieoh Ming Pei, British Norman Foster, and French Jean Nouvel. The laureate receives a medal and $100,000.