Pritzker Prize

A Pritzker Prize winner, he designed notable projects in his native Japan and in the U.S., including 4 World Trade Center and the M.I.T. Media Lab’s new home.

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Dublin’s Grafton Architects are forging a path in an industry that continues to be dominated by men.

Architects say they find a certain affinity between designing major structures and smaller items to wear on the wrist.

Riken Yamamoto of Japan is recognized for modest designs that inspire social connection and both literal and figurative transparency.

At 87, the British architect is being honored with a major retrospective that glances back on some of his greatest buildings and toward his vision for the future.

Architecture’s highest honor has gone to the British designer, who is focusing on issues of environmental sustainability and social equity.

The first Indian to receive the Pritzker Prize, he developed a distinctive approach to building for his country.

In major structures in a dozen countries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Mr. Isozaki absorbed and reinterpreted Eastern and Western traditions.

In this lesson, students will reflect on the work of Francis Kéré, including a school he designed. Then they will examine their own school to try to understand the decisions architects make.

Using indigenous materials and local symbols, Francis Kéré makes buildings that serve the community he came from.