List of architecture awards
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This list of architecture awards is an index to articles about notable awards for architecture. It includes global awards, international regional awards, international and national thematic awards, national awards, awards for students and young architects, local awards and humorous awards.
Global
Name | Established | Sponsor | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
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2023 Larsen Architecture Awards | 2023 | Larsen Architecture Awards | annual | architect, project, firm | 3 categories (Individual, Firm and Project), 17 subcategories |
Spaciux Design Award | 2020 | Spaciux Concept India Pvt.Ltd | annual | architect, project | |
2A Continental Architectural Awards | 2015 | 2A(Arts & Architecture) Magazine | annual | architect | |
A' Architecture Design Award | 2009 | A' Design Award & Competition SRL | annual | architect | |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture | 1977 | Aga Khan Trust for Culture | triennial | project | USD 1 million |
Design Studio Mag AWARDS | 2012 | FURRINA (Arts & Architecture) Magazine | annual | architect | |
Africa Architecture Awards | 2017 | Saint-Gobain | biennial | architect | |
Architecture MasterPrize | 2016 | Farmani Group | annual | architect | |
AIA Gold Medal | 1907 | American Institute of Architects | annual | architect | gold medal |
Alvar Aalto Medal | 1967 | Finnish Association of Architects | intermittent | architect | |
ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards | 2009 | ArchDaily | annual | building | |
Carlsberg Architectural Prize | 1991–1998 | New Carlsberg foundation | triennial | architect | |
Civic Trust Awards | 1959 | Annual | Longest standing built environment awards in scheme in Europe | Recognising excellence in architecture and design that is sustainable, accessible and has a positive impact on the community it serves. | |
Curry Stone Design Prize | 2008–2017 | Curry Stone Foundation | annual | architect, artist, other | |
Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building | 1997 | ALA-Assoarchitetti and Veneto Regione (Italy) | biennial | client | 3 other categories |
DNA Paris Design Awards | Farmani Group | annual | architect, designer | ||
Erich Schelling Architecture Award | 1992 | Erich Schelling Foundation | biennial | architect | |
Erich Schelling Architecture Theory Award | 1992 | Erich Schelling Foundation | biennial | architect | |
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture | 2006 | Cité de l'Architecture & du Patrimoine (Paris, France), International architecture biennale of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Università luav di Venizia (Italy), Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, (Istanbul, Turkey), placed under the patronage of the UNESCO since 2010. | annual | architect, urbanist, engineer | |
Good Design Award | 1996 | The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | annual | architect, designer | |
Green Good Design | 2008 | The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | annual | architect, designer | |
IALD International Lighting Design Awards | 1983 | International Association of Lighting Designers | annual | lighting designer | |
IES Illumination Awards | 1973 | Illuminating Engineering Society | annual | lighting designer | |
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 |
International Design Awards | 2007 | Farmini Group | annual | architect | |
Jane Drew Prize | 1998 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | person | for promotion of innovation, diversity and inclusiveness in architecture |
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize | 2016 | Exhibit Columbus | biennial | artist, architect, designer | |
Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction | 2005 | Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction | biennial | project | USD 1 mio |
LIV Hospitality Design Awards | Farmani Group | annual | architect | hospitality | |
Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award[1] | 1983 | Philadelphia Center for Architecture | annual | architect | |
MUSE Design Awards | 2019 | International Awards Associate | biennial | architect | 9 main categories |
Kyoto Global Design Awards | 2019 | Kyoto Global Design Awards | annual | architect, designer | 3 categories included: Environment, Real Estate, Restaurant&Hotel&Bar |
The Architecture Master Prize | 1985 | The Architecture Master Prize | annual | architect | |
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 | bronze medallion and US$100,000 prize |
RIBA President's Medals | 1836 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | recent graduates worldwide | |
Royal Gold Medal | 1848 | Royal Institute of British Architects | annual | architect | gold medal |
Tamayouz Excellence Award for Architecture | 2012 | Coventry University, The Iraqi Business Council in Jordan, Dewan Architects and Engineers, The United Nations Global Compact - Iraq Network, Ayad Al Tuhafi Architects, Bonair Ltd, Makiya - Kufa Charity, Round City Magazine, LWK + Partners, JT + Partners | annual | Architect, Recent Graduates, Person, Organisations, Projects, Buildings, other | 7 categories |
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture | 1966 | Thomas Jefferson Foundation | annual | architect | |
International Highrise Award | 2003 | City of Frankfurt, German Architecture Museum and DekaBank | biennial | architect, building | |
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 |
Obel Award | 2019 | Henrik Frode Obel Foundation | annual | architect, project | |
Ammodo Architecture Award[2] | 2024 | Ammodo Foundation | annual | architect, project | |
Wheelwright Prize[3] | 1935 | Harvard Graduate School of Design | annual | architect |
International regional
Name | Established | Sponsor | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
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Emirates Glass LEAF Award | 2005 | Leading European Architects Forum | annual | architect | |
European Prize for Architecture | 2010 | The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design |
annual | architect | |
American Architecture Awards | 1994 | The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | annual | architects | |
American Prize for Architecture | 1994 | The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | annual | architects | |
Architectural League Emerging Voices | 1982 | The Architectural League of New York | annual | architects | |
European Prize for Urban Public Space | 2000 | Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona | biennial | architect + promoter | |
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture "Mies van der Rohe award" |
1988 | EU and Fundació Mies van der Rohe | biennial | building | |
Forum AID Award | 2006 | Forum AID magazine, Sweden | annual | architect + building | 2 other categories |
Heinrich Tessenow Medal | 1963 | Alfred Toepfer Foundation (Hamburg) | annual | architect | |
Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction Award | 2013 | Tamayouz Excellence Award for Architecture | annual | Architect | For the Near East and North Africa |
Tamayouz Lifetime Achievement Award | 2014 | Tamayouz Excellence Award for Architecture | annual | Architect | |
The Middle Eastern Architectural Personality of the Year "The Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture" | 2014 | Tamayouz Excellence Award for Architecture | annual | Individuals or organisation | |
International Piranesi Award | 1989 | PiDA, Piran Days of Architecture, Slovenia | annual | architect | 1 Award, 2 Recognitions, 1 Student recognition |
International and national thematic
Name | Theme | Established | Sponsor | Region | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
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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[4] | 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[5] | Educational facilities | 1991 | Association for Learning Environments (formerly Council of Educational Facilities Planners International) | international | annual | architect, school district, institution, contractor | |
The Daylight and Building Component Award | Daylighting | 1980 | The VELUX Foundation (Denmark) | international | intermittent | architect | |
Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture | New Classical Architecture, New Urbanism | 2003 | Richard H. Driehaus Foundation | international | annual | architect | $200,000 and a bronze prize |
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 |
Richard Morris Hunt Prize | Preservation architecture | 1990 | Architects Foundation (American Institute of Architects)
French Heritage Society |
bi-national French-American | annual | practicing architects | two annual prizes (Fellow, Scholar) |
RAIC Architectural Firm Award[6] | Firms | 2003 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | annual | firm | |
RAIC Urban Design Award[7] | Urban design | 2006 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | biennial | individual/firm | urban design |
RAIC Prix du XXe siècle[8] | 20th century | 2007 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | annual | building | buildings 25–50 years old |
School Building of the Year Award | Schools | 2013 | Nohrcon | national | annual | building, project team | |
The Daylight Award | Daylight in architecture, Daylight research | 2016 | The VELUX Foundations (DK), VELUX Stiftung (CH) | global | biennial | architects, scientists |
National
Students and young architects
Name | Established | Sponsor | Region | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
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AIA Young Architects Award | 1993 | American Institute of Architects | national | annual | student | |
The Architectural League Prize | 1981 | Architectural League of New York | international | annual | graduates 10 years or less out of school | formerly known as The Young Architects Forum |
Archiprix International | 2001 | Archiprix Foundation | international | biennial | graduates worldwide | |
International Graduation Projects Award[13]] | 2016 | Tamayouz Excellence Award for Architecture | international | Annual | Graduates worldwide | Scholarships for the winners |
International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture | 2004 | VELUX (Denmark) | international | biennial | student | Daylighting |
The Marcus Prize | 2004 | The Marcus Corporation in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | international | biennial | young architect | US $100,000 prize |
MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program | 1998 | Museum of Modern Art in partnership with PS1 Contemporary Art Center | international | annual | young architect | |
Rieger Graham Prize | 2006 | The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art | international | biennial | graduate architect | |
RAIC Young Architect Award[14] | . | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | annual | young architect | |
RIAI Travelling Scholarship | 1935 | Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland | annual | student | ||
RIBA President's Medals | 1836 | Royal Institute of British Architects | international | annual | student and graduates worldwide | |
Schiff Foundation Fellowships | 1988 | Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago-area | annual | student | |
Tamayouz for Iraqi Graduation Projects Award[15]] | 2012 | Tamayouz Excellence Award for Architecture, Dewan Architects and Engineers and Coventry University | Iraq | Annual | Recent graduates | A scholarship at Coventry University and internships in Dubai for the winners |
WIAfund Award | 2010 | WIA (Women in Architecture) Fund | international | various annually | student and emerging professional women in architecture | |
Loa Thanh Award | 1990 | Viet Nam Association of Architects
Ministry of Construction Construction Confederation HCM Youth |
National | Annual | Student | Joint award |
Local
Award | Place | Established | Frequency | Recipient |
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Harleston Parker Medal | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |||
Kent Design Awards | Kent County Council, UK | 2000 | biennial | architect and building owner |
Melbourne Prize | Melbourne, Australia | 1996 | annual | project and architect |
Pug Awards | Toronto, Canada | |||
Sarah Booth Conroy Prize | Washington, DC, USA | 2016 | annual | architecture critic |
Valmor Prize | Lisbon, Portugal | |||
Victorian Architecture Medal | Victoria, Australia | 1987 | annual | architect, project of the year |
Wilkinson Award | New South Wales, Australia | annual | architect, house |
Humorous
- Carbuncle Awards, presented to buildings and areas in Scotland intermittently since 2000 by the Scottish magazine Urban Realm.
- Carbuncle Cup, awarded annually since 2006 by Building Design magazine, for "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months".[16]
- Most Phallic Building contest, a one-off contest held in 2003.
See also
References
- ^ "Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award". Philadelphia Center for Architecture. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Ammodo Architecture: New award for socially and ecologically responsible architecture". LINA Community. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Florian, Maria-Cristina (2023-07-06). "Jingru (Cyan) Cheng Wins 2023 Wheelwright Prize for her Study on the Impact of Sand on the Environment and Communities". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Award". Philadelphia Center for Architecture. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ A4LE [dead link ]
- ^ "Architecture Canada > Honours & Awards > Awards > Architectural Firm Award". www.raic.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Architecture Canada > Honours & Awards > Awards > Urban Design Awards > 2010 Recipients". www.raic.org. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Architecture Canada > Honours & Awards > Awards > Prix du XXe siècle". www.raic.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Der neue DAM Preis für Architektur in Deutschland dam-preis.de (in German) 14 of November 2022
- ^ "Awards - Pa Awards - Architect Online provides a wealth of resources for the practicing architect. Browse the site for the latest industry news, a comprehensive catalog of essential products, and information on architectural design firms. - Architect Magazine". www.architectmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Lau, Wanda. "Call for Entries: ARCHITECT's 13th Annual R+D Awards". Architect Magazine. Hanley Wood. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "S.A.R. El Príncipe de Asturias entrega los Premios Arquitectura Española Internacional y las Medallas del Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España".
- ^ Tamayouz International
- ^ "Architecture Canada > Honours & Awards > Awards > Young Architect Award". www.raic.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Tamayouz Iraqi Graduation Projects Award
- ^ Watson, Anna (22 July 2010). "Six in race for Carbuncle Cup". bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-07-27.