Over the weekend, the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to French architect Jean Nouvel. The prize, handed out by the Chicago-based Pritzker family, is intended "to honor annually a living architect 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." Nouvel will receive the bronze medallion and a $100,000 purse at the ceremony, held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on June 2nd. more ›