This week on Dezeen, Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that aim to foster community.
Yamamoto, who became the 53rd architect to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, was recognised for his work created over a five-decade career.
We rounded up Riken Yamamoto's key projects
To celebrate Yamamoto's win, we looked back at 15 of his most interesting projects that often use glass, terraces and balconies to encourage transparency and foster community.
Also in response to this year's winner, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft wrote an opinion piece drawing attention to the fact that Japanese men have won the prize more times than women.
This week we launched Social Housing Revival This week, we also kicked off our latest series ? the Social Housing Revival, which will explore the current discussions on social housing and celebrate the best contemporary examples.
To kick off the series, Peter Apps called for a return to mass public house-building. "We need a major shift in the way we look at public housing", he wrote in an opinion piece.
Dezeen compiled a list of the 50 most influential women in architecture and design
To celebrate International Women's Day we compiled a list of the 50 most influential women in architecture and design.
In a follow-up to an article written seven years ago, where she declared "I am not a female architect. I am an architect", Dorte Mandrup wrote an opinion piece discussi...