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Praemium Imperiale

Praemium Imperiale

JapanEst. 1989Annual35 editions · 36 results

www.praemiumimperiale.org

The Praemium Imperiale is a global art prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in five categories including Architecture. Often called the Nobel Prize of the arts.

Editions

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien

Christian de Portzamparc

Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Dominique Perrault

David Chipperfield

Ricardo Legorreta

Herzog & de Meuron

Yoshio Taniguchi

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