City Chosen for Coveted Architecture Award

BEIJING — Beijing, China will host the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize Ceremony next year, announced Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong and Hyatt Foundation Chairman Thomas Pritzker.

The award has been distributed annually for the past 30 years and 14 different countries have hosted the ceremony, with locations ranging from the White House in Washington D.C. to the Todai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan.

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