Pritzker Architecture Prize 2010 for SANAA

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners in the architectural firm, SANAA, have been chosen as the 2010 Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. While most of their work is in Japan, Sejima and Nishizawa have designed projects in Germany, England, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the United States, under their combined name SANAA.

Kazuyo Sejima And Rye Nishizawa, praised for using everyday building materials to create ethereal structures that shelter flowing, dreamlike spaces, have won the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Sejima, 54, and Nishizawa, 44, join Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas and Renzo Plano in receiving the top honor in the field of recognition of the art museums, university buildings and designer-label fashion boutiques they have designed in Japan, the United States and Europe.