Chile's Smiljan Radic Clarke wins Pritzker architecture prize

The 60-year-old Radic is a native of Santiago

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Chile's Smiljan Radic Clarke wins Pritzker architecture prize
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Chile's Smiljan Radic Clarke, whose modern buildings can sometimes appear "deliberately unfinished," is the recipient of this year's Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel of architecture, organisers announced on Thursday.

The 60-year-old Radic, a native of Santiago, creates "optimistic and quietly joyful" structures, the jury said in its citation.

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