Wang Shu wins Pritzker Prize

Ceramic House, designed by Wang Shu, stands in Jinhua, China. Wang is known for incorporating salvaged materials into bold, contemporary buildings. (Amateur Architecture Studio via the Hyatt Foundation, Lv Hengzhong / Associated Press)

Feb. 27, 2012 5:09 PM PT

February 27, 2012 | The jury for the Pritzker Prize on Monday handed architecture’s most prestigious award to Chinese architect Wang Shu, completing the Pritzker’s break from the famed globe-trotting architects from the U.S. and Europe that it once honored almost exclusively. Return to story

The Ningbo History Museum in Ningbo, China, contributed to Wang Shu’s career breakthrough. (Amateur Architecture Studio via the Hyatt Foundation, Lv Hengzhong / Associated Press)

A detail of the Ningbo Tengtou Pavilion in Shanghai. (Amateur Architecture Studio via the Hyatt Foundation, Fu Xing / Associated Press)

The Ningbo History Museum. (Amateur Architecture Studio via the Hyatt Foundation, Lv Hengzhong / Associated Press)