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.
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.
Álvaro Siza Vieira, recipient of 2009 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. This is a portrait, not a photograph of the award ceremony.
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