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Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura was recognized this week with the 2019 Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize, an award presented annually by the American Academy of Arts and Letters to an architect of any nationality who has made significant contributions to "architecture as an art."
Chosen from among 33 candidates, Souto de Moura was praised for the "timeless and profoundly humanist quality" of his work, which presents a "sense of inevitability" and is marked by a "distinct sense of materiality," said architect Annabelle Selldorf, chair of the jury, which was composed of Henry N. Cobb, Kenneth Frampton, Steven Holl, Thom Mayne, Laurie Olin, James Polshek, Billie Tsien, and Tod Williams.
From Souto de Moura's extensive body of work, the Academy highlighted the projects for the Braga Municipal Stadium (2003), the Burgo Tower in Porto (2007), and the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego in Cascais (2009).
The Academy also awarded Arts and Letters Awards to other architecture professionals, including Hernan Diaz Alonso, director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc); Mario Gooden and Mabel O. Wilson, co-directors of the Global Africa Lab at Columbia University's School of Architecture; Eric Höweler and Meejin Yoon of Höweler + Yoon; and Anne Rieselbach, program director at the Architectural League of New York.
Past recipients of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize include Phyllis Lambert, Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, Alberto Campo Baeza, Kathryn Gustafson, Diébédo Francis Kéré, and Smiljan Radić. The 2019 award will be presented at an official ceremony in New York this May.
Source: American Academy of Arts and Letters
This article was written by Romullo Baratto. The translation is powered by AI.
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