To celebrate Riken Yamamoto's Pritzker Architecture Prize win today, we look back at the architect's five-decade career to spotlight 15 of his most interesting projects.
Yamamoto was named the 53rd laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize today, in honour of his buildings where "normality becomes extraordinary".
A common thread throughout Yamamoto's work is the use of glass, terraces and balconies, which he has often utilised to create transparency and forge a sense of community among the people living in, neighbouring and passing by his buildings.
Riken Yamamoto won the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Photo courtesy of Tom Welsh
This is evident in projects including Hiroshima Nishi Fire Station, Future University of Hakodate and his own home Gazebo, all located in Japan. Outside of his home country, he has also applied this concept to projects including Pangyo Housing in South Korea and Tianjin Library in China.

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Yamamoto was selected as the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner by a jury led by Chilean architect and 2016 laureate Alejandro Aravena.
"One of the things we need most in the future of cities is to create conditions through architecture that multiply the opportunities for people to come together and interact," said Aravena.
"By carefully blurring the boundary between public and private, Yamamoto contributes posi...