Heralded for his “subtle yet powerful, subdued yet elegant” work, the 52nd Pritzker laureate is the first British architect to be awarded the prize since Richard Rogers in 2007.
Blair Kamin chronicles a recent urban history of Chicago architecture.
British-born Freear joined the design-build program at Auburn University in 2000, and has made scalable, low-cost housing solutions for impoverished rural communities a primary focus.
This year's winners include the founders of former RECORD Vanguard firms WORKac and de Leon and Primmer Architecture Workshop.