List of architecture prizes
This is a list of architecture prizes.
Global awards
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Name | Established | Sponsor | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture | 1977 | Aga Khan Trust for Culture | Triennial | architect | |
AIA Gold Medal | 1907 | American Institute of Architects | annual | architect | Gold medal |
Alvar Aalto Medal | 1967 | Finnish Association of Architects | intermittent | architect | |
AAP - The American Architecture Prize | 1989 | Farmani Group, LTD | annual | Architect, Interior Design, Landscape Architect | 41 categories |
CINTAS Foundation Fellowship in Architecture | 1963 | CINTAS Foundation | annual | architect | 3 other categories; US $10,000 prize |
Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building | 1997 | ALA-Assoarchitetti and l'ARCA magazine (Italy) | intermittent | client | 3 other categories |
Erich Schelling Architecture Award | 1992 | Erich Schelling Foundation | biennial | architect | |
Erich Schelling Architecture Theory Award | 1992 | Erich Schelling Foundation | biennial | architect | |
International Architecture Awards | 2005 | The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | annual | building | 33 - 114 per year |
Jane Drew Prize | 1998 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | person | For promotion of innovation, diversity and inclusiveness in architecture |
LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction | 2005 | LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction | triannual | project | USD 2mio |
Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award[1] | 1983 | Philadelphia Center for Architecture | annual | architect | |
Moriyama RAIC International Prize | 2014 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | biennial | architect | C$100,000 prize |
Praemium Imperiale | 1989 | Japan Art Association | annual | architect | 4 other categories; Gold medal and JPY15,000,000 prize |
Pritzker Prize | 1979 | Pritzker family | annual | architect, building | Bronze medallion and US $100,000 prize |
Royal Gold Medal | 1848 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | architect | Gold medal |
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture | 1966 | Thomas Jefferson Foundation | annual | architect | |
UIA Gold Medal | 1984 | International Union of Architects | triennial | architect | |
Venice Biennale of Architecture | 1980 | Venice Biennale | biennale | architect | |
Wolf Prize in Arts | 1981 | Wolf Foundation | intermittent | architect | |
World Architecture Festival | 2008 | EMAP | annual | architect, building | 17 categories |
Good Design Award | 1950 | The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | annual | Architects and designers |
Green Good Design | 2008 | The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | annual | Architects and designers |
Zumtobel Group Award Innovations for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment | 2007 | Zumtobel Group and Aedes Architecture Forum Berlin | biannual | architects, designers, researchers, planners | Euro 150,000 3 Categories |
International regional awards
International and national thematic awards
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Name | Theme | Established | Sponsor | Region | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
Collaborative Achievement Award | Collaboration | 2010 | American Institute of Architects | national | annual | allied professionals | |
CTBUH Skyscraper Award | Skyscrapers | 2002 | Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat | international | annual | building, architect | |
Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Award[2] | Urban Planning New Urbanism | 2006 | Philadelphia Center for Architecture | international | annual | urban planner, allied professionals | along with the Better Philadelphia Challenge |
Emporis Skyscraper Award | Skyscrapers | 2000 | Emporis magazine | international | annual | building | |
James D. MacConnell Award[3] | Educational facilities | 1991 | Association for Learning Environments (formerly Council of Educational Facilities Planners International) | international | annual | architect, school district, institution, contractor | |
Daylight and Building Component Award | Daylighting | 1980 | VELUX (Denmark) | international | intermittent | architect | |
Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture | New Classical Architecture, New Urbanism | 2003 | Richard H. Driehaus Foundation | international | annual | architect | |
Dr.Saremi Prize | Social Responsibility | 2015 | Honare Memari Institute | National | annual | architect | |
Grand Prix de l'urbanisme | Urbanism | 1989 | French Ministry for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Planning | national | annual | urban planner | |
MIPIM AR Future Projects Award | Projects | 2002 | MIPIM trade show & Architectural Review magazine | international | annual | building, architect | unbuilt or incomplete projects |
Outstanding Structure Award | Structure | 2000 | International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering | international | annual | building | architect, contractor, engineer and owner |
Palladio Award[4] | New Classical Architecture, vernacular | 2002 | AIM Media, Period Homes and others | national | annual | architect/firm | |
RAIC Architectural Firm Award | Firms | 2003 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | annual | firm | |
RAIC Urban Design Award | Urban design | 2006 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | biennial | individual/firm | urban design |
RAIC Prix du XXe siècle | 20th century | 2007 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | annual | building | buildings 25–50 years old |
National awards
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Name | Established | Sponsor | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
AIA Honor Awards | | | | | |
AIJ Prizes | 1949 | Architectural Institute of Japan | annual | architect, building | |
Architect Of The Year | 2014 | Honare Memari Institute | annual | architect | |
Architecture Firm Award | 1962 | American Institute of Architects | annual | architect | |
National Architecture Awards | 1981 | Australian Institute of Architects | annual | architect | 10 categories |
BCS Awards | 1960 | Japan Federation of Construction Contractors | annual | building | |
Building of the Year Award | 1994-2002 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | building | preceded the Sterling Prize |
Building of the Year Award | 2015 | Honare Memari Institute | annual | building | |
Croatian Architects Association Award | | | | | |
DBEW competition | 2001 | Hanssem corporation, Korea | intermittent | architect | Contemporary house |
Edward C. Kemper Award | 1950 | American Institute of Architects | annual | architect | |
Governor General's Medals in Architecture | 2002 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | biennial | architect | |
Grand Prix Architektu | 2007 | Czech Association of Architects (UIA) | annual | building, architect | |
Houens fonds diplom | 1893 | Norwegian Ministry of Culture | annual | building/architect | |
Institute Honor Awards for Architecture | 2010 | American Institute of Architects | annual | architect | 2 other categories |
Iran's National Biennial on Architecture, interior design and Urbanism | 2011 | Honare Memari Institute | Biennial | Architect, building | ]] |
Kasper Salin Prize | 1962 | Swedish Association of Architects | annual | building | |
Likha Awards | | United Architects of the Philippines | | | |
National Design Awards | 2000 | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | annual | architect | 13 other categories |
National Prize of IRAN's Architectural Review | 2014 | Honare Memari Institute | annual | architect, writer, critic | 3 other categories |
P/A Awards | 1953 | Progressive Architecture magazine | annual | building | annual themes |
Prix de Rome | 1720-1968 | French Royal Academy of Architecture | intermittent | scholarship | Ended in 1968 |
Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent | 1986 | Le Moniteur (France) | annual | architect | & building owner |
Prix de Rome (Belgium) | 1832 | Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp | triennial | architect | 3 other categories |
Prix de Rome (Canada) | 1987 | Canada Council for the Arts | annual | architect | 1 other categories |
RAIC Gold Medal | 1967 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | annual | architect | |
RIAI Triennial Gold Medal | 1934 | Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland | triennial | building, architect | |
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture | 2002 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland | annual | architect, building | |
RIBA European Award | 2005 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | building, architect | |
RIBA International Award | 2007 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | building, architect | |
RAIA Gold Medal | 1960 | Australian Institute of Architects | annual | architect | |
Robin Boyd Award | 1981 | Australian Institute of Architects | annual | house, architect | |
Rome Prize | 1905 | American Academy in Rome | annual | artist, scholar | |
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence | 1987 | Bruner Foundation | biennial | project | |
Spanish International Architecture Prize | 2013 | | | | |
Stirling Prize | 1996 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | architect, building | |
Twenty-five Year Award | 1969 | American Institute of Architects | annual | building | |
Vincent Scully Prize | 1999 | National Building Museum | annual | practice, scholarship or criticism | |
Whitney M. Young Jr. Award | 1972 | American Institute of Architects | annual | architect | |
Tamayouz Award | 2012 | Tamayouz-Iraq | annual | Student, Lifetime Achiever, Architectural Personality of the Year, Female Architect, Academic of the year, Young Emerging Female Architects | |
Awards for students and young architects
Local awards
Humorous awards
References