Distraction in Architecture: In Conversation with 2026 Pritzker Laureate Smiljan Radić

Regional Theater Bio Bio, Concepción, Chile. Image © Iwan Baan, courtesy of The Pritzker Architecture Prize"I want to start by thanking architecture itself." With these words, Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, the 55th laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, opened his acceptance speech in Mexico City. Reflecting on what he calls "distractions," he thanked the many encounters that have accompanied him throughout his life and practice: from art, cities, materials, structures,