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Award-Winning Architecture: Projects & Architects

Explore 594 illustrated award cases: actual buildings and architectural honours, with the programme, year and official evidence stated separately.

Built-project awards and career honours recognise different subjects. Award year, building completion and photography date are distinct; a personal honour does not transfer to every building by its recipient. Photographs open at a larger size with creator and licence references.

594 illustrated cases · 514 project awards · 80 career honours · Page 22 / 25

Hibiya Den-Den Building · NTT Communications (NTTコミュニケーションズ), in Chiyoda , Tokyo , JapanView larger
Lombroso · Public domain · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1962 / BCS Prize

Hibiya Den-Den Building

Built-project award

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Co.

東京都 · Japan

Hibiya Den-Den Building received the 1962 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Co..

Project completed 1961 · Awarded 1962

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

Hibiya Mitsui Building · Hibiya Mitsui BuildingView larger
Lover of Romance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1962 / BCS Prize

Hibiya Mitsui Building

Built-project award

Matsuda Hirata, Yokogawa Komu

東京都 · Japan

Hibiya Mitsui Building received the 1962 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Matsuda Hirata, Yokogawa Komu.

Project completed 1960 · Awarded 1962

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

Niigata Gymnasium Building Public Welfare Pension · 新潟市体育館View larger
Altomarina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1962 / BCS Prize

Niigata Gymnasium Building Public Welfare Pension

Built-project award

Miyakawa

新潟県 · Japan

Niigata Gymnasium Building Public Welfare Pension received the 1962 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Miyakawa.

Project completed 1960 · Awarded 1962

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall · Tokyo Bunka Kaikan , Taito-ku, Tokyo , JapanView larger
663highland · CC BY 2.5 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1962 / BCS Prize

Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall

Built-project award

Kunio Maekawa

東京都 · Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall received the 1962 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kunio Maekawa.

Project completed 1961 · Awarded 1962

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

Yamato Cultural Building · The Museum Yamato Bunka Kan in Nara, Nara prefecture, JapanView larger
663highland · CC BY 2.5 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1962 / BCS Prize

Yamato Cultural Building

Built-project award

Isoya Yoshida

奈良県 · Japan

Yamato Cultural Building received the 1962 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Isoya Yoshida.

Project completed 1960 · Awarded 1962

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

Goto Art Museum · Gotoh Museum in Kaminoge, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The picture is taken from the garden side with the main exhibition hall on the left.View larger
Bamse · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1961 / BCS Prize

Goto Art Museum

Built-project award

Isoya Yoshida

東京都 · Japan

Goto Art Museum received the 1961 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Isoya Yoshida.

Project completed 1960 · Awarded 1961

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

New Asahi Building · Shin-Asahi Building in Osaka , Osaka prefecture , JapanView larger
663highland · CC BY 2.5 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1960 / BCS Prize

New Asahi Building

Built-project award

Takenaka Corporation

大阪府 · Japan

New Asahi Building received the 1960 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Takenaka Corporation.

Project completed 1958 · Awarded 1960

Historical photograph of the awarded building; it does not establish its present condition.

Nihon T.V. Tower (Tokyo Tower) · Tokyo Tower in 2023View larger
Akonnchiroll · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1960 / BCS Prize

Nihon T.V. Tower (Tokyo Tower)

Built-project award

Tachu Naito, Nikken Sekkei Komu

東京都 · Japan

Nihon T.V. Tower (Tokyo Tower) received the 1960 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Tachu Naito, Nikken Sekkei Komu.

Project completed 1958 · Awarded 1960

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

Silk Center International Trading & Sightseeing Hall · SilkCenter (Yokohama, Japan)View larger
妖精書士 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1960 / BCS Prize

Silk Center International Trading & Sightseeing Hall

Built-project award

Junzo Itakura

神奈川県 · Japan

Silk Center International Trading & Sightseeing Hall received the 1960 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Junzo Itakura.

Project completed 1959 · Awarded 1960

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

Yahata City Hall · 八幡市民会館View larger
おんさき · CC BY 3.0 · Credits & changes

BCS Prize / 1960 / BCS Prize

Yahata City Hall

Built-project award

Murano and Mori, Associates Architects

福岡県 · Japan

Yahata City Hall received the 1960 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Murano and Mori, Associates Architects.

Project completed 1958 · Awarded 1960

Photograph of the named building. The award recognises the project documented in the linked official archive.

SANAA — Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa · Kazuyo Sejima · identified portraitView larger
Rama · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Credits & changes

RIBA Royal Gold Medal / 2025

SANAA — Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa

Architect honour

SANAA — Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa received the 2025 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. The honour recognises sustained influence on architecture across a body of work. This entry records a career distinction; its photograph identifies a recipient rather than an award-winning building.

Portrait of Kazuyo Sejima, one of the joint recipients. The other joint recipient is not pictured.

David Lake, FAIA, and Ted Flato, FAIA · David Lake (architect) · identified portraitView larger
Avavavav18 · CC0 · Credits & changes

AIA Gold Medal / 2024

David Lake, FAIA, and Ted Flato, FAIA

Architect honour

The 2024 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names David Lake, FAIA, and Ted Flato, FAIA. David Lake works in partnership with Ted Flato at Lake|Flato Architects. Their joint 2024 AIA Gold Medal profile connects the practice's origins in Texas ranch houses with later civic, environmental and adaptive-reuse projects. It discusses Confluence Park, the Pearl redevelopment, Austin Central Library and the Marine Education Center.

David Lake, one of the joint recipients of 2024 AIA Gold Medal. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Carol Ross Barney, FAIA · Carol Ross Barney · identified portraitView larger
Laura Saviano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

AIA Gold Medal / 2023

Carol Ross Barney, FAIA

Architect honour

The 2023 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Carol Ross Barney, FAIA. Carol Ross Barney's architectural work focuses on improving everyday civic life. Her 2023 AIA Gold Medal profile discusses the Chicago Riverwalk and the Oklahoma City Federal Building, connecting reuse of infrastructure and public space with architecture's role in society. It also describes work concerned with material education and environmental performance.

Carol Ross Barney, recipient of 2023 AIA Gold Medal. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH · David Chipperfield · identified portraitView larger
Bruno Cordioli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2023

Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH

Architect honour

The 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH. 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.

David Chipperfield, recipient of 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Angela Brooks, FAIA, and Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA · Angela Brooks · identified portraitView larger
JeffreyHuber · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credits & changes

AIA Gold Medal / 2022

Angela Brooks, FAIA, and Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA

Architect honour

The 2022 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Angela Brooks, FAIA, and Lawrence Scarpa, 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.

Angela Brooks, one of the joint recipients of 2022 AIA Gold Medal. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

More recipient photographs
Angela Brooks, FAIA, and Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA · Lawrence Scarpa · identified portraitView larger
CalderOliver · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes
Diébédo Francis Kéré · Diébédo Francis Kéré · identified portraitView larger
Astrid Eckert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2022

Diébédo Francis Kéré

Architect honour

The 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Diébédo Francis Kéré. Diébédo Francis Kéré grew up in Gando, where shared community life and the experience of enclosed gathering spaces shaped his first understanding of architecture. Leaving home to attend school exposed him to a crowded classroom with poor light and ventilation. His official biography describes how that experience motivated an ambition to make better schools.

Diébédo Francis Kéré, recipient of 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Balkrishna Doshi · B. V. Doshi · identified portraitView larger
Sanyam Bahga · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

RIBA Royal Gold Medal / 2022

Balkrishna Doshi

Architect honour

Balkrishna Doshi received the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. The honour recognises sustained influence on architecture across a body of work. This entry records a career distinction; its photograph identifies a recipient rather than an award-winning building.

Portrait photograph of B. V. Doshi; this image does not depict an award-winning building or establish the date of the award ceremony.

Julie Stout · Julie Stout · identified portraitView larger
Rebekah Robinson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credits & changes

Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal / 2021

Julie Stout

Architect honour

The 2021 Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal recipient record names Julie Stout. Julie Stout's career combines architecture with teaching, advocacy and civic activism. Her early work questioned conventional housing and explored ways to connect living spaces with the outdoors. After experience with Marshall Cook and work on a women's community centre in Fiji, she collaborated with David Mitchell in Mitchell & Stout.

Julie Stout, recipient of 2021 Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal · Anne Lacaton · identified portraitView larger
GSAPPstudent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credits & changes

Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2021

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

Architect honour

The 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal. Jean-Philippe Vassal studied architecture in Bordeaux and then worked in urban planning in Niger, where Anne Lacaton often visited him. The official biography connects those experiences with an appreciation of ingenuity under limited resources. Their early hut project in Niamey preceded a shared commitment to improving what already exists.

Anne Lacaton, one of the joint recipients of 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

More recipient photographs
Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal · Jean-Philippe Vassal · identified portraitView larger
User:GSAPPstudent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credits & changes
Lord Richard Rogers, Hon. FAIA · Richard Rogers · identified portraitView larger
Andrew Zuckerman · CC BY 2.0 · Credits & changes

AIA Gold Medal / 2019

Lord Richard Rogers, Hon. FAIA

Architect honour

The 2019 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Lord Richard Rogers, Hon. FAIA. 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.

Richard Rogers, recipient of 2019 AIA Gold Medal. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Arata Isozaki · Arata Isozaki · identified portraitView larger
GianAngelo Pistoia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Credits & changes

Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2019

Arata Isozaki

Architect honour

The 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Arata Isozaki. Arata Isozaki studied architecture at the University of Tokyo and worked under Kenzo Tange before establishing his own practice in 1963. His early projects included the Ōita Prefectural Library and the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma. The devastation he witnessed in wartime shaped his interest in how cities could be rebuilt.

Arata Isozaki, recipient of 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Balkrishna Doshi · B. V. Doshi · identified portraitView larger
Sanyam Bahga · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credits & changes

Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2018

Balkrishna Doshi

Architect honour

The 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Balkrishna Doshi. Balkrishna Doshi studied architecture in Mumbai, worked with Le Corbusier in Paris, and returned to India to oversee projects in Chandigarh and Ahmedabad. He later collaborated with Louis Kahn on the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Doshi founded his own practice in 1956.

B. V. Doshi, recipient of 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem & Ramon Vilalta · Rafael Aranda · identified portraitView larger
Maritza Ríos / Secretaría de Cultura CDMX · CC BY 2.0 · Credits & changes

Pritzker Architecture Prize / 2017

Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem & Ramon Vilalta

Architect honour

The 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem & Ramon Vilalta. Rafael Aranda completed his architectural studies at ETSAV in 1987 and founded RCR Arquitectes in Olot the following year with Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta. A competition-winning lighthouse proposal helped the studio establish an approach attentive to the essence of a building type.

Rafael Aranda, one of the joint recipients of 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

Robert Venturi, FAIA, and Denise Scott Brown, Hon. FAIA · Robert Venturi · identified portraitView larger
todd sheridan from New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Credits & changes

AIA Gold Medal / 2016

Robert Venturi, FAIA, and Denise Scott Brown, Hon. FAIA

Architect honour

The 2016 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Robert Venturi, FAIA, and Denise Scott Brown, Hon. FAIA. Robert Venturi studied at Princeton and continued his education as a Rome Prize Fellow before teaching architectural theory. His 1966 book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture argued for richness and ambiguity in the built environment rather than a narrow pursuit of unity.

Robert Venturi, one of the joint recipients of 2016 AIA Gold Medal. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.

More recipient photographs
Robert Venturi, FAIA, and Denise Scott Brown, Hon. FAIA · Denise Scott Brown · identified portraitView larger
Columbia GSAPP · CC BY 2.0 · Credits & changes