Chinese Architect Wins 2012 Pritzker Prize for Architecture
Wang Shu, a 48-year-old architect whose architectural practice is based in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, will receive the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the prize, announced the award this week. The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be in Beijing on May 25.
Shu is best known for designing sustainable public buildings, especially campus buildings, that respect their environments and use ample recycled materials.