What is Pritzker Architecture Prize?
{{Infobox award | name = Pritzker Architecture Prize | current_awards = | image = | caption = | awarded_for = A career of achievement in the art of [[architecture]] | reward = US$100,000 | sponsor = Hyatt Foundation | presenter = | country = | year = {{Start date and age|1979}} | year2 = 2021 | website = {{url|www.pritzkerprize.com}} }} The '''Pritzker Architecture Prize''' is given each year by the [[Hyatt]] Foundation. It is for talented and significant architect who has created great projects throughout his or her life.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pritzkerprize.com/about/purpose.html | title = The Purpose of the Pritzker Architecture Prize | work = Pritzker Architecture Prize official site | publisher = The Hyatt Foundation | accessdate = June 24, 2009 | archive-date = January 22, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120122010749/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/about/purpose.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Jay Pritzker|Jay A. Pritzker]] and his wife Cindy began the award in 1979. The [[Pritzker family]] pays for the prize. It is the top prize in architecture, and it is often called the [[Nobel Prize]] of architecture.<ref name=eightyeight>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/29/arts/architecture-view-what-pritzker-winners-tell-us-about-the-prize.html | title = Architecture View; What Pritzker Winners Tell Us About the Prize | work=The New York Times|accessdate=June 26, 2009|date=May 28, 1988|first=Paul|last=Goldberger}}</ref><ref name=eighty/> The country, race, religion or political ideas of the architect are not important.<ref name=nom>{{cite web |url =http://www.pritzkerprize.com/about/nomination.html |title =Nomination Process |work =Pritzker Architecture Prize official site |publisher =The Hyatt Foundation |accessdate =July 3, 2009 |archive-date =January 10, 2012 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120110161040/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/about/nomination.html |url-status =dead }}</ref> Winners get [[US$]]100,000 and a certificate.<ref name=proc>{{cite web