2012 Pritzker Prize Awarded to a Chinese Architect

A 48 years old Chinese architect, Mr. Wang Shu, received the 2012 Pritzker Prize in architecture. His architecture is rooted in modernism but is also distinctively Chinese. He believes that modernization is not the same as Westernization, and is able to demonstrate that through his projects such as the History Museum of Ningbo, near Shanghai.

“In awarding this year’s Pritzker Prize to Mr. Wang, 48, in February, the jury catapulted to center stage an architect who profoundly disagrees with China’s rush to urbanization and has found a way to criticize it through his own style of work.”
 

48 岁的中国建筑师，蜀王先生，在体系结构中收到了 2012年的普里茨克奖。他的建筑根植于现代主义，但明显也是中文。他认为现代化不是西化，一样能够证明，通过他史博物馆的宁波、 上海附近的项目。"颁发今年的普利茨克奖 48，王先生今年 2 月，陪审团一举舞台建筑师深刻同意中国的繁忙城市化进程和已找到方法来批评它通过他自己的工作风格。"

Reference: Perlez, Jane, An Architect’s Vision: Bare Elegance in China, New York Times, August 9, 2012
 

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