The Pritzker Architecture Reward named Chilean architect Smiljan Radić Clarke as the 2026 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Reward. He is the 55th Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Reward.
The announcement of the annual architecture prize was delayed this year due to ties in between Tom Pritzker and Jeffrey Epstein.
Radić is based in Santiago, Chile. He works out of his home studio, Pequeño Edificio Burgués, and has actually participated in both the International Architecture Biennale of Venice and Chilean Architecture Biennial. He is best known for his domestic and institutional tasks worldwide.
The Chilean architect is admired widely for his experimentation with shape and product. Each of his tasks is unique in its type and execution.
Teatro Regional del Bío-Bío in Concepción, Chile, was completed in 2018. (Iwan Baan)”Architecture exists between big, enormous, and long-lasting kinds– structures that stand under the sun for centuries, waiting for our go to– and smaller, vulnerable building and constructions– fleeting as the life of a fly, often without a clear fate under standard light,” Radić said in a declaration, explaining his philosophy.