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Chinese architect Liu Jiakun has been named the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that "celebrate the everyday lives of people". Liu is the 54th laureate of the ...

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Liu, known for understated structures that respond to their surroundings, has been awarded the profession’s highest honor. By Robin Pogrebin At 17, Liu Jiakun was sent to labor in the countrysid ...

Liu Jiakun, a Chengdu-based architect whose work can be both muscular and nimble, has been named the 2025 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His buildings often employ traditional Chinese ...

The 2025 Pritzker Prize has been awarded this year to Chinese Architect Liu Jiakun. Born in Chengdu in 1956, he grew up in the densifying city, before attending and graduating from the Chongqing ...

Liu Jiakun, unveiled as 2025’s laureate on Tuesday, has spent much of his four-decade career designing understated academic buildings, museums and public spaces in his home city of Chengdu (and ...

Written by Maria-Cristina Florian Published on March 04, 2025 Escaping stylistic constraints, Liu Jiakun's work relies on adaptive strategies to harmonize collective and individual spaces ...