Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Reveal Family Rift, ‘Girl From Romania’

Architecture Prize Responds After Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Surface

In 1979, Jay A. Pritzker, the Hyatt Hotels impresario, and his wife, Cindy, decided to establish an annual prize to bring more awareness of the built environment and to recognize excellence in architecture. In the years since, the award has come to be known as the Nobel of architecture and the profession’s highest honor. So when the release of the files on Jeffrey Epstein made clear the extent of the contacts between the director of the foundati…

Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Reveal Family Rift, ‘Girl From Romania’

Tom Pritzker’s long-standing relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is shining a harsh light on the billionaire’s lifestyle, but also revealing his sometimes strained relationship with his extended family.

Pritzker Prize Defends Jury Independence After Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Surface

The Pritzker Architecture Prize issued a statement defending the integrity of its selection process after newly released Jeffrey Epstein files detailed past contact between Tom Pritzker, the director of the foundation behind the award, and the disgraced financier. The statement, released to the New York Times, said the Hyatt Foundation’s role as the prize’s benefactor allows it “to remain assured in the strength of its process and focus entire…

Architecture prize releases statement following revelation of Thomas Pritzker’s Epstein ties

Photo: Courtesy of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Thomas Pritzker resigned from his role as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation last week, following the revelation of his correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He remains director and vice president of the Pritzker Foundation; director and president of the Pritzker Family Philanthropic Fund and director, chairman and president of the Hyatt Foundation, which es…

Epstein tried to help find Pritzker Architecture Prize venue

The Architects’ Journal Epstein tried to help find Pritzker Architecture Prize venue Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein emailed a former French government minister to help arrange a venue for the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize ceremony, it has emergedThe post Epstein tried to help find Pritzker Architecture Prize venue appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Ian Weinfass