Smiljan Radić Clarke awarded the 2026 Pritzker Prize

Chilean architect Smiljan Radić Clarke has been awarded the 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Radić's approach is defined by unique, singular approaches to each project rather than adopting a repeatable architectural language. For many, he is best known as the designer of the 2014 Serpentine Pavilion in London, one of the architecture world's most high-profile commissions.

According to the jury, Radić's work is driven by context, use, and anthropological awareness, where the site is understood not only in physical terms but as a convergence of history, social practice, and political circumstance. Site-specific strategies drive his work, with each building emerging from particular conditions rather than from a signature formula.

“Through a body of work positioned at the crossroads of uncertainty, material experimentation, and cultural memory, Smiljan Radić favours fragility over any ...