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PRITZKER PRIZE GOES TO PAOLO MENDES DA ROCHA | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World




PRITZKER PRIZE GOES TO PAOLO MENDES DA ROCHA Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World: "There’s been plenty of excitement the last day or so over the news of this year’s Pritzker Prize winner, Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Da Rocha’s work is significant for his poetic use of an utterly simple material — concrete. In 60 years of practice, the architect has created high-rises, stadiums, houses, museums, and even a chapel from concrete"