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Visiting Pritzker Prize winners Jean-Philippe Vassal and Anne Lacaton believe architects should “never demolish, never subtract, never remove, always add and transform”.
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Copy The 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture’s highest honor, has been granted to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of Lacaton & Vassal, the French duo renowned for their multiple sustainable housing projects and for the Palais de Tokyo, a contemporary art gallery in Paris. In their three decades of work, Lacaton & Vassal always prioritized the “ enrichment of human life”, benefiting the individual and supporting the evolution of the city. "Good architecture is open—open to life, open to enhance the freedom of anyone, where anyone can do what they need to do. ...
Mar 17, 2021 The Pritzker Architecture Prize, the field’s highest honor, has been awarded to the Paris-based duo of Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal for “prioritizing the enrichment of human life,” especially in the context of public housing. The selection of the French laureates, who have long focused on creating more liveable structures that connect to nature in even the densest of urban settings, was announced Tuesday by Tom Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award. “Through their design of private and social housing, cultural and academic instituti...
The 2021 Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor, has been granted to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of Lacaton & Vassal.