Its just been announced; purveyors of subtly impressive architecture, Sanna have scooped the 2010 Pritzker Prize.
The Japanese duo, architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, were praised by the jury for creating “architecture that is simultaneously delicate and powerful, precise and fluid, ingenious but not overly or overtly clever."
In recent memory, the office has completed a number of projects which have received positive reception, including the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, and notably, a sparing and beautiful Pavilion for the Serpentine gallery in London.
“I have been exploring how I can make architecture that feels open, which I feel is important for a new generation of architecture,” said Sejima. “With this prize I will continue trying to make wonderful architecture.”
Nishiwa said: “I receive this wonderful prize with great humility. I am very honoured and at the same time very surprised. Every time I finish a building I revel in possibilities and at the same time reflect on what has happened. Each project becomes my motivation for the next new project. In the same way this wonderful prize has given me a dynamic energy that I have never felt before.”
The pair will receive a bronze medal and a $100,000 prize at a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York in May.
A well deserved win we think.
