Chinese architect Wang Shu has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize, becoming the first Chinese citizen to receive the prize, BBC reported.

Wang is recognized for museums, libraries and other structures of his design across China.

His work was commended for being aesthetically striking and environmentally sustainable at a time of fast-paced urbanization in China.

He will be awarded US$100,000 (￡63,000) at a ceremony in Beijing in May.

Past winners include Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano and Eduardo Souto de Moura.

"The selection of Wang Shu reflects the jury's view that his work represents that standard of excellence which will be so critical to China's future," said Thomas J. Pritzer, chairman of the Hyatt Foundation which sponsors the prize.

Mr Wang's work included the Library of Wenzheng College at Suzhou University, the Ningbo Contemporary Art Museum, the Ningbo History Museum, and the Vertical Courtyard Apartments in Hangzhou.

Mr Wang is head of the architecture department of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and runs his Amateur Architecture Studio firm with his wife, Lu Wenyu.

(China.org.cn February 28, 2012)

英國廣播公司報道，中國建筑師王澍獲得今年普利茲克建筑獎，他是首位獲此殊榮的中國人。

王澍以博物館、圖書館等建筑結構的設計享譽中國。

在快速城市化的今日中國，他的作品因極具美感和環境可持續性而飽受贊譽。

他將得到10萬美元的獎金，頒獎典禮將于今年5月在北京舉行。

曾經的普利茲克建筑獎獲得者包括弗蘭克?蓋瑞、安藤忠雄、倫佐?皮亞諾和艾德瓦爾多·蘇托·德莫拉。

“評議團選擇了王澍，說明他的作品代表了對中國未來至關重要的一種優秀的水準。”該獎項的贊助單位——凱悅基金會的主席托馬斯?普利策如是說。

王澍的作品包括蘇州大學文正學院圖書館、寧波美術館、寧波歷史博物館以及杭州垂直院宅。

王澍目前是位于杭州的中國美術學院建筑學院院長，他還與妻子陸文宇共同經營“業余建筑工作室”。