The Ordos Prize, a new international architecture prize from China, the first ever from Asia, will honor a young architect at a pivotal point in his or her career. Qingyun Ma, dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture, is the Founding Director and he has brought together leading global architects to serve as nominators and jury members.“Unlike other major prizes that recognize an architect for a significant project or body of work, The Ordos Prize is the first to honor emerging young talent,” says Rem Koolhaas, chair of The Ordos Prize Jury and principal of Office of Metropolitan Architecture based in Rotterdam. “The Ordos Prize winners will be our next generation of great architects,” he adds.
Candidates for the prize are being nominated by preeminent global architects: Ben van Berkel, Stefano Boeri, Liz Diller, Jacques Herzog, Thom Mayne, Pierre de Meuron, Enrique Norten, Kazuyo Sejima, Wang Shu and Robert A. M. Stern.
