China's Liu Jiakun was announced as the winner of this years's Pritzker Architecture Prize. 

• Liu is from Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China.
• He was born there in 1956. His childhood was spent roaming the halls of the large brick hospital where his mother worked as an internist.
• After Liu graduated from college in 1982, he worked for a state-owned architecture firm in Tibet.
• Liu has worked on more than 30 projects in China ranging from academic and cultural institutions to civic spaces and commercial buildings.
• His projects include the Museum of Clocks in Chengdu, a large circular structure with a skylight that illuminates an interior strip of photographs.

About Pritzker Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is conferred in acknowledgment of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which have persistently produced significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. 

The award was founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy was funded by the Pritzker family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation.

It is considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes, and is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.

The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and, since 1987, a bronze medallion.