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Explore 120 distinct award cases, with the programme, year, recipient and official archive stated separately.
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Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal / 2014
The 2014 Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient record names Phil Harris and Adrian Welke, Troppo. The Institute describes this honour as recognition of distinguished services by an architect. Its archive records recipients across decades; the year here identifies the honour and should not be read as the construction date of a particular building.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2014
The 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Shigeru Ban. Ban studied at SCI-Arc and Cooper Union before building a practice spanning museums, workplaces and emergency shelter. His work with displaced communities brought architectural attention to the dignity and practical needs of temporary accommodation.
AIA Gold Medal / 2013
The 2013 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Thom Mayne, FAIA. Thom Mayne founded Morphosis in Los Angeles in 1972. His official Pritzker biography describes a career encompassing architectural practice, theory, writing and teaching. The 2005 jury citation connects his work to the distinctive culture of Southern California and the experimental architectural history of Los Angeles.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2013
The 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Toyo Ito. Ito worked with Kiyonori Kikutake before founding Urban Robot in 1971, later renamed Toyo Ito & Associates. His career extends from experimental houses to libraries and theatres, and to collective rebuilding initiatives after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
AIA Gold Medal / 2012
The 2012 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Steven Holl, FAIA. AIA describes the Gold Medal as its highest annual honour for lasting influence on architectural theory and practice. This recipient record concerns an individual or collaborative body of work, not a single building or its completion year.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2012
The 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Wang Shu. Wang co-founded Amateur Architecture Studio with Lu Wenyu in Hangzhou in 1997. Time spent learning on building sites helped shape a practice that brings traditional skills into experimental contemporary construction.
RIBA Royal Gold Medal / 2012
The 2012 RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient record names Herman Hertzberger, Netherlands. The Royal Gold Medal recognises a significant contribution to the advancement of architecture. The award date belongs to the person or group named in the official archive, rather than assigning prize-winning status to every building in their practice.
AIA Gold Medal / 2011
The 2011 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Fumihiko Maki, Hon. FAIA. Fumihiko Maki studied with Kenzo Tange at the University of Tokyo, continued his education at Cranbrook and Harvard, and worked in American architectural offices. Teaching at Washington University brought his first design commission, Steinberg Hall. His official biography describes an explicitly modernist practice attentive to technology, modular construction and a widening material palette.
Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal / 2011
The 2011 Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient record names Graeme Gunn. The Institute describes this honour as recognition of distinguished services by an architect. Its archive records recipients across decades; the year here identifies the honour and should not be read as the construction date of a particular building.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2011
The 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Eduardo Souto de Moura. Eduardo Souto de Moura studied at Porto's School of Fine Arts, beginning in sculpture before moving to architecture. While a student he worked with Noé Dinis and Álvaro Siza, and received a market commission in Braga. Winning the Cultural Centre competition in Porto marked the start of his independent career.
RIBA Royal Gold Medal / 2011
The 2011 RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient record names Sir David Chipperfield, UK. Chipperfield founded his London practice in 1985 after working with Douglas Stephen, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. Museum projects, renovations and new civic buildings developed alongside a wider concern for the quality of the public realm.
AIA Gold Medal / 2010
The 2010 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA. AIA describes the Gold Medal as its highest annual honour for lasting influence on architectural theory and practice. This recipient record concerns an individual or collaborative body of work, not a single building or its completion year.
Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal / 2010
The 2010 Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient record names Lindsay and Kerry Clare. The Institute describes this honour as recognition of distinguished services by an architect. Its archive records recipients across decades; the year here identifies the honour and should not be read as the construction date of a particular building.
Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal / 2010
The 2010 Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal recipient record names Marshall Cook. Marshall Cook established a practice after graduating in 1968 and worked as a designer, urban planner and educator. His NZIA citation gives particular attention to housing, where knowledge of materials, technology, colour and space supports a generous approach to domestic life.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2010
The 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. Nishizawa completed his architecture master’s degree at Yokohama National University in 1990. Alongside SANAA, co-founded with Kazuyo Sejima, he established his own office in 1997. The dated honour concerns the recipient's architectural contribution rather than the completion of one building.
AIA Gold Medal / 2009
The 2009 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Glenn Murcutt, Hon. FAIA. Glenn Murcutt graduated in architecture from the University of New South Wales in 1961, worked at Ancher, Mortlock, Murray and Woolley, and established his own practice in 1970. His predominantly residential work combines environmental sensitivity with local craftsmanship and modernist thinking.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2009
The 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Peter Zumthor. Zumthor trained as a cabinetmaker before studying design and working in building conservation in Graubünden. He established his own practice in Haldenstein in 1979. This background in craft and existing buildings informs his carefully developed architectural work.
RIBA Royal Gold Medal / 2009
The 2009 RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient record names Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portugal. Siza’s practice developed in Portugal, with housing, civic buildings and urban interventions forming a broad architectural body of work. The 1992 Pritzker record traces a design process attentive to the particular conditions of each commission.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2008
The 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Jean Nouvel. Jean Nouvel develops buildings through the particular demands of programme, site and surroundings. The Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris uses light-responsive mechanical openings in its facade, connecting environmental operation with cultural expression.
AIA Gold Medal / 2007
The 2007 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA. AIA describes the Gold Medal as its highest annual honour for lasting influence on architectural theory and practice. This recipient record concerns an individual or collaborative body of work, not a single building or its completion year.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2007
The 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Richard Rogers. Rogers (1933–2021) developed an influential body of work across successive partnerships. His collaboration with Renzo Piano on the Centre Pompidou made structure and services part of a new public image for a cultural institution. He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2007.
RIBA Royal Gold Medal / 2007
The 2007 RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient record names Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Switzerland. Pierre de Meuron established Herzog & de Meuron with Jacques Herzog in Basel in 1978 after studying at ETH Zürich. Their shared career encompasses architecture, teaching and collaboration with artists. The Pritzker biography connects the practice's early buildings and storage projects with later work including Tate Modern and museums.
AIA Gold Medal / 2006
The 2006 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Antoine Predock, FAIA. AIA describes the Gold Medal as its highest annual honour for lasting influence on architectural theory and practice. This recipient record concerns an individual or collaborative body of work, not a single building or its completion year.
Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2006
The 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Paulo Mendes da Rocha opened his office in São Paulo in 1955 after graduating in architecture the previous year. An early major project was the city's Athletic Club. His official biography connects his career with the Paulist brutalist movement, teaching and work in the public realm.