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Wang has recycled China's heritage and has put a fresh spin on the design and style. \u003cbr/\u003eOld bricks, tiles, and carvings have been incorporated into the design. Wang's quest to preserve old buildings is a lone voice in booming China, but he hopes that the awarding of the Prizker Prize will help to change this view. \u003cbr/\u003eThe $100,000 prize is given by the Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, Thomas J. Pritzker, in the Great Hall of the People, the seat of China's top legislature.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Pritzker jury praised Wang for his designs that blend traditional Chinese elements with modern lines, while considering the environment.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking in Hangzhou ahead of the award ceremony, Wang says he is delighted with his surprise win:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For me, it's a surprise because I worked very hard for a long time. I really didn't think about the prize, but suddenly this big prize comes to me and I thought \"oh, I'm still so young\". But it's good, it's good, I think it's a really good feedback to my hard work.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe Pritzker is the most prestigious award in the architectural world, and is regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize for architects. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was first awarded in 1979 to American Philip Johnson. Other recipients include Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano.\u003cbr/\u003eAt the ceremony in Beijing on Friday (25 May) , the architectural world gathered to mark Wang's win. \u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking during the awards, Wang told delegates that he designs to inspire diversity and difference. Passionate about the environment, Wang is keen to design using natural and recycled materials in the future. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Whenever I design architecture, I don't just design a building, I try to design a world full of diversity and difference, which leads us the road back to the nature. This is what I was thinking about when I was told that I won the prize and this is what I am going to work on in the future,\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003eChina's leadership is on a mission to boost China's design and creativity credentials overseas. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd so China's state media has made much of Wang's win. \u003cbr/\u003eThe award has special resonance for China's top leaders who want to promote China as a global cultural power.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Pritzker Architecture Prize is sponsored by Thomas J. Pritzker, the chairman of the Hyatt Foundation. Speaking on Friday, Pritzker said in honouring Wang, the body was also honouring China and its culture. \u003cbr/\u003e\"By honoring Wang Shu, we honour not only a man, but also honor a country and culture that over the past 49 years was able to foster an architect of such skill, intellect and vision,\" says Thomas J. Pritzker, the Chairman of the Hyatt foundation.  \u003cbr/\u003eWang has also designed apartment complexes in his hometown in Hangzhou and a tea pavilion for the Shanghai Expo in 2010.\u003cbr/\u003eHis interesting use of bricks in the 15-storey apartment blocks combine the style of traditional courtyard houses with modernity and cubism. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Wang is not just an architect. He has spent more than 10 years establishing his architecture school at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. \u003cbr/\u003eWang's campus design is distinctly Chinese, and reflective of China's heritage and waterways, but it is also contemporary in style. \u003cbr/\u003eHe is very hands on with the students, despite his own design work. \u003cbr/\u003eHis school is now gaining both domestic and global recognition, and he credits the win with helping him achieve this status. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd he hopes the award will influence a new generation of Chinese architects to preserve the environment and China's rich history. \u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking of the award's influence, Wang says, \"How much influence? I don't know. But I really had some influence to young generations. Now many many young people want to connect me, they want to come here... That's also why I spend so much time to teach the young generations. You know, in China, architects like me, everyone is very busy, they have no time for teaching. But I still stand here, I spent more than ten years to establish this new school. I want a different way to teach the young generations.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWang admits the rapid pace of China's development almost put a halt to his architectural ambitions. He stopped building grand designs for almost ten years, to focus on learning traditional design from craftsmen. \u003cbr/\u003eWang re-discovered his architectural passion when he created the architectural school in Hangzhou.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe city famous for its West Lake and waterways, is now becoming famous for the architect that is putting more than Hangzhou's water on the global map.\u003cbr/\u003eNingbo, China - May 18, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide exterior of Ningbo History Museum\u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium of wall of museum\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of bricks\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of side of building and grass, pan along building\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of building\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of building reflected in window with people walking past\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of people touring building\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of building with tour group walking\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close of roof of building with environmentally conscious roofing\u003cbr/\u003e10. Dissolve focus from recycled bricks to tiles on building \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of bricks and tiles from demolished houses incorporated into the design of building\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of recycled tiles on building\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of building with water flowing under side of building\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of building with man cycling past\u003cbr/\u003eBeijing, China - May 25, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close, pull out to medium of Chairman of the Hyatt foundation Thomas J. Pritzker awarding 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize medal to Chinese architect Wang Shu\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium of camera people\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of Wang showing medal to media\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of Wang speaking on stage\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Wang Shu, 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Whenever I design architecture, I don't just design a building, I try to design a world full of diversity and difference, which leads us on the road back to the natural environment. This is what I was thinking about when I was told that I had won the prize and this is what I am going to focus on in the future.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Cutaway of audience\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English), Thomas J. Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt foundation:\u003cbr/\u003e\"By honouring Wang Shu, we are honouring not only a man, but also honouring a country and culture that over the past 49 years was able to foster an architect with such skill, intellect and vision.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHangzhou, China - May 18, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of rapid construction and development in Hangzhou\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide tilt up of blocks of apartments constructed by Wang\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid of blocks of apartments with grey brickwork \u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of apartment blocks and traffic flowing past\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of Wang walking \u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE (English), Wang Shu, 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"That, for me, is a surprise. Because I worked very hard for a long time. I really didn't think about the prize, but suddenly this big prize comes to me and I thought \"oh, I'm still so young\", but it's good, it's good, I think it's a really good feedback to my hard work.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide of students walking on campus at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou\u003cbr/\u003e30. Mid of apartments on campus\u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid of student walking\u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid of student explaining model to Wang, tilt down to model\u003cbr/\u003e33. Close of Wang\u003cbr/\u003e34. Close of model\u003cbr/\u003e35. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Shu, 2012 Pritzker Award winner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"How much influence? I don't know. But I really had some influence to young generations. Now many many young people want to connect me, they want to come here... That's also why I spend so much time to teach the young generations. You know, in China, architects like me, everyone is very busy, they have no time for teaching. But I still stand here, I spent more than ten years to establish this new school. I want a different way to teach the young generations.\"\u003cbr/\u003e36. Mid of student drawing with student walking with parasol behind, and campus building behind\u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide of campus\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid of students walking on campus\u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide of university study hall\u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide of students walking in classroom\u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide of window on campus\u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid of student walking past window on campus\u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide of architecture and buildings on campus\u003cbr/\u003e34. SOUNDBITE: SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Shu, 2012 Pritzker Award winner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In the early 1990s, I think, oh, too fast way is not good, it's not right, so I stopped. I almost stopped work to build big buildings for ten years. And I was just thinking, and had trips to the countryside, landscape, cities, and I did some small works about renovations for the old buildings. I worked with the craftsmen, and I want to know the traditional buildings. Handcraft skills.\"\u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide of water flowing along side of school of architecture\u003cbr/\u003e36. Close of reflections in water\u003cbr/\u003e37. 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