Not long after being invited to design the 2014 Serpentine Pavilion in London, Smiljan Radic was honored with the 2018 Brunner Prize. The Prize awards €18,752 -$20,000- to an architect of any nationality for their significant and influential contribution to architecture as an art. Previous winners of the Brunner Prize in the last few years include Diébédo Francis Kéré, Phyllis Lambert, Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, Alberto Campo Baeza, Kathryn Gustafson, and Merrill Elam and Mack Scogin.
Smiljan Radic “creates strong atmospheric spaces that resonate deeply and transcend the visual,” said Annabelle Selldorf.
Smiljan Radic is a graduate of the Catholic University of Chile’s School of Architecture and the Istituttto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Radic founded his own practice in Santiago, Chile, in 1995. He was the youngest architect to design the Serpentine Pavilion when asked in 2014. Other notable projects include the Bio Bio Regional Theater, Concepción, Chile (2018); the VIK Wine Cellar, San Vicente, Chile (2014); and the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art extension, Santiago (2014).
The jury awarded the four $10,000 Arts and Letters Awards to:
- Brad Cloepfil. An American who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression.
His architecture is “exceptionally varied,” said Kenneth Frampton, with a “wide range of material expression.”
- MASS Design Group. American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction. “Challenges architectural preconceptions,” Tod Williams said, focusing on “how architecture might be used as a tool for healing.”
- Cassim Shepard. American who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression. Cassim Shepard work explores “the unseen lesser-known city that we all inhabit,” said Billie Tsien.
- William Stout. American who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression. William Stout.’s work as a bookseller and architectural publisher “has nourished architecture culture for over forty years,” said Steven Holl.
His architecture is “exceptionally varied,” said Kenneth Frampton, with a “wide range of material expression.”
- MASS Design Group. American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction. “Challenges architectural preconceptions,” Tod Williams said, focusing on “how architecture might be used as a tool for healing.”
- Cassim Shepard. American who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression. Cassim Shepard work explores “the unseen lesser-known city that we all inhabit,” said Billie Tsien.
- William Stout. American who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression. William Stout.’s work as a bookseller and architectural publisher “has nourished architecture culture for over forty years,” said Steven Holl.
The awards will be presented in New York City in May 23rd at the Academy’s annual Ceremonial. Work by the winners will be featured in the Ceremonial Exhibition: Work by New Members and Recipients of Awards, on view in the Academy’s galleries on Audubon Terrace.
The jurors were Annabelle Selldorf (chair), Kenneth Frampton, Steven Holl, Thom Mayne, James Polshek, Billie Tsien, and Tod Williams.
