Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been named the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, widely regarded as the profession's highest honor. Ito, 71, is the sixth Japanese architect to become a Pritzker Laureate – the first five being the late Kenzo Tange in 1987, Fumihiko Maki…

Portuguese architect and 2011 Pritzker Prize winner Eduardo Souto de Moura was announced today as one of this year's laureates of Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize. Souto de Moura is being honored for his achievements in architecture while other prizes are given to scientists in the fields…

Chinese architect Wang Shu is the 2012 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor. The 48 year old architect whose practice Amateur Architecture Studio is based in Hangzhou, The People’s Republic of China, was announced today by Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation which sponsors the…

Eduardo Souto de Moura from Porto, Portugal is the 2011 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, the professions highest honor. As a young architect, from 1974 to 1979, the now 58-year-old, worked in Alvaro Siza's office -- Siza having been the Pritzker Prize winner himself in 1992. This makes Moura…

From Archinect: I’m happy to report that the Japanese duo of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have taken the 2010 Pritzker Prize. The pair was given the Pritzker Prize by the Hyatt Foundation in Chicago. They will share the $100,000 prize,…

Peter Zumthor of Switzerland has been chosen as the 2009 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be held on May 29 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At that time, a $100,000 grant and…