Transparency, integration and boundaries are key words for understanding the work of Riken Yamamoto. Winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2024, the Japanese architect's work can be recognized for its ...

Riken Yamamoto of Japan is recognized for modest designs that inspire social connection and both literal and figurative transparency. Riken YamamotoCredit...Tom Welsh/The Pritzker Architecture ...

The result is a flat surface with a gradient that mimics the shadows or highlights of a three-dimensional curve. Dithering, meanwhile, is the process of feathering multiple shades of the same ...

The aim was for the design to connect with nature, feel like part of the landscape and allow visitors to experience architecture through simple elements: light, shadow, lightness, transparency ...

Accentuating the effects of space light and structure glass has become an architectural staple that encourages transparency ... centurys call to a radical new architecture and urban life glass ...