Comments update: Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher was the fiercest critic of the decision to name Alejandro Aravena as the 2016 Pritzker laureate in Dezeen's comments section. 
Pritzker Prince: Alejandro Aravena, whose UC Innovation Centre is pictured above, is best known for his work with Elemental, an architecture group that aims to tackle poverty and eliminate slums.
But Schumacher was unimpressed by the decision to award him with architecture's highest honour, and laid out his reasoning below our exclusive interview with the Chilean architect.
"The [political correctness] of architecture is complete," wrote Schumacher. "The Pritzker Prize has mutated into a prize for humanitarian work."
Many readers hit back, defending the naming of Aravena as this year's Pritzker laureate. "Respectfully I have to disagree with you Mr. Schumacher," replied a guest commenter. "The selection shows confidence in architecture and its ability to have many voices instead of one overbearing style." Read the comments on this story »

Pay row: the latest chapter in the saga of Zaha Hadid's ditched Tokyo stadium design saw organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics refusing to pay the London-based architect until she gave up all copyright on the project ? a request she publicly rejected.
While some described her position as "grandstanding for the press", others felt she had taken an important and principled stance...