Paulo Mendes da Rocha Wins Pritzker Architecture Prize – World

Brazil’s Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. A big fan of concrete and steel, Mendes is famed for his work on the Brazilian Sculpture Museum and Forma Furniture showroom in São Paulo. Back in 2000, Mendes da Rocha was honoured with the Latin American Architecture. This current prize, however, is the big kahuna of architecture awards and bestows a $100,000 grant to winners. Meanwhile, the ceremony for the honour takes place in Istanbul this May.