The Chinese winner of architecture’s most prestigious award has criticised the wanton demolition that has left many of the nation’s cities fragmented and almost unrecognisable.
The comments from Wang Shu, who will tomorrow receive the 2012 Pritzker prize in a ceremony in Beijing, highlight widespread complaints in China about urban planning amid a process of urbanisation that saw more than 20m rural dwellers move to cities last year alone.
Mr Wang, the first China-based Pritzker winner, told a forum of previous laureates and local architects that Chinese cities had been largely stripped of their past distinctive character and beauty. “In 30 years we have built a completely new country,” he said.
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