Japanese Architect Arata Isozaki has received the Pritzker Prize 2019.
a. Arata Isozaki
b. Nagata Isozaki
c. Suzuki Isozaki
d. Mitsubishi Isozaki
Details:
- He is the 46th laureate and eighth architect from Japan to win the Pritzker Prize.
- Arata Isozaki will be awarded the prize of $100,000 (£76,000) and a bronze medallion in May at a ceremony at the Château de Versailles in France.
His major works:
- Some of his major works include Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Palau Saint Jordi indoor sporting arena in Barcelona, the Allianz Tower in Milan, Italy, Qatar's National Convention Centre, Kitakyushu's Central Library in Japan, Thessaloniki concert hall's second auditorium- M2 in Greece, Nara Centennial Hall in Japan etc.
About the Pritzker Prize:
- Pritzker Prize is an annual award to honour a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.
- The award constituted by Pritzker family of Chicago through their Hyatt Foundation in 1979 is often referred to as "architecture's Nobel" and "the profession's highest honour."
- Earlier awardees of the coveted prize include India's Balkrishna Doshi, Jorn Utzon who designed the Sydney Opera House, Oscar Niemeyer of Brazil and the British-Iraqi designer, Zaha Hadid.
Question:
Q. Which Japanese Architect has received the Pritzker Prize 2019?a. Arata Isozaki
b. Nagata Isozaki
c. Suzuki Isozaki
d. Mitsubishi Isozaki
