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Shigeru Ban Wins Architecture's Biggest Prize
The Pritzker Prize is architecture’s highest honor - sort of the Nobel Prize for buildings. This week it was awarded to a Japanese architect named Shigeru Ban. He is best known for creating innovative temporary structures for disaster areas such as homes, schools, and churches. But he’s also known for high-end designs, like mobile art museums.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Pritzker Prize is architecture’s highest honor - sort of the Nobel Prize for buildings. This week it was awarded to a Japanese architect named Shigeru Ban. He is best known for creating innovative temporary structures for disaster areas such as homes, schools, and churches. But he’s also known for high-end designs, like mobile art museums.
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The full episode
3 of 5Shrimp Boy, The Pritzker Prize and Free After 32 Years- 0:00Leland Yee and "Shrimp Boy" Chow
- 8:50Can College Athletes Unionize?
- 18:21Shigeru Ban Wins Architecture's Biggest PrizeYou’re reading this
- 25:58Free After 32 Years
- 42:06Lab Rats: Genetic Mugshots, Rex Block, and Biden