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Tod Williams & Billie Tsien win 2019 Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture

By Alexander Walter|

Tuesday, Sep 17, 2019

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Photo: Jason Smith

The Japan Art Association today announced the recipients of the prestigious Praemium Imperiale prize, and the award in the Architecture category went to American practitioners Tod Williams and Billie Tsien this year.

The list of previous Praemium Imperiale winners features prominent names, including Kenzo Tange, Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Henning Larsen, Ricardo Legorreta, Toyo Ito, and more recently, Christian de Portzamparc, Rafael Moneo, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Dominique Perrault, and Steven Holl. 

The American Folk Art Museum in New York City before it was demolished in 2014. Photo: Dan Nguyen/Flickr

Established in 1986, the New York-based practice Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects has gained international recognition through their thoughtful and materiality-focused approach towards mostly public and institutional projects, such as the American Folk Art Museum (R.I.P.), the Barnes Foundation, the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, and more recently, their competition-winning design for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Photo: Michael Perez

"No matter the complexity or size of project," praises the Japan Art Association the work of Williams and Tsien, "their values remain intact and their pursuit of leaving good marks on the earth and transcending expectations is unwavering."

LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Prizes in other creative categories this year went to William Kentridge (South Africa) for Painting, Mona Hatoum (UK) for Sculpture, Anne-Sophie Mutter (Germany) for Music, and Japanese kabuki actor Bando Tamasaburo in the Theater/Film category.

Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Photo: Michael Moran

An awards ceremony will be held in Tokyo on October 16 where each laureate will be presented with a medal by Japanese Prince Hitachi along with a testimonial letter and a honorarium of 15 million Yen ($140,000).

Rendering of TWBTA's Obama Presidential Center design. Image courtesy of Obama Presidential Center
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Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, 2019 Laureates of Architecture. Video via Praemium Imperiale on YouTube.

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Tod Williams & Billie Tsien win 2019 Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture

By Alexander Walter|

Tuesday, Sep 17, 2019

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TWBTA: Tod Williams Billie Tsien

The Japan Art Association today announced the recipients of the prestigious Praemium Imperiale prize, and the award in the Architecture category went to American practitioners Tod Williams and Billie Tsien this year.

The list of previous Praemium Imperiale winners features prominent names, including Kenzo Tange, Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Henning Larsen, Ricardo Legorreta, Toyo Ito, and more recently, Christian de Portzamparc, Rafael Moneo, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Dominique Perrault, and Steven Holl. 

The American Folk Art Museum in New York City before it was demolished in 2014. Photo: Dan Nguyen/Flickr

Established in 1986, the New York-based practice Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects has gained international recognition through their thoughtful and materiality-focused approach towards mostly public and institutional projects, such as the American Folk Art Museum (R.I.P.), the Barnes Foundation, the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, and more recently, their competition-winning design for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Photo: Michael Perez

"No matter the complexity or size of project," praises the Japan Art Association the work of Williams and Tsien, "their values remain intact and their pursuit of leaving good marks on the earth and transcending expectations is unwavering."

LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Prizes in other creative categories this year went to William Kentridge (South Africa) for Painting, Mona Hatoum (UK) for Sculpture, Anne-Sophie Mutter (Germany) for Music, and Japanese kabuki actor Bando Tamasaburo in the Theater/Film category.

Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Photo: Michael Moran

An awards ceremony will be held in Tokyo on October 16 where each laureate will be presented with a medal by Japanese Prince Hitachi along with a testimonial letter and a honorarium of 15 million Yen ($140,000).

Rendering of TWBTA's Obama Presidential Center design. Image courtesy of Obama Presidential Center
RELATED NEWS Christian de Portzamparc wins 2018 Praemium Imperiale Award
RELATED NEWS Rafael Moneo wins 2017 Praemium Imperiale Award
RELATED NEWS Paulo Mendes da Rocha wins 2016 Praemium Imperiale Award
Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, 2019 Laureates of Architecture. Video via Praemium Imperiale on YouTube.

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