{"id":384694,"date":"2026-03-14T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/384694\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:07:12","slug":"this-week-smiljan-radic-won-the-pritzker-architecture-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/384694\/","title":{"rendered":"This week Smiljan Radi\u0107 won the Pritzker Architecture Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Smiljian <\/p>\n

This week on Dezeen<\/a>, Chilean architect\u00a0Smiljan Radi\u0107<\/a> was named as this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Radi\u0107, who was recognised for his buildings that are “immediately recognizable, yet conceptually evasive”, is the 55th winner of the award.<\/p>\n

Following the announcement we looked at eight of his most significant buildings<\/a>, including the 2014 Serpentine Pavilion and his House for the Poem of the Right Angle.<\/p>\n

\"Anthropic<\/a>Anthropic published a study on the impact of AI<\/a><\/p>\n

AI was in the news this week, with a study from Anthropic finding that lots of the work done by architects<\/a> could be done twice as quickly using large language models.<\/p>\n

It was also announced that Google will be building an\u00a0AI tool for the UK government to help speed up planning decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Rostrum<\/a>Jony Ive designed a rostrum for Christie’s<\/a><\/p>\n

In design news, Jony Ive’s studio LoveFrom and UK studio Benchmark created a rostrum<\/a> for the Christie’s auction house that replaces one designed by Thomas Chippendale in 1776.<\/p>\n

In other furniture news, Kelly Wearstler unveiled her first-ever piano<\/a>, which features “sensual and unexpected” curves.<\/p>\n

\"Torre<\/a>Photos of the Torre Rise supertall skyscraper were revealed<\/a><\/p>\n

In Mexico, photos of a skyscraper, which is set to become the tallest building in Latin America<\/a>, were revealed.<\/p>\n

The Torre Rise supertall skyscraper<\/a> in Monterrey will be 484 metres tall when it completes, making it the second-tallest building in the Western hemisphere, second only to the One World Trade Center in New York.<\/p>\n

\"House<\/a>A concrete house in Slovenia was one of this week’s most popular projects<\/a><\/p>\n

Popular projects on Dezeen this week included a concrete house in Slovenia<\/a>, a minimalist\u00a0house\u00a0in\u00a0Japan<\/a> and a Norwegian holiday home<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to our journalists talk about the key design and architecture stories of the past seven days on our Dezeen Weekly podcast,\u00a0which this week focused on a competition to design a new world wonder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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