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Japanese pair in architecture win | Japanese pair in architecture win |
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A duo of Japanese architects, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, have won the most coveted award in architecture, the Pritzker Prize, the jury has announced. | |
The 2010 winners were praised for using everyday building materials to create ethereal structures that shelter flowing, dreamlike spaces. | The 2010 winners were praised for using everyday building materials to create ethereal structures that shelter flowing, dreamlike spaces. |
Their art museums, university buildings and designer-label fashion boutiques span Japan, the US and Europe. | Their art museums, university buildings and designer-label fashion boutiques span Japan, the US and Europe. |
The prize will be awarded formally in May in New York. | The prize will be awarded formally in May in New York. |
The duo were praised for the way their work blends into its surroundings | The duo were praised for the way their work blends into its surroundings |
Sejima and Nishizawa, who are partners in the architectural firm Sanaa, said they did not see themselves as working within any sort of distinct Japanese architectural tradition. | Sejima and Nishizawa, who are partners in the architectural firm Sanaa, said they did not see themselves as working within any sort of distinct Japanese architectural tradition. |
But they acknowledged being influenced by the austere construction methods, lightweight materials and porous boundaries between inside and outside space that characterise traditional Japanese buildings. | But they acknowledged being influenced by the austere construction methods, lightweight materials and porous boundaries between inside and outside space that characterise traditional Japanese buildings. |
"If you see Japanese temples made of wood, you can see how the architecture is made up," Nishizawa said. | "If you see Japanese temples made of wood, you can see how the architecture is made up," Nishizawa said. |
"They have a clear construction and transparency and they are quite simple. I think this is one of the big things that we are influenced by." | "They have a clear construction and transparency and they are quite simple. I think this is one of the big things that we are influenced by." |
Among the projects mentioned by the Pritzker jury were the Christian Dior Building in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district and the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion. | Among the projects mentioned by the Pritzker jury were the Christian Dior Building in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district and the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion. |
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's newly opened Rolex Learning Centre was also cited; it is a single-storey slab-like concrete and glass structure that undulates over a four-acre site, punctured in places to let light enter the massive open space that makes up its interior. | The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's newly opened Rolex Learning Centre was also cited; it is a single-storey slab-like concrete and glass structure that undulates over a four-acre site, punctured in places to let light enter the massive open space that makes up its interior. |
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