The architect was recognized for embodying similar values as the award’s namesake, a tireless proponent of climate-adaptive design and public education.  

Winning projects include the 19-story Ascent in Milwaukee and the Houston Endowment Headquarters by Kevin Daly Architects and Productura. 

The winner in the fourth cycle of the Chicago-based awards program triumphed over finalist projects located in Houston, Medellín, Vancouver, and beyond.

Heralded for his “subtle yet powerful, subdued yet elegant” work, the 52^nd Pritzker laureate is the first British architect to be awarded the prize since Richard Rogers in 2007.

This year's winners include the founders of former RECORD Vanguard firms WORKac and de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop.  

This year’s 16 winning projects include an early education center in Detroit by Marlon Blackwell Architects and a girls school in Rajasthan, India, by Diana Kellogg Architects.

Recognizing the best built work in the Americas completed between December 2018 and June 2021, the prize spotlights six projects including a Mexico City museum expansion and an earthen housing block in Paraguay.

The New York–based architect joins the ranks of past laureates including the late Mikhail Gorbachev.

The SANAA co-founder and Canadian architecture doyenne are recipients of the prestigious prizes recognizing women who have made lasting impacts on the built environment.