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Also Known As Pritzker Architecture Prize
Notable Honorees Zaha Hadid • I.M. Pei • Frank Gehry • Álvaro Siza • Balkrishna Doshi • Rem Koolhaas • Frei Otto • Peter Zumthor • Richard Meier • Renzo Piano • Jean Nouvel • Aldo Rossi • Rafael Moneo • Norman Foster • Eduardo Souto de Moura • Oscar Niemeyer • Gottfried Böhm • Fumihiko Maki • Richard Rogers • Alejandro Aravena • Tadao Andō • Shigeru Ban • Christian de Portzamparc • Philip Johnson • Wang Shu • Tange Kenzō • Glenn Murcutt • Sverre Fehn • Hans Hollein • Pierre de Meuron • Shelley McNamara • Yvonne Farrell • Kazuyo Sejima • Ryue Nishizawa • Robert Venturi • Jacques Herzog • Luis Barragán • Thom Mayne • Arata Isozaki • Paulo Mendes da Rocha • Kevin Roche • Jørn Utzon • Gordon Bunshaft • Sir James Stirling
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