"Architectural powerhouse" Liz Diller wins Jane Drew Prize 2019 for women in architecture
Liz Diller, co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, has won the Jane Drew Prize 2019 ? awarded for raising the profile of women in architecture.
The American architect is the eighth winner of the Women in Architecture award, founded by the Architectural Review and the Architects Journal (AJ).
AJ editor Emily Booth said Diller, who was recently named one of Time magazine's most influential people, is an "international architectural powerhouse".
Liz Diller is a founding member of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Photo courtesy of RIBA.
"From her wide range of work ? including the High Line in New York, to The Broad art museum in Los Angeles, to the much-anticipated London Centre for Music ? Diller's brave, refreshing, innovative and often cross-disciplinary approach is an inspiration to the architectural profession," Booth added.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveiled designs for a landmark building in London last week, a pyramidal tower that will house a new concert hall for the Barbican.
In New York they have completed an 88-storey skyscraper and are currently building an eight-storey cultural centre called the Shed, which features an extendable roof that can move forward on rails to cover an adjoining plaza.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Shed has a moving roof that doubles the building's size
Diller said she was "very touched" to be the recipient of the 2019 Jane Drew Prize, and honoured to join the ranks of the "amazing group of women that c...
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