In the world of architecture, a Pritzker is like an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Nobel Prize all rolled into one. This year's winner, British architect Richard Rogers, has been dazzling the world for four decades.

In grand yet nearly transparent buildings, exposed braces create a luminescent, lace-like effect. Light floods open, flowing spaces.

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^{Illustration: Designed by Richard Rogers Partnership, Tower 3 at the new World Trade Center will use a structural load-sharing system of diamond-shaped braces. Photomontage by Team Macarie, Courtesy Richard Rogers Partnership}