Foto: Michel Nagl ©2024 Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Foundation

The Japanese Junya Ishigami has received the Frederick Kiesler Prize of Architecture and the Arts in Vienna. This accolade, which comes with a money award of 55,000 euros, has been given since 1998 and the list of previous winners includes Yona Friedman, Andrés Jaque, Toyo Ito, and Frank Gehry. As this year’s jury has highlighted in a statement, Junya Ishigami’s “extraordinary projects are pushing the boundaries of the building industry and thus show strong parallels to Frederick Kiesler’s experimental and innovative attitude by transcending the borders of the traditional disciplines.”

Chaired by Kjetil Thorsen and with Anupama Kundoo among the other members, it acknowledges Ishigami’s “uncompromising and exceptional body of work and his capacity to inspire, presenting a visionary and poetic alternative to the economically driven pragmatism of today’s mainstream architecture.”

In line with the prize, the Kiesler Foudantion in Vienna has organized an exhibition on the Japanese architect, whicn runs until 11 October.