Now some architects are irritated by prizes for virtue. Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid’s firm recently argued against the “political correctness that is trying to paralyze us with bad conscience . . . as if the delivery of social justice is the architect’s competency.”
Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban began his education at age 18 at SCI-Arc, and last week was awarded the Pritzker Prize. The jury cited his residential and museum designs, but singled out his work for refugees, saying “His buildings provide shelter. . . and spiritual places for those who have suffered tremendous loss and destruction.”