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The Scott Brown Petition & Women’s Role in Architecture
Denise Scott Brown via Plataforma Arquitectura The petition demanding that architect Denise Scott Brown be retroactively acknowledged as a joint recipient of the 1991 Pritzker Prize has surpassed 12,000 signatures…. Notable supporters include past Pritzker Prize recipients Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas and Scott Brown’s own husband and
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Pritzker’s Challenge: Recognition in the Age of Creative Partnerships
Wang Shu receiving his Pritzker Award in 2012. Oddly, his wife and co-partner, Lu Wenyu, was not acknowledged. The Pritzker Prize had idealistic beginnings: recognising achievement within architecture, a profession that had long lost its status in public opinion. Pritzker ‘seamed’ this fragmentation, celebrated the architect and broadcast this stellar contribution to society, as a creative, a singular…
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The Indicator: The Pritzker’s Better Half
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Las Vegas, Strip Message Analysis There’s been a lot of buzz going around about the Pritzker jury dissing Denise Scott Brown, wife and co-partner to Robert Venturi. Back in 1991 they awarded the prize to Mr. Venturi, singular…not plural to include his better half. Seems…
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Robert Venturi and Rem Koolhaas Side with Denise Scott Brown on Pritzker Debate
Denise Scott Brown outside Las Vegas in 1966; photograph from the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown © Frank Hanswijk Robert Venturi has joined nearly 4,000 advocates in the call to retrospectively acknowledge Denise Scott Brown as a joint Pritzker Prize laureate, stating: “Denise Scott Brown is my inspiring and equal partner.”
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Pritzker Responds To Denise Scott Brown Controversy
© Frank Hanswijk An intense gender debate has been making headlines after Denise Scott Brown called for Pritzker to “salute the notion of joint creativity” and retrospectively acknowledge her role in Robert Venturi’s 1991 Pritzker Prize during an AJ Women in Architecture luncheon in late…
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Denise Scott Brown Demands Recognition from Pritzker
During a speech at the AJ Women in Architecture luncheon in London last week, postmodern icon Denise Scott Brown… requested to be acknowledged retrospectively for her role in Robert Venturi’s 1991 Pritzker Prize, describing Pritzker’s inability to acknowledge her involvement
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AD Classics: Odate Dome / Toyo Ito
© Mikio Kamaya The Odate Dome in the Akita Prefecture of Japan was completed by Toyo Ito in June 1997. The project is another example of the architect’s impressive canon, making use of cutting edge technology and bringing architecture closer to people. Seemingly…
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AD Classics: Yatsushiro Municipal Museum / Toyo Ito
© Tomio Ohashi The city of Yatsushiro is known in Japan as a home for exemplary architecture – the legacy at least in part of Artpolis, a plan by the government of the Kumamoto Prefecture to seek out a range of talented architects…
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Infographic: The History of the Pritzker Prize (1979-2013)
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AD Classics: White U / Toyo Ito
© Koji Taki Toyo Ito was commissioned for this building by his older sister after her husband sadly lost his battle with cancer in the 1970s. Having lived for a number of years in a high-rise apartment, she and her two young daughters…
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2013 Pritzker Prize: Toyo Ito
Portrait of Toyo Ito © Yoshiaki Tsutsui “Although Mr. Ito has built a great number of buildings in his career, in my view, he has been working on one project all along, — to push the boundaries of architecture. And to achieve that goal, he is not …
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AD Classics: Silver Hut / Toyo Ito
© Tomio Ohashi. Courtesy of Toyo Ito & Associates Known for his conceptual designs, Japanese architect Toyo Ito is arguably one of the world’s most innovative architects. He began his architectural career with a project for his sister in 1976 called “The U House,” located in the center of Tokyo.…
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Video: A documentary on Toyo Ito’s Sendai Mediatheque
One of Toyo Ito’s most iconic building is undoubtedly the Sendai Mediatheque. The latest Pritzker laureate completed the building in 2001, a cultural media center allowing complete visibility and transparency to the surrounding community.
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Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 / Toyo Ito + Cecil Balmond + Arup
© Sylvain Deleu Architects: Toyo Ito, Cecil Balmond, Arup
Location: Kensington Gardens, London, UK
Area: 309.76 sqm
Year: 2002
Photographs: Sylvain Deleu…Toyo Ito, recipient of the Pritzker Prize 2013, along with Cecil Balmond and Arup were in charge of the design of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion back in
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AD Classics: Tower of Winds / Toyo Ito
© Tomio Ohashi The Tower of Winds is a project largely indicative of Toyo Ito’s approach to architecture, particularly his belief in the importance of technology and its vital role in the future of architecture. The project not only embraces technology and involves…
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Photography: Toyo Ito by Iwan Baan
Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture © Iwan Baan “Whoever reviews Ito’s works notices not only a variety of functional programs, but also a spectrum of architectural languages.” — From the 2013 Pritzker Jury’s Citation
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Toyo Ito… has just been announced the winner of the 2013 Pritzker Prize. To commemorate -
The Life and Work of Toyo Ito, 2013 Pritzker Laureate
Sendai Mediathique. Image © Nacasa & Partners. Until his third year of high school, Toyo Ito’s passion was not architecture, but baseball.
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Fortunately for us all (and almost assuredly for the Pritzker laureate himself), he soon switched career paths.
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AD Exclusive Interview: Toyo Ito, 2013 Pritzker Prize
Interview with Toyo Ito and ArchDaily via Skype A few days ago, we had the opportunity to talk with Toyo-san, the 2013 Pritzker Prize laureate. A short, but intense talk where Ito shares with us, using precise words, insights about his design process and what he thinks about…
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White O / Toyo Ito
Architect: Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
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Location: Marbella, Chile
Local Architect: Christian de Groote
Project Area: 370 sqm
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Flashback: Sendai Mediatheque / Toyo Ito
© Nacasa & Partners Inc With the intentions of designing a transparent cultural media center that is supported by a unique system to allow complete visibility and transparency to the surrounding community, the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito… is revolutionary in it’s engineering and aesthetic.
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Tama Art University Library / Toyo Ito by Iwan Baan
Once again, Iwan Baan… shared with us another impresive photoset. This time, we are presenting the Tama Art University Library in Tokyo, Japan, by Toyo Ito.
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