China's Wang Shu wins architecture's 'Nobel Prize'

Chinese architect Wang Shu, whose buildings have been praised for their commanding presence and careful attention to the environment, has won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize’s jury announced Monday.

The 49-year-old architect joins Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano and Eduardo Souto de Moura in receiving the honor that’s been called architecture’s Nobel Prize. Wang, the first Chinese architect to receive the honor, is recognized for the museums, libraries, apartment complexes and other structures that he has designed in China.

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Animated movie ‘Up’ house sold for $400,000

[ Dawn News ]  3 Dec

A house modeled after the home featured in the animated movie ”Up” has been sold to a family who are self-described Disney and Pixar fanatics.

A full scale rendition of the house in the animated movie, “Up,” located a in Herriman, Utah, will be part of this year's Parade of Homes (Photo AP)

Clinton and Lynette Hamblin of Pentaluma, California, are buying the home in Herriman, Utah, for $400,000. The Hamblins say they were searching for a home in California that was similar to the colorful cottage seen in the movie when they heard about the Disney-approved ”Up” house in Utah.

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