List of architecture awards

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

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Name Established Sponsor Frequency Recipient Other
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

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Name Established Sponsor Frequency Recipient Other
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

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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[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

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Name Established Sponsor Frequency Recipient Other
AAI Awards 1896 Architectural Association of Ireland annual architect, building
AIA Honor Awards
AIJ Prizes 1949 Architectural Institute of Japan annual architect, building
SCOSA Lifetime Contribution Award 2023 Standing Conference of Schools of Architecture UK annual architect, academic
Spaciux Design Awards 2020 Spaciux Concept India Pvt.Ltd annual architect, Interior Designer & Builders
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
Architect of the Year Award 1990 JK, India annual architect, building
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
Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia Award (Golden Pencil) 2004 ZAPS, Slovenia annual architect 5 categories
DAM Preis für Architektur in Deutschland[9] 2007 German Architecture Museum annual buildings
DBEW competition 2001 Hanssem corporation, Korea intermittent architect Contemporary house
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
Houen Foundation Award 1893 Norwegian Ministry of Culture annual building/architect
Interior Design Awards 2008 memary and sakhteman Magazine -Iran annual architect and building 4 categories
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
Memar Awards 2001 memar Magazine -Iran annual architect and building 3 categories
National Architecture Award of Spain 1932 Government of Spain annual architect
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
New Zealand Architecture Awards New Zealand Institute of Architects annual architect
P/A Awards[10] 1953 Architect Magazine (formerly 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
R+D Awards 2007 Architect Magazine annual building, architect, technology [11]
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
SARP Award of the Year 1983 Association of Polish Architects intermittent building
Spanish International Architecture Prize[12] 2013
Stirling Prize 1996 Royal Institute of British Architects annual architect, building
Twenty-five Year Award 1969 American Institute of Architects annual building Any building designed by an American architect and located in any country is eligible.
Vincent Scully Prize 1999 National Building Museum annual practice, scholarship or criticism
Whitney M. Young Jr. Award 1972 American Institute of Architects annual architect
National Architecture Award 1988 Viet Nam Association of Architects annual architect
Top 10 Awards 2018 Kiến Việt Media annual architect 2 categories: House & Interior
Bilarab Bin Haitham Award for Architectural Design 2022 Bilarab bin Haitham Al Said annual project
National Architecture Award of Chile 1969 Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile biennial architect

Students and young architects

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Name Established Sponsor Region Frequency Recipient Other
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

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Award Place Established Frequency Recipient
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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award". Philadelphia Center for Architecture. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Ammodo Architecture: New award for socially and ecologically responsible architecture". LINA Community. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Award". Philadelphia Center for Architecture. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Architecture Canada > Honours & Awards > Awards > Prix du XXe siècle". www.raic.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  9. ^ Der neue DAM Preis für Architektur in Deutschland dam-preis.de (in German) 14 of November 2022
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  13. ^ Tamayouz International
  14. ^ "Architecture Canada > Honours & Awards > Awards > Young Architect Award". www.raic.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  15. ^ Tamayouz Iraqi Graduation Projects Award
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