Pritzker Prize Winners Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Jean Nouvel is the recipient of this year’s Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture. This year’s jury praised Nouvel for “his courageous pursuit of new ideas and his challenge of accepted norms in order to stretch the boundaries of the field.”
Watch Jean Nouvel (pictured: Monolith for Expo.02 in Switzerland) discuss his craft with Charlie Rose and former Pritzker winners Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano.
To learn more about the featured architects
- Jean Nouvel’s work in a recent New York Times slideshow.
- Frank Gehry: check out his latest addition to New York’s changing skyline, Barry Diller’s IAC headquarters in Chelsea.
- Renzo Piano: the architect discusses life, his career and the most distinguishing characteristics of his work.
- Zaha Hadid Architecture and Design.
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