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Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, this year s winners of the most prestigious award in architecture, are as surprised as anyone else. Of course it s very pleasant, and we are very pleased, Lacaton marveled in a Zoom call with NPR. She and her partner, both wearing black, smiled broadly from the screen behind their blocky eyeglasses. The Pritzker jury citation says that Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal have shown that architecture can have a great impact on our communities and contribute to the awareness that we are not alone. Laurent Chalet
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French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal of Lacaton & Vassal have been awarded the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize, widely considered one of the industry s highest honors. Transformation of G, H, I Buildings, Grand Parc, 530 Units, Social Housing (with Frédéric Druot and.
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