Pritzker Architecture Prize

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The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture." Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy, the award is funded by the Pritzker family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation. It is considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes, and is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.<ref name=proc/><ref name=eightyeight>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=eighty/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Criteria and proceedings

The Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury says it is awarded "irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology".<ref name=nom>Template:Cite web</ref> The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and, since 1987, a bronze medallion.<ref name=proc>Template:Cite web</ref> The designs on the medal are inspired by the work of architect Louis Sullivan, while the Latin inspired inscription on the reverse of the medallion—firmitas, utilitas, venustas (English: firmness, commodity and delight)—is from Ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. Before 1987, a limited edition Henry Moore sculpture accompanied the monetary prize.<ref name=proc/>

The executive director of the prize, Manuela Lucá-Dazio,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> solicits nominations from a range of people, including past Laureates, academics, critics and others "with expertise and interest in the field of architecture".<ref name=nom/> Any licensed architect can also make a personal application for the prize before November 1 every year. (In 1988 Gordon Bunshaft nominated himself for the award and eventually won it.)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The jury, consisting of five to nine "experts ... recognized professionals in their own fields of architecture, business, education, publishing, and culture", deliberates and early in the following year announce the winner.<ref name=nom/> The prize chair is the 2016 Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena; earlier chairs were J. Carter Brown (1979–2002), the Lord Rothschild (2003–2004), the Lord Palumbo (2005–2015), Glenn Murcutt (2016–2018) and Stephen Breyer (2019–2020).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Laureates

Inaugural winner Philip Johnson was cited "for 50 years of imagination and vitality embodied in a myriad of museums, theaters, libraries, houses, gardens and corporate structures".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 2004 laureate Zaha Hadid was the first female prize winner.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ryue Nishizawa became the youngest winner in 2010 at age 44.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Partners in architecture (in 2001, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, in 2010, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, in 2020, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, and in 2021, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal) have shared the award.<ref name=twenty20/> In 1988, Gordon Bunshaft and Oscar Niemeyer were both separately honored with the award.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 2017 winners, architects Template:Ill, Carme Pigem, and Template:Ill were the first group of three to share the prize.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Wainright">Template:Cite news</ref>

Pritzker Architecture Prize winners
Year	Laureate(s)	Nationality	Photo	Example work (year completed)		Award ceremony location	Ref.
1979	Template:Sortname	United States	File:Philip Johnson 2002 FILARDO (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Casa de Cristal P.J.jpg	Glass House (1949)	Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980	Template:Sortname	Mexico	File:Luis Barragán Morfín 234 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Cuadra San Cristóbal (17423058118).jpg	Cuadra San Cristóbal (1968)	Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC	<ref name=eighty>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981	Template:Sortname	United Kingdom	File:James Stirling 01 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:History Faculty University of Cambridge.jpg	Seeley Historical Library (1968)	National Building Museum, Washington DC	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982	Template:Sortname	Ireland United States	File:Kevin Roche Pritzker portrait 1982 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Interior-Ford Foundation-01.jpg	Ford Foundation Building (1967)	Art Institute of Chicago	<ref name="eightyeight"/>Template:Ref label
1983	Template:Sortname	United States	File:Itzhak Perlman with I.M. Pei, architect, looking at model of NYC Convention Center (03124v) (cropped).jpg	File:East Building of the National Gallery of Art, 2019.jpg	National Gallery of Art, East Building (1978)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City	<ref name=ohnine/>Template:Ref label
1984	Template:Sortname	United States	File:Richard Meier at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg	File:10 The High.jpg	High Museum of Art (1983)	National Gallery of Art, Washington DC	<ref name=eightyeight/>
1985	Template:Sortname	Austria	Hans Hollein, Architect, Designer.jpg	File:Mönchengladbach museum mit skulpturengarten.jpg	Abteiberg Museum (1982)	The Huntington Library, San Marino, California	<ref name=eightyeight/>
1986	Template:Sortname	Germany (West Germany)	File:Gottfried Böhm 2015.jpg	File:2023-05-Wallfahrtskirche-Maria-Koenigin-des-Friedens-Neviges-3.jpg	Church of the Pilgrimage (1968)	Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London	<ref name=eightyeight/>
1987	Template:Sortname	Japan	File:Kenzo Tange 1981 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:20030702 2 July 2003 Tokyo Cathedorale 1 Tange Kenzou Sekiguchi Tokyo Japan b.jpg	St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo (1964)	Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas	<ref name=japanese>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988	Template:Sortname (shared prize)	United States		File:Yale-beinecke-library.jpg	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (1963)	Art Institute of Chicago	<ref name=eightyeight/><ref name=pritzker1988>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988	Template:Sortname (shared prize)	Brazil	File:Oscar Niemeyer 1968.jpg	File:Cathedral Brasilia Niemeyer.JPG	Cathedral of Brasília (1958)	Art Institute of Chicago	<ref name=eightyeight/><ref name=pritzker1988/>
1989	Template:Sortname	Canada United States	File:Frank O. Gehry - Parc des Ateliers (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Gehry House - Image01.jpg	Gehry Residence (1978)	Tōdai-ji, Nara, Japan	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Ref label
1990	Template:Sortname	Italy	File:AldoRossi.jpg	File:Cimitero San Cataldo crop.jpg	San Cataldo Cemetery (1978)	Palazzo Grassi, Venice	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991	Template:Sortname	United States	File:Robert Venturi 2008 Rome (cropped).jpg	File:National Gallery London Sainsbury Wing 2006-04-17.jpg	National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing (1991)	Palace of Iturbide, Mexico City	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992	Template:Sortname	Portugal	File:Siza Vieira na Exponor (3x4 cropped).JPG	File:Swimming Pool Piscinas de Marés Leça da Palmeira by Álvaro Siza foto Christian Gänshirt.jpg	Leça Swimming Pools (1966)	Harold Washington Library, Chicago	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993	Template:Sortname	Japan	File:Fumihiko Maki 2010 alt (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Tōkyō Taiikukan Japan.jpg	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1991)	Prague Castle	<ref name=japanese/>
1994	Template:Sortname	France	File:Christian de Portzamparc (2018).jpg	File:Cité de la musique (121).jpg	City of Music (1995)	The Commons, Columbus, Indiana	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995	Template:Sortname	Japan	File:Tadao Ando 2004 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Church of Light.JPG	Church of the Light (1989)	Petit Trianon, Versailles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996	Template:Sortname	Spain	File:Autor Germán Saiz Rafael Moneo (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:MNAR (Mérida) Interior 01 retouched.jpg	National Museum of Roman Art (1986)	Getty Center, Los Angeles	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	Template:Sortname	Norway		File:Isbremuseet.jpg	Norwegian Glacier Museum (1991)	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	Template:Sortname	Italy	File:Renzo Piano, portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Kansai International Airport02n4n4272.jpg	Kansai International Airport (1994)	White House, Washington DC	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999	Template:Sortname	United Kingdom	File:Norman Foster (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:HK HSBC Main Building 2008.jpg	HSBC Building (1985)	Altes Museum, Berlin	<ref name=ohnine/>
2000	Template:Sortname	Netherlands	File:Rem Koolhaas (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Kunsthal Rotterdam.JPG	Kunsthal (1992)	Jerusalem Archaeological Park	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001	Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron	Switzerland	File:Herzog & de Meuron Myths and Collaborations over Time (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Tate Modern - Bankside Power Station.jpg	Tate Modern (2000)	Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname	Australia	File:Glenn Murcutt 27-11-04 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Berowra Waters Inn, NSW, Australia 04.jpg	Berowra Waters Inn (1983)	Campidoglio, Rome	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname	Denmark		File:Sydney opera house side view.jpg	Sydney Opera House (1973)	Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	Template:Sortname	Iraq United Kingdom	File:Zaha Hadid in Heydar Aliyev Cultural center in Baku nov 2013 (cropped).jpg	File:12-06-05-innsbruck-by-ralfr-188.jpg	Bergisel Ski Jump (2003)	Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg	<ref name=ohnine/>Template:Ref label
2005	Template:Sortname	United States	File:Thom Mayne, USC, 2023 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Cal Trans District7 HD-2.jpg	Caltrans District 7 Headquarters (2004)	Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname	Brazil	File:Paulo Mendes Da Rocha-Arquisur 2009 (cropped).jpg	File:Paulo mendes da rocha - capela de são pedro apóstolo - campos do jordão - são paulo - brasil.jpg	Saint Peter Chapel, Campos do Jordão, São Paulo (1987)	Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname	Italy United Kingdom	File:Richard Rogers - Portrait 2008 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Lloyds Building stair case.jpg	Lloyd's building (1986)	Banqueting House, Whitehall, London	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Ref label
2008	Template:Sortname	France	File:Jean Nouvel 2009 Vienna frontal (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Torre Agbar and Glories.jpg	Torre Agbar (2005)	Library of Congress, Washington DC	<ref name=ohnine/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname	Switzerland	File:Peter Zumthor (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Therme Vals wall structure, Vals, Graubünden, Switzerland - 20060811.jpg	Therme Vals (1996)	Legislative Palace of the City Council, Buenos Aires	<ref name=ohnine>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname and Ryue Nishizawa	Japan	File:Kazuyo Sejima mg 5000 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Kanazawa21seikibijutsukan.jpg	21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2003)	Ellis Island, New York City	<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	Portugal	File:Eduardo Souto de Moura.jpg	File:Estadio Braga.JPG	Estádio Municipal de Braga (2004)	Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Washington DC	<ref name="nytimes2011">Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Wang Shu	China	File:Wang-Shu Taipei (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:North facet of NBM.JPG	Ningbo Museum (2008)	Great Hall of the People, Beijing	<ref name="ArchDaily">Template:Cite web</ref>
2013	Template:Sortname	Japan	File:Toyo Ito 2009 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Sendai Mediatheque 2009.jpg	Sendai Mediatheque (2001)	John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston	<ref name=Ito>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014	Template:Sortname	Japan	File:Shigeru Ban (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Metz (F) - Centre Pompidou - Außenansicht.jpg	Centre Pompidou-Metz (2010)	Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	<ref name=Ban>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Template:Sortname	Germany		File:2014 Olympiastadion Munich.jpg	Olympic Stadium, Munich (1972)	New World Center, Miami	<ref name=Otto>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Otto-NYT>Pritzker Prize for Frei Otto, German Architect, Announced After His Death Template:Webarchive, Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times, March 10, 2015</ref> Template:Ref label
2016	Template:Sortname	Chile	File:Premio Abdón Cifuentes 2015 - Alejandro Aravena 02 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Campus San Joaquín (15).jpg	Siamese Towers, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2005)	United Nations Headquarters, New York City	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	Template:Sortname, Carme Pigem, and Ramon Vilalta	Spain	Template:Center	File:BIBLIOTECA RCR.jpg	Sant Antoni Library, Barcelona (2008)	Akasaka Palace, Tokyo	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018	Template:Sortname	India	File:Balkrishna Doshi (3x4 cropped).JPG	File:IIM-B 016.jpg	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (1977–1992, multiple phases)	Aga Khan Museum, Toronto	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019	Template:Sortname	Japan	File:ARATA ISOZAKI, ARCHITECT 01 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Mito Art Tower.JPG	Art Tower Mito (1990)	Palace of Versailles	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020	Template:Sortname and Shelley McNamara	Ireland	File:Yvonne Farrell at arcVision 2015 (3x4 cropped).jpg File:Shelly mcnamara 2013 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Grafton Building.jpg	The Grafton Building of Bocconi University (2007)	Online<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	<ref name=twenty20>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Ref label
2021	Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal	France	File:Lacaton Vassal Lecture at Columbia GSAPP cropped.png	File:L'école d'architecture (Nantes) (9304278276).jpg	National School of Architecture, Nantes (2009)	Online<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Ref label
2022	Template:Sortname	Burkina Faso Germany	File:Francis Kere, 2019 (cropped).jpg	File:Kere centre earth architecture mopti.JPG	Centre for Earth Architecture, Mopti, Mali (2010)	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Marshall Building, London	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Ref label
2023	David Chipperfield	United Kingdom	File:David Chipperfield (3x4 cropped).JPG	File:Grand escalier du Hall du Neues Museum (Berlin) (6098967815).jpg	Neues Museum, Berlin (1997–2009)	Ancient Agora of Athens	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024	Riken Yamamoto	Japan	File:Riken Yamamoto 2016 (3x4 cropped).jpg	File:Yokosuka Museum of Art 2009.jpg	Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan (2007)	Art Institute of Chicago	Template:Ref label
2025	Liu Jiakun	China		File:成都西村·贝森大院内庭.jpg	West Village, Chengdu, China (2015)	Louvre Abu Dhabi	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Table notes

A. Template:Note label Roche was born in Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

B. Template:Note label Pei was born in China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

C. Template:Note label Gehry was born in Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

D. Template:Note label Hadid was born in Iraq.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

E. Template:Note label Rogers was born in Italy into an Anglo-Italian family.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

F. Template:Note label Posthumous award.

G. Template:Note label Ceremony held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

H. Template:Note label Kéré was born in Burkina Faso.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

I. Template:Note label Yamamoto was born in China to Japanese parents while it was under Japanese occupation.<ref name="npr">Template:Cite news</ref>

Criticism

In 2013, the student organization "Women in Design" at the Harvard Graduate School of Design started a petition arguing Denise Scott Brown should receive joint recognition with her partner, Robert Venturi, who won the award in 1991.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The petition, according to The New York Times, "reignited long-simmering tensions in the architectural world over whether women have been consistently denied the standing they deserve in a field whose most prestigious award was not given to a woman until 2004, when Zaha Hadid won".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Scott Brown told CNN that "as a woman, she had felt excluded by the elite of architecture throughout her career," and that "the Pritzker Prize was based on the fallacy that great architecture was the work of a 'single lone male genius' at the expense of collaborative work."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Responding to the petition, the 2013 prize jury said that it cannot revisit the decisions of past juries, either in the case of Scott Brown or that of Lu Wenyu, whose husband Wang Shu won in 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 2020 Pritzker jury said in its citation awarding the prize to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara – making them the fourth and fifth women to ever be awarded the prize – that they were, "pioneers in a field that has traditionally been and still is a male-dominated profession [and] beacons to others as they forge their exemplary professional path."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>