Speaking to CNN ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, the founder of one of China’s first private architecture firms reflects on a career designing unpretentious buildings in an era of excess.

The Chinese architect was recognized by the jury for his ability to draw on every site’s unique heritage and challenges.

Founded by Jay Pritzker and administered by the Hyatt Foundation in the United States, the Pritzker Prize recognizes living architects, regardless of nationality, whose work has made a lasting and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Liu Jiakun, who earned the field’s highest ...

was awarded for his iconic works such as the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. The Pritzker Prize has been awarded for forty-four straight editions without interruption, and there are now 23 ...

Today, the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, a Chengdu-based talent whose ...

You have to provide poetry’ as well as function, says Chengdu-based Liu. Awards jury hails Liu’s designs that ‘elevate the ...

Awards can be a controversial topic within China’s architecture community. When Wang Shu became the first Chinese architect ...

Works by Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, this year's winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, have been described ...

Pritzker was an architecture aficionado who played a role in the creation of several cultural touchstones in Chicago.

It is emblematic of the industry’s shifting priorities that this year’s Pritzker Prize, often dubbed the “Nobel of architecture,” has gone to a man who actively avoids having a ...

This year, the 2025 Pritzker Prize has been awarded to Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, 69, founder of Jiakun Architects. He’s known for his process—understanding specific nuances of a particular ...