Jorn Utzon

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1992

Jorn Utzon

 

Award citation:

“His architecture, rooted in deep reading of human cultures, has given shape to processes of ritual and assembly in forms of haunting presence”.

 

Prize share:

Jorn Utzon

Denys Lasdun

Frank O. Gehry 

 

Although each deserves the prize alone, it was felt that their creative stature would be identified best through comparison; even through the actual contrast of diverse and opposite qualities. Three men, three leaders, three permanent references in the wavering research of modern architecture. Humanly, psychologically and in their forms, they are very different. But they have one thing in common: the consistency of looking for ever extended fields of freedom.

Jorn Utzon is a master of the so called “Third Generation” of modern architects: with buildings such as the Sydney Opera House or the Bagsvaerd Church, he has given shape to the processes of ritual and assembly in forms of haunting presence. While personal in character, his architecture is rooted into deep reading of human cultures and a quest for “constants”, he strives for certain quality of universality. Utzon is also one of the few modern architects to have grappled successfully with the whole range of building tasks from the scale of the individual dwelling, through that of the community to that of the civic or religious monument.

Three architects, three architectural languages, three different positions in space, time and architectural tradition – but three reminders as well in a period which suffers from the facile reuse of images, that the art of architecture can aspire to qualities existing well beyond the range of passing fashion – qualities that enhance use, transform construction, intensify meaning and liberate the mind.

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Yoshiharu Tsukamoto

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2022

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Momoyo Kaijima

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2022

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Elizabeth Diller

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2022

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Moshe Safdie

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2019

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Phyllis Lambert

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2016

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Eduardo Souto de Mouro

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2013

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Peter Eisenman

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2010

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

David Chipperfield

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2010

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Jean Nouvel

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2005

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Álvaro Siza

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 2001

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Frei Otto

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1996/7

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Aldo Van Eyck

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1996/7

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Denys Lasdun

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1992

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Jorn Utzon

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1992

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Frank O. Gehry

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1992

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Giancarlo De Carlo

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1988

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Fumihiko Maki

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1988

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.

Ralph Erskine

Wolf Prize Laureate in Architecture 1984

Ralph Erskine

 

Award citation:

“for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language”.

 

Prize share:

None

 

Ralph Erskine is a creative and original architect who, in a long career, has evolved from one of the second generation leaders of the Modern Movement, to an architect concerned in a wide range of projects with a dialogue between the existing and the new, and the participation of the users in the creation of their habitat. The rich and varied formal expression in the body of his work shows a very personal vocabulary leading to a strong and meaningful statement.