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Herzog & de Meuron

Swiss architects win Japan's "Nobel Prize of the Arts".

Swiss superstar architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron have been awarded Japan’s “Praemium Imperiale” arts award for their contribution to architecture. Each recipient of the annual award, which is supported by Japan’s imperial family, receives SFr155,000 ($125,000), making it one of the world’s most lucrative art prizes.

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