Dominique Perrault receives the Praemium Imperiale 2015

The prizes of the 27th edition of the Praemium Imperiale go to the architect Dominique Perrault, the painter Tadanori Yokoo, sculptor Wolfgang Laib, pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem.

Velodrome and Olympic swimming pool, Berlin, Germany by Dominique Perrault. Photography courtesy of Dominique Perrault Architecture.

Today have been announced the winners of the Praemium Imperiale 2015, the prizes are awarded by the Japan Art Association each year in five different fields that are not recognized by the Nobel Prizes: painting, sculpture, architecture, music and theater/cinema.

In recent editions the award in the category of architecture was given to the architects Steven Holl, David Chipperfield and Ricardo Legorreta, the first Mexican artist to receive the prize. Since its inauguration in 1989, the awards have become a mark of the arts.

French architect Dominique Perrault was chosen in the field of architecture, and among the winners there are one French, two Japanese and one German. The Association recognizes artists for their achievements, the international impact of their work and their role in enriching the global community. Each laureate receives a prize of 15 million yen and a testimonial letter. A medal will be presented by Honorary Patron of the Japan Art Association Prince Hitachi in a ceremony held in Tokyo on October 21, 2015.

Los galardonados de la edición 2015 han sido:

Painting.- Tadanori Yokoo.
Sculpture.- Wolfgang Laib.
Architecture.- Dominique Perrault.
Music.- Mitsuko Uchida.
Theatre/Film.- Sylvie Guillem.

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National Library of France, Paris, France by Dominique Perrault. Photography courtesy of Dominique Perrault Architecture.

Vienna DC Towers Vienna, Austria by Dominique Perrault. Photography courtesy of Dominique Perrault Architecture.

Albi Gran Teatro por por Dominique Perrault, Albi, Francia. Photography © Vincent Boutin.

Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, by Dominique Perrault. Photography © Georges Fessy.

Puente Arganzuela en Madrid Río por Dominique Perrault, Madrid, España. Fotografía © Luis García.

Industrial Hotel Berlier, Paris, France, by Dominique Perrault. Photography © Ascorrech.

Dominique Perrault. Fotografía © Miguel Fernandez Galiano.

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Dominique Perrault

Dominique Perrault (1953), architect from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1978) and Higher Diploma in Towm Planning (1979) from the same university, based its office in 1981 in Paris, and currently has two international offices in Geneva and Madrid. He has been professor in several Architectural Schools, as the one of Rennes, New Orleans, Chicago, Barcelona, Brussels or Zurich and his work has been exhibited in museums all around the world..

Figure of French architecture, Dominique Perrault gained international recognition after having won the competition for the National French library in 1989 at the age of 36. This project marked the starting point of many other public and private commissions abroad, such as The Velodrome and Olympic swimming pool of Berlin (1992), the extension of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg in (1996), the Olympic tennis centre in Madrid (2002), the campus of Ewha’s University in Seoul (2004) and the Fukoku Tower in Osaka, Japan (2010).

He is member of the Grand Paris scientific council, was appointed curator of the French Pavilion in the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2010), being the subject of the installation METROPOLIS ?.

Among the prizes he has been awarded with, the AFEX Award for the Ewha Womans University in Korea and the “Grande Médaille d’or d’Architecture” from the Académie d’Architecture in 2010, the Mies van der Rohe prize (1997), the French national Grand Prize for Architecture (1993) and the Equerre d’argent prize for the Hotel Industriel Berlier (1989).

The body of his work was assembled in a monographic exhibition: “Dominique Perrault Architecture” exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou in 2008 and later made and itinerant show that travelled to Madrid (ICO Foundation, 2009) and Tokyo (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 2010). In 2015 he was awarded with the Praemium Imperiale prize, by the imperial family of Japan and Japan Art Association.