Peter Zumthor Wins Pritzker Prize

Today Peter Zumthor became more than an architect, a Swiss architect, and even a 65-year-old architect. Now he’s a Pritzker Prize-winning architect, joining previous laureates that include Philip Johnson, Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Jean Nouvel. Zumthor will receive the $100,000 prize—and that goes-with-everything bronze medallion—at a ceremony in Buenos Aires on May 29.

A little foggy on Zumthor (who, you may recall us announcing last fall, won the 2008 Praemium Imperiale for architecture)? The Basel-born son of a cabinet maker seems to prefer it that way.

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