Japan's Riken Yamamoto wins Pritzker prize for architecture

Japan's Riken Yamamoto, laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, speaks at his office on March 6, 2024, in Yokohama near Tokyo. - AP

NEW YORK: Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker prize for architecture on Tuesday (March 5), the organisers said in a statement, praising his "reassuring style."

Highlights of Yamamoto's work include Nagoya Zokei University in Japan completed in 2022, THE CIRCLE at Zurich Airport in Switzerland finished in 2020 and Tianjin Library in China unveiled in 2012.