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THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE
CYRIL C. CERNITCHEZ
BSA 1C, STUDENT:
Endless
House
(Project,
Exterior
View of
the Model)
Model for
an Endless
House.
Untitled
(Us-You-
Me Environment) 1962
“Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.” – Charles Eames
- Lounge Chair and Ottoman. ...
- La Chaise
- Eames House
“Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a
space… On the one hand it’s about shelter, but it’s also about pleasure.” – Zaha
Hadid
- Vitra Fire Station, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany
- Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck, Austria
- Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” –
Frank Gehry
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- Peix (Fish), Barcelona
- Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I’ve finished,
if the solution is not beautiful, I know it’s wrong.” – Buckminster Fuller
- The Geodesic Dome, 1954
- The Dymaxion Houses, 1927
- The Dymaxion Car, 1933
“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a
future which is essentially unknown.” – Norman Foster
- London City Hall, 2002
- The Gherkin, 2003
- HSBC Hong Kong, 1986
“Architecture is the art of how to waste space” “All architects want to live beyond
their deaths.” - Johnson, Philip Cortelyou
- the Glass House in New Canaan
- 550 Madison Avenue
- 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago
TIME-TABLE OF PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE LAUREATE AWARDEES UP TO PRESENT
1983 Ieoh Ming Pei United States National Gallery of Art, East Building Metropolitan Museum of
(1978) Art, New York City
Dallas City Hall, Dallas, USA, 1978
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
1973
1984 Richard Meier United States High Museum of Art (1983) National Gallery of Art,
Douglas House (1973) Harbor Springs, Washington DC
Michigan
The Atheneum (1970)
1985 Hans Hollein Austria Abteiberg Museum (1982) The Huntington Library,
Retti Candleshop (1965) Vienna, San Marino, California
Austria
Jewellery Store Schullin I (Façade)
1974, Vienna, Austria
1986 Gottfried Böhm Germany Christi Auferstehung, Cologne (1968) Worshipful Company of
(West Dwelling House (1955) Cologne Weiss Goldsmiths, London
Germany) Neviges Pilgrimage Church (1968)
Velbert, Germany
1987 Kenzō Tange Japan St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo (1964) Kimbell Art Museum, Fort
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Worth, Texas
(1955) Hiroshima, Japan
Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the
1964 Summer Olympics (1964) Tokyo,
Japan
1988 Gordon United States Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Bunshaft Library (1963)
(shared prize) Albright Knox Art Gallery completed Art Institute of Chicago
1961 and officially opened (1962)
Buffalo, New York
Lever House 1952 New York, New York
Cathedral of Brasília (1958)
Oscar Niemeyer Brazil Congress (Chamber of Deputies and
(shared prize) Congress Office Towers) (1960)
Brasilia, Brazil
Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasilia
(1970) Brasilia, Brazil
1989 Frank Gehry Canada Walt Disney Concert Hall (2003) Tōdai-ji, Nara, Japan
United States Gehry Residence 1978) Santa Monica,
California
California Aerospace Museum (1984)
Los Angeles, California
1990 Aldo Rossi Italy Bonnefanten Museum (1990) Palazzo Grassi, Venice
San Cataldo Cemetery (1984) Modena,
Italy
Drawing for San Cataldo Cemetery
(1971) Modena, Italy
1991 Robert Venturi United states National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing (1991) Palace of Iturbide, Mexico
Guild House (1964) in Philadelphia City
Allen Memorial Art Museum (1976) in
Oberlin, Ohio
1992 Álvaro Siza Portugal Pavilion of Portugal in Expo'98 (1998) Harold Washington
Vieira Restaurante da Boa Nova (1963) Library, Chicago
Matosinhos, Portugal
Piscina Leca (1966) Palmeira, Portugal
1993 Fumihiko Maki Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1991) Prague Castle
YKK Guest House (1982) Kurobe,
Japan
Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium (1984)
Fujisawa, Japan
1994 Christian de France French Embassy, Berlin (2003) The Commons,
Portzamparc Cité de la Musique (1995) Paris, France Columbus, Indiana
School of Dance of the Opéra de Paris
(1987) Nanterre, France
1995 Tadao Ando Japan Church of the Light (1989) Petit Trianon, Versailles
Church on the Water (1988) Tomamu,
Hokkaidō, Japan
Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum
(1992)Naoshima Island, Japan
1996 Rafael Moneo Spain Kursaal Palace (1999) Getty Center, Los Angeles
Logrono Town Square (1981) Logrono,
Spain
Bankinter (1977) Madrid, Spain
1997 Sverre Fehn Norway Norwegian Glacier Museum (1991) Guggenheim Museum
Nordic Villa (1964) Norrkoping, Sweden Bilbao
The Bodker House (1967) Oslo, Norway
1998 Renzo Piano Italy Kansai International Airport (1994) White House, Washington
The Menil Collection Museum (1987) DC
Houston, Texas
Centre Pompidou (1977) Paris, France
1999 Norman Foster United Millennium Bridge (London) (2000) Altes Museum, Berlin
Kingdom Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
(1995) Cambridge, United Kingdom
Willis Faber and Dumas (1975) Ipswich,
United Kingdom
2000 Rem Koolhaas Netherlands Casa da Música, Porto (2003) Jerusalem Archaeological
Netherlands Dance Theatre (1988) The Park
Hague, Netherlands
Nexus Housing (1991) Fukuoka, Japan
2001 Jacques Herzog Switzerland Tate Modern (2000) Monticello, Charlottesville,
& Pierre de Laban Dance Theater (2003) London, Virginia
Meuron United Kingdom
Ricola Storage Building (1987) Laufen,
Switzerland
2002 Glenn Murcutt Australia Berowra Waters Inn (1983) Campidoglio, Rome
Done House (1991) New South Wales,
Australia
Arthur & Yvonne Boyd Education
Centre (1999) New South Wales,
Australia
2003 Jørn Utzon Denmark Sydney Opera House (1973) Royal Academy of Fine
Kuwait National Assembly (1982) Arts of San Fernando,
Kuwait Madrid
Bagsvaerd Church (1976) Copenhagen,
Denmark
2004 Zaha Hadid Iraq United Contemporary Arts Center (2003) Hermitage Museum, Saint
Kingdom Vitra Fire Station 1993) Weil am Rhein, Petersburg
Germany
LFone Landesgartenschau (1999) Weil
am Rhein
2005 Thom Mayne United state San Francisco Federal Building (2007) Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago
Diamond Ranch High School (1999)
Pomona, California
Blades Residence (1995) Santa
Barbara, California
2006 Paulo Mendes Brazil Saint Peter Chapel, Campos do Jordão, Dolmabahçe Palace,
da Rocha São Paulo (1987) Istanbul
The Paulistano Athletic Club (1958) São
Paulo, Brazil
Forma Store (1987) São Paulo, Brazil
2007 Richard Rogers Italy Lloyd's building (1986) Banqueting House,
United Whitehall, London
Kingdom Centre Pompidou (1977) Paris, France
Millennium Dome (1999) London,
United Kingdom
2008 Jean Nouvel France Torre Agbar (2005) Library of Congress,
Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA or Arab Washington DC
World Institute), (1987) Paris, Fran
Nemausus I public housing
(1987) Nimes, France ce
2009 Peter Zumthor Switzerland Therme Vals (1996) Legislative Palace of the
Protective Housing for Roman City Council, Buenos
Excavations (1986) Chur, Graubünden, Aires
Switzerland
Zumthor Studio (1986) Haldenstein,
Graubünden, Switzerland
2010 Kazuyo Sejima Japan 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Ellis Island, New York City
and Ryue Art, Kanazawa (2003)
Nishizawa O-Museum (1999) Iida, Nagano, Japan
Zollverein School of Management and
Design (2006) Essen, Germany
2011 Eduardo Souto Portugal Estadio Braga Estádio Municipal de Andrew W. Mellon
de Moura Braga (2004) Auditorium, Washington
House in Serra da Arrábida (2002) DC
Serra da Arrábida, Portugal
Paula Rego Museum (2008) Cascais,
Portugal
2012 Wang Shu China North facet of NBM Ningbo Museum Great Hall of the People,
(2008) Beijing
Library of Wenzheng College (1999-
2000) Suzhou, China
Vertical Courtyard Apartments (2002-
2007) Hangzhou, China
2013 Toyo Ito Japan Sendai Mediatheque (2001) John F. Kennedy
Silver Hut (house) 1984 Nakano-ku, Presidential Library and
Tokyo, Japan Museum, Boston
Tower of Winds (1986) Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa, Japan
2014 Shigeru Ban Japan Metz (F) - Centre Pompidou - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Außenansicht Centre Pompidou-Metz
(2010)
Curtain Wall House (1995) Tokyo,
Japan
Cardboard Cathedral (2013)
Christchurch, New Zealand
2015 Frei Otto Germany 2014 Olympiastadion Munich Olympic New World Center, Miami
Stadium, Munich (1972)
The 1967 International and Universal
Exposition or Expo 67 (1967) Montreal,
Canada
Diplomatic Club Heart Tent (1980)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2016 Alejandro Chile Campus San Joaquín Siamese Towers, United Nations
Aravena Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Headquarters, New York
(2005) City
Quinta Monroy Housing (2004) Iquique,
Chile
St. Edward’s University Dorms (2008)
Austin, Texas, USA
2017 Rafael Aranda, Spain Sant Antoni Library, Barcelona (2008) Akasaka Palace, Tokyo
Carme Pigem, Bell–Lloc Winery (2007) Palamós,
and Ramón Girona, Spain
Vilalta Soulages Museum (2014) Rodez,
France
2018 B. V. Doshi India Indian Institute of Management Aga Khan Museum,
Bangalore (1977–1992, multiple Toronto
phases)
Premabhai Hall (1976) Ahmedabad,
India
Premabhai Hall (1976) Ahmedabad,
India
2019 Arata Isozaki Japan Mito Art Tower (1990) Palace of Versailles
Ōita Prefectural Library (1966) Ōita,
Japan
MOMA, Gunma (1974) Gunma, Japan
2020 Yvonne Farrell Ireland The Grafton Building of Bocconi Online
and Shelley University (2007)
McNamara Urban Institute of Ireland (2002) Dublin,
Irelan
Loreto Community School (2006)
Milford, Ireland
2021 Anne Lacaton France National School of Architecture in Online
and Jean- Nantes (2009)
Philippe Vassal Latapie House (1993) Floirac, France
Cap Ferret House (1998) Cap Ferret,
France
2022 Diébédo Francis Burkina Faso Centre for Earth Architecture in Mopti, LSE Marshall Building,
Kéré Mali (2010) London
National Park of Mali (2010) Bamako,
Mali
Opera Village (2010) Laongo, Burkina
Faso