UN, Pritzker Architecture Prize Gathers Architects
In celebration of the annual Pritzker Architecture Prize this year’s awards ceremony and honors is took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on Monday, April 4. This prestigious prize celebrates a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. Following the award ceremony, a dialogue on April 5 will bring together several Pritzker laureates to discuss how architects can contribute to key challenges of the 21st Century.
The Sustainable Development Goals Fund, co-organizer of the panel discussion as part of a new partnership with the Pritzker Prize, looks to architects to promote and understand the role of architecture in the achievement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This Agenda and the recently outlined Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved by world leaders during the last UN General Assembly will work to guide development efforts across the globe for the next 15 years. It is envisioned that key sectors like architecture can also contribute to this integrated agenda, in which economic inclusion, social development and environmental protection converge in a unique and universal roadmap for global action.