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Marc
Breitman and Nada Breitman-Jakov, Paris-based architects known for improving
cities through quality architecture and urbanism, have been named the
recipients of the 2018 Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre
Dame. They will be awarded the $200,000 prize during a ceremony on March 24
(Saturday) in Chicago.
“In contrast to current conventions of flawed experimentation in public
housing, the Breitmans’ work stands out for its beauty and dignity,” said
Michael Lykoudis, Driehaus Prize jury chair and Francis and Kathleen Rooney
Dean of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture. “The public-private partnerships
in which the Breitmans have engaged show the power of public officials to
transform cities by carefully selecting architects and urban planners who are
sensitive to the needs of citizens who experience the built environment on a
daily basis.”
The jury citation states, “Unlike so many recent urban interventions, the
work of the Breitmans takes its place in and inspiration from historical
cities, breathing new life into beloved and time-tested architectural and
urban patterns. Their developments contribute momentously to the enterprise
of creating and preserving attractive and thriving urban communities that are
sustainable, accessible, and that elevate the cultural life of their
denizens.”
The Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame was
established in 2003 to honor lifetime contributions to traditional, classical
and sustainable architecture and urbanism in the modern world. The prize is
awarded annually to a living architect whose work has had positive cultural,
environmental and artistic impact in keeping with the highest ideals of
classical architecture in contemporary society.
A native of Belgium, Nada Breitman-Jakov attended the L’École de la Cambre
in Brussels, receiving degrees in both architecture and urban planning. Marc
Breitman was born in Paris and received an architecture degree from the École
des Beaux-Arts. Together, the two formed Breitman and Breitman, an
architecture and urban planning studio, in 1989. Their projects range from
residences, schools, hotels and commercial blocks to entire
neighborhoods.
This year’s Driehaus Prize and Reed Award laureates were selected by a jury
composed of Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president emerita of the American Academy
in Rome; Robert Davis, developer and founder of Seaside, Florida; Paul
Goldberger, contributing editor at Vanity Fair; LĂ©on Krier, architect and
urban planner; Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, founding principal of DPZ; Demetri
Porphyrios, principal of Porphyrios Associates; and Witold Rybczynski,
Meyerson Professor Emeritus of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.

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https://architecture.nd.edu/news-events/events/driehaus-prize/recipients/marc-breitman-and-nada-breitman-jakov/

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