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Pritzker Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (148 words) |
 | The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor a living architect. |
| Created in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker, and run by the Pritzker family, it is considered the world's premier architecture prize. |
| The Pritzker is sometimes referred to as "the Nobel Prize of Architecture". |
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| The purpose of the Pritzker Architecture Prize is to honor annually a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. |
| The field of architecture was chosen by the Pritzker family because of their keen interest in building due to their involvement with developing the Hyatt Hotels around the world; also because architecture was a creative endeavor not included in the Nobel Prizes. |
| The Pritzker Architecture Prize was established by The Hyatt Foundation in 1979 to honor annually a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. |
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