Architecture: the inescapable art form

[Buck_Mulligan]

Chinese architect Liu Jiakun has won this year's Pritzker prize. Eleven examples of his work at the link. Hard to get excited about them.

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/03/04/liu-jiakun-key-projects/

There's been a rush of "skyscraper" building in of all places Tirana, Albania...

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/02/05/tirana-unusual-skyscrapers-albania/

[Lisnaholic]

Thanks for posting something in this thread, Buck M.
Yes, I agree, those buildings by Liu Jiakun are pretty unexciting, and a couple are just the flat-out mediocre stuff that you can see in any big city. I quite liked this one with its muted colours and clever grey setback section:-



As for the Albanian skycrapers, I thought several of those were just copies of designs that were noteworthy when they were first done elsewhere in Europe.

Anyway, thanks again for posting: it's nice to have something to grumble about here.