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2013 Pritzker Prize winner announced

2013 Pritzker Prize winner announced


Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been awarded this year's prestigious Pritzker Prize. Along with Tadao Ando, the 1995 Pritzker laureate, Ito is a superstar of Japanese architecture. He is best known for his 2001 Sendai Mediatheque, a seven-story glass box that distills a series of complex technical break thoughs in its spare, even-keeled finish. His largest and most ambitious project, the 620,000 square-foot Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, is under construction in Taiwan and scheduled to open next year.
Images: Toyo Ito, 2013 Pritzker Prize laureate and his Sendai Mediatheque