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Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto wins 2024 Pritzker Prize

Riken Yamamoto is the 2024 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Yamamoto’s postwar childhood in Japan shaped his interest in the interplay of architecture and community. The jury of the prestigious architecture award cited the intergenerational power of his work.

NPR’s Neda Ulaby reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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