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Pritzker winner celebrates ordinary people's lives

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Architect Liu Jiakun was awarded the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize on Tuesday, making him the second winner from China to earn the highest honor in the field of architecture after Wang Shu in 2012.

Living in Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China's Sichuan province, Liu's career spans four decades and over 30 projects. He established Jiakun Architects in 1999 and is devoted to creating an expansive portfolio ranging from small, beautiful museums and monuments and vast commercial buildings to master plans for cities.

"The purpose of architecture is to create a beautiful, just and dignified living environment. People's real lives, happiness and dignity are what we strive for," says Liu.

The prize's jury statement says that "intertwining seeming antipodes such as utopia versus everyday existence, history versus modernity, and collectivism versus individuality, Liu offers affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens".

Wang, the 2012 Pritzker recipient, tells China Daily that Liu's winning is encouraging: "His works are very local, yet modern, directly addressing the challenges facing the transformation of contemporary Chinese cities."

Wang says both he and Liu pursue contemporary architecture rooted in tradition. Many architects around the world attempt to do the same, yet their style has never become mainstream. "I believe Liu's winning holds great significance and will resonate with those architects," he adds.

Liu's focus on ordinary people is reflected in his largest project West Village, a five-story urban complex completed in 2015 in Chengdu. The complex includes a football field, a perimeter of paths for cyclists and pedestrians, and a market. The block has become a popular public space and a destination for the city's residents to spend leisure time.

Hearing the news that Liu won the Pritzker Prize, many netizens who have visited the West Village and the museums he designed expressed that his architecture embodies a precious sense of relaxation, much like the vibrant city of Chengdu itself, which is known for its giant pandas, hotpot and leisurely pace.

Liu was born in Chengdu in 1956 and has lived and worked in Sichuan ever since. He consistently refuses to join the crowds working in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, choosing instead to remain rooted in Chengdu.

After graduating with Bachelor of Engineering in architecture in 1982 from the then Institute of Architecture and Engineering in Chongqing (now Chongqing University), he gave up architecture and began writing novels. A decade later, he attended a friend's architectural exhibition and decided to resume his old passion and continue practicing design.

Liu's friends often joke that he is the best architect among novelists and the best novelist among architects. This poetic narrative style has also been integrated into his designs, such as the Luyeyuan Stone Sculpture Art Museum in Chengdu, which balances water and ancient stones to reflect the natural landscape.

Liu was also praised by the jury for his integration of traditional Chinese philosophy into his works. He thinks that for thousands of years, the concept of traditional Chinese philosophy is not to conquer nature but to adapt to and coexist with it.

Alejandro Aravena, chair of the jury and 2016 Pritzker laureate from Chile, says: "In a world that tends to create endless dull peripheries, he has found a way to build places that are a building, infrastructure, landscape and public space at the same time. His work may offer impactful clues on how to confront the challenges of urbanization in an era of rapidly growing cities."

As the 54th laureate of the Pritzker prize, Liu will be honored at a celebration in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, later this spring.

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