Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto wins U.S. Pritzker prize

Architect Riken Yamamoto, whose works include distinctive-looking buildings in Japan, South Korea and China as well as at the Zurich airport, has won the U.S. Pritzker prize, dubbed the Nobel prize of architecture, the organizer said Tuesday."By carefully blurring the boundary between public and private, Yamamoto contributes positively beyond the brief to enable community," said Alejandro Aravena, chair of the prize jury, in an announcement.Yamamoto, 78, is a prolific architect whose output has included a research building at Future University Hakodate in Japan's Hokkaido, a section of the …READ FULL ARTICLE