CHENGDU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- When asked about his favorite architectural form, Liu Jiakun, the newly crowned Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, did not mention soaring skyscrapers or grand ...

Awards can be a controversial topic within China’s architecture community. When Wang Shu became the first Chinese architect ...

The Shadowless Church in Chengdu, China, designed by Shanghai Dachuan Architects, merges French-inspired elegance with modern ...

Works by Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, this year's winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, have been described ...

At the Museum of Clocks, also in Chengdu, textural red brickwork alludes more to the area’s humble past than a gleaming future. As architecture in China became increasingly bold and bombastic in ...

Having founded his own practice, Jiakun Architects, in his native Chengdu in 1999, Liu has built more than 30 projects in China — including academic buildings, cultural institutions and civic ...

Liu, 68, becomes the 54th laureate of the prize, considered akin to a Nobel in the field of architecture. In an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Chengdu in China’s southwestern ...

Today, the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, a Chengdu-based talent whose human-centered designs aim to elevate everyday life. The 69-year-old architect ...

The 'Shadowless Church' in Chengdu, China, features innovative design by Shanghai Dachuan Architects. Inspired by southern ...

The prize, established in 1979, is commonly referred to as "the Nobel Prize of architecture." Liu is from Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China. He was born there in 1956. His childhood was spent ...

Liu is the 54th Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the founder of Jiakun Architecture, established in 1999.