Pritzker Architecture Prize, often referred to as “architecture’s Nobel”, is an international award presented annually to honor 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. It was established by the Pritzker family of Chicago through their Hyatt Foundation in 1979.

Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer Zaha Hadid (1950-2016), the 2004 laureate, was the first female to win the Prize, who was recognized as a key figure in architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. She was described as the “Queen of Curves”, who liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity. Her major works include the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics, the Broad Art Museum, Rome's MAXXI Museum, and the Guangzhou Opera House. Several of her buildings were still under construction at the time of her death, including the Daxing International Airport in Beijing, and the Al Wakrah Stadium (now Al Janoub) in Qatar, a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Hadid has also been recognized by the 2013 Forbes List as one of the "World's Most Powerful Women".

As for other three, Irish architects Yvonne Farrel (born 1950) and Shelley McNamara (born 1952) were 2020 laureates, and French architect Anne Lacaton (born 1955) was 2021 laureate.

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