Liu Jiakun, unveiled as 2025’s laureate last Tuesday, has spent much of his four-decade career designing understated academic buildings, museums and public spaces in his home city of Chengdu and nearby Chongqing, in China’s southwest. His hyper-local and self-admittedly “low-tech” technique...
Thirteen years after the last Chinese architect received the prestigious Pritzker Prize, Liu Jiakun has become the second Chinese winner of this coveted award, following Wang Shu in 2012. Liu's victory is not only a testament to his remarkable architectural achievements but also a milestone in the...
This week on Dezeen, Liu Jiakun was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that aim to prioritise people over architectural style.
El arquitecto chino Liu Jiakun fue reconocido el martes con el Premio Pritzker de Arquitectura, el más importante en el ramo, por “afirmar una arquitectura que celebra las vidas de los ciudadanos comunes”, anunciaron los organizadores el martes.
Image 23 of 23 from gallery of Who Is Liu Jiakun? 10 Things to Know About the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Laureate. Liu Jiakun Portrait . Image © Tom Welsh for The Hyatt Foundation_The Pritzker Architecture Prize
Congratulations to Liu Jiakun, the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate! In 2002, Jiakun co-organized the group exhibition 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹/𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘂𝗿 with his artist friend He Duoling in Chengd
by Liu Jiakun Who is Zhang Jun? Former President of a design company, Secretary General of 5 Colours Foundation, and friend to artists…. For me, Zhang Jun is an old friend, whom I can hang out in leisure time. It is especially difficult to find somebody having fun with these days....
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[SPACE BOOKS] Liu Jiakun The Suzhou Imperial Kiln Ruins, remain intact: through a masterplan including a park, museum, and visitor centre, the project’s main purpose is to protect the historical ruins, display cultural relics such as Jin Zhuan (literally translated as the Golden Brick), and...
In 2016, a model of West Village was displayed at the Venice Biennale, and today it stands as a defining reason for Liu's Pritzker win. "Liu Jiakun takes present realities and handles them to the point of offering sometimes a whole new scenario of daily life," the jury noted. ...