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.

Contents
Global awards
International regional awards
International and national thematic awards
National awards
Awards for students and young architects
Local awards
Humorous awards
See also
References

Global awards
 Sortable table
Name Established Sponsor Frequency Recipient Other
2A Continental
Architectural 2015 2A(Arts & Architecture) Magazine annual architect
Awards
Aga Khan
Award for 1977 Aga Khan Trust for Culture triennial architect
Architecture
Africa
Architecture 2017 Saint-Gobain biennial architect
Awards
Architecture
MasterPrize (h
2016 Farmani Group annual architect
ttps://architect
ureprize.com)
AIA Gold
1907 American Institute of Architects annual architect gold medal
Medal
Alvar Aalto
1967 Finnish Association of Architects intermittent architect
Medal
ArchDaily
Building of the 2009 ArchDaily annual building
Year Awards
Carlsberg
Architectural 1991–1998 New Carlsberg foundation triennial architect
Prize
Curry Stone architect,
2008–2017 Curry Stone Foundation annual
Design Prize artist, other
Dedalo
Minosse
International 3 other
1997 ALA-Assoarchitetti and Veneto Regione (Italy) biennial client
Prize for categories
commissioning
a building
DNA Paris
Design Awards architect,
Farmani Group annual
(https://dna.pa designer
ris/)
Erich Schelling
Architecture 1992 Erich Schelling Foundation biennial architect
Award
Erich Schelling
Architecture 1992 Erich Schelling Foundation biennial architect
Theory Award
Cité de l'Architecture & du Patrimoine (Paris,
France), International architecture biennale of
Global Award architect,
Ljubljana (Slovenia), Università luav di Venizia
for Sustainable 2006 annual urbanist,
(Italy), Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, (Istanbul,
Architecture engineer
Turkey), placed under the patronage of the
UNESCO since 2010.
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture
Good Design architect,
1996 and Design, The European Centre for Architecture annual
Award designer
Art Design and Urban Studies
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture
Green Good architect,
2008 and Design, The European Centre for Architecture annual
Design designer
Art Design and Urban Studies
International The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture
33–114 per
Architecture 2005 and Design, The European Centre for Architecture annual building
year
Awards Art Design and Urban Studies
International
2007 Farmini Group annual architect
Design Awards
Jane Drew 1998 Royal Institute of British Architects annual person for promotion
Prize of innovation,
diversity and
 inclusiveness
in architecture
J. Irwin and artist,
Xenia S. Miller 2016 Exhibit Columbus biennial architect,
Prize designer
LafargeHolcim
Awards for LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable
2005 triannual project USD 2mio
Sustainable Construction
Construction
LIV Hospitality
Design Awards
Farmani Group annual architect hospitality
(https://livawar
ds.com/)
Louis I. Kahn
Memorial 1983 Philadelphia Center for Architecture annual architect
Award[1]
MUSE Design 9 main
2019 International Awards Associate biennial architect
Awards categories
The
The Architecture Master Prize (https://architecturep
Architecture 1985 annual architect
rize.com/)
Master Prize
4 other
categories;
Praemium
1989 Japan Art Association annual architect gold medal and
Imperiale
JPY15,000,000
prize
bronze
medallion and
Pritzker Prize 1979 Pritzker family annual architect
US$100,000
prize
RIBA recent
President's 1836 Royal Institute of British Architects annual graduates
Medals worldwide
Royal Gold
1848 Royal Institute of British Architects annual architect gold medal
Medal
Architect,
Coventry University, The Iraqi Business Council in Recent
Tamayouz Jordan, Dewan Architects and Engineers, The Graduates,
Excellence United Nations Global Compact - Iraq Network, Person,
2012 annual 7 categories
Award for Ayad Al Tuhafi Architects, Bonair Ltd, Makiya - Organisations,
Architecture Kufa Charity, Round City Magazine, LWK + Projects,
Partners, JT + Partners Buildings,
other
Thomas
Jefferson
1966 Thomas Jefferson Foundation annual architect
Medal in
Architecture
International City of Frankfurt, German Architecture Museum and architect,
2003 biennial
Highrise Award DekaBank building
UIA Gold
1984 International Union of Architects triennial architect
Medal
Venice
Biennale of 1980 Venice Biennale biennale architect
Architecture
Wolf Prize in
1981 Wolf Foundation intermittent architect
Arts
World
architect,
Architecture 2008 EMAP annual 17 categories
building
Festival

International regional awards

 Sortable table
Name Established Sponsor Frequency Recipient Other
Emirates Glass LEAF Award 2005 Leading European Architects Forum annual architect
The European Centre for Architecture
Art Design and Urban Studies
European Prize for Architecture 2010 annual architect
and The Chicago Athenaeum
Museum of Architecture and Design
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of
Architecture and Design, The
American Architecture Awards 1994 annual architects
European Centre for Architecture Art
Design and Urban Studies
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of
Architecture and Design, The
American Prize for Architecture 1994 annual architects
European Centre for Architecture Art
Design and Urban Studies
Architectural League Emerging
1982 The Architectural League of New York annual architects
Voices
European Prize for Urban Public Centre de Cultura Contemporània de architect +
2000 biennial
Space Barcelona promoter
European Union Prize for
Contemporary Architecture 1988 EU and Fundació Mies van der Rohe biennial building
"Mies van der Rohe award"
architect + 2 other
Forum AID Award 2006 Forum AID magazine, Sweden annual
building categories
Heinrich Tessenow Medal 1963 Alfred Toepfer Foundation (Hamburg) annual architect
Tamayouz Women in Tamayouz Excellence Award for For the Near
Architecture and Construction 2013 Architecture and Kufa - Makiya annual Architect East and
Award Charity North Africa
Tamayouz Lifetime Achievement Tamayouz Excellence Award for
2014 annual Architect
Award Architecture
The Middle Eastern Architectural
Individuals
Personality of the Year "The Tamayouz Excellence Award for
2014 annual or
Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture
organisation
Architecture"
1 Award, 2
PiDA, Piran Days of Architecture, Recognitions,
International Piranesi Award 1989 annual architect
Slovenia 1 Student
recognition

International and national thematic awards

 Sortable table
Name Theme Established Sponsor Region Frequency Recipient Other
Collaborative
American Institute of allied
Achievement Collaboration 2010 national annual
Architects professionals
Award
CTBUH
Council on Tall Buildings building,
Skyscraper Skyscrapers 2002 international annual
and Urban Habitat architect
Award
Edmund N. along with
Urban urban
Bacon Philadelphia Center for the Better
Planning New 2006 international annual planner, allied
Memorial Architecture Philadelphia
Urbanism professionals
Award[2] Challenge

Emporis
Skyscraper Skyscrapers 2000 Emporis magazine international annual building
Award
Association for Learning architect,
James D. Environments (formerly school
Educational
MacConnell 1991 Council of Educational international annual district,
facilities
Award[3] Facilities Planners institution,
International) contractor
Daylight and
Building
Daylighting 1980 VELUX (Denmark) international intermittent architect
Component
Award
New
Driehaus $200,000
Classical
Prize for Richard H. Driehaus and a
Architecture, 2003 international annual architect
Classical Foundation bronze
New
Architecture prize
Urbanism
Dr.Saremi Social
2015 Honare Memari Institute National annual architect
Prize Responsibility
French Ministry for
Grand Prix
Ecology, Energy,
de Urbanism 1989 national annual urban planner
Sustainable Development
l'urbanisme
and Planning
MIPIM AR
MIPIM trade show & unbuilt or
Future building,
Projects 2002 Architectural Review international annual incomplete
Projects architect
magazine projects
Award
architect,
Outstanding International Association
contractor,
Structure Structure 2000 for Bridge and Structural international annual building
engineer
Award Engineering
and owner
Architects Foundation
(American Institute of
Architects) two annual
Richard bi-national
Preservation practicing prizes
Morris Hunt 1990 French- annual
architecture architects (Fellow,
Prize French Heritage American
Scholar)
Society

RAIC
Architectural
Firm Award
[2] (https://w
eb.archive.or
g/web/20101
Royal Architectural
025045944/h Firms 2003 national annual firm
Institute of Canada
ttp://www.rai
c.org/honour
s_and_award
s/awards_fir
m/index_e.ht
m)
RAIC Urban Urban design 2006 Royal Architectural national biennial individual/firm urban
Design Institute of Canada design
Award [3] (ht
tps://web.arc
hive.org/we
b/201010260
40443/http://
www.raic.or
g/honours_a
nd_awards/a
wards_urba
n/2010recipi
ents/index_
e.htm)
RAIC Prix du
XXe siècle
[4] (https://w
eb.archive.or
g/web/20101 buildings
Royal Architectural
027145132/h 20th century 2007 national annual building 25–50
Institute of Canada
ttp://www.rai years old
c.org/honour
s_and_award
s/awards_xx
e/tor_e.htm)
School
Building of
the Year
Award (http
building,
s://nohrcon.d Schools 2013 Nohrcon national annual
project team
k/vidensban
k/kaaring-af-
aarets-skole
byggeri/)

National awards
 Sortable table
Name Established Sponsor Frequency Recipient Other
AIA Honor Awards
Architectural
architect,
AIJ Prizes 1949 Institute of annual
building
Japan
Honare
Architect Of The Year 2014 Memari annual architect
Institute
American
Architecture Firm Award 1962 Institute of annual architect
Architects
Australian
National Architecture Awards 1981 Institute of annual architect 10 categories
Architects
architect,
Architect of the Year Award 1990 JK, India annual
building
Japan
Federation
BCS Awards 1960 of annual building
Construction
Contractors
Royal
Institute of preceded the
Building of the Year Award 1994–2002 annual building
British Sterling Prize
Architects
Honare
Building of the Year Award 2015 Memari annual building
Institute
Croatian Architects Association Award
Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of ZAPS,
2004 annual architect 5 categories
Slovenia Award (Golden Pencil) Slovenia
Hanssem
Contemporary
DBEW competition 2001 corporation, intermittent architect
house
Korea
Royal
Architectural
Governor General's Medals in Architecture 2002 biennial architect
Institute of
Canada
Grand Prix Architektu [5] (https://translate.google.co Czech
m/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout= Association building,
2007 annual
1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grandprix-archite of Architects architect
ktu.cz%2F&sl=cs&tl=en) (UIA)
Norwegian
Houen Foundation Award 1893 Ministry of annual building/architect
Culture
memary and
sakhteman architect and
Interior Design Awards 2008 annual 4 categories
Magazine - building
Iran
American
2 other
Institute Honor Awards for Architecture 2010 Institute of annual architect
categories
Architects
Honare
Iran's National Biennial on Architecture, interior Architect,
2011 Memari Biennial
design and Urbanism building
Institute
Swedish
Kasper Salin Prize 1962 Association annual building
of Architects
Likha Awards United
Architects of
the
Philippines
 [6] (http://ww
w.united-arc
hitects.org/)
memar
architect and
Memar Awards 2001 Magazine - annual 3 categories
building
Iran
Government
National Architecture Award of Spain 1932 annual architect
of Spain
Cooper-
Hewitt,
13 other
National Design Awards 2000 National annual architect
categories
Design
Museum
Honare
architect, writer, 3 other
National Prize of IRAN's Architectural Review 2014 Memari annual
critic categories
Institute
New Zealand
New Zealand Architecture Awards Institute of annual architect
Architects
Architect
Magazine
P/A Awards [7] (https://web.archive.org/web/201107
(formerly annual
21002713/http://www.architectmagazine.com/award 1953 annual building
Progressive themes
s/pa-awards/Default.aspx)
Architecture
magazine)
French
Royal Ended in
Prix de Rome 1720–1968 intermittent scholarship
Academy of 1968
Architecture
Le Moniteur & building
Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent 1986 annual architect
(France) owner
Royal
Academy of 3 other
Prix de Rome (Belgium) 1832 triennial architect
Fine Arts categories
Antwerp
Canada
1 other
Prix de Rome (Canada) 1987 Council for annual architect
categories
the Arts
building,
Architect [4]
R+D Awards 2007 annual architect,
Magazine
technology
Royal
Architectural
RAIC Gold Medal 1967 annual architect
Institute of
Canada
Royal
Institute of
building,
RIAI Triennial Gold Medal 1934 the triennial
architect
Architects of
Ireland
Royal
Incorporation architect,
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture 2002 annual
of Architects building
in Scotland
Royal
Institute of building,
RIBA European Award 2005 annual
British architect
Architects
Royal
Institute of building,
RIBA International Award 2007 annual
British architect
Architects
Australian
RAIA Gold Medal 1960 Institute of annual architect
Architects
Robin Boyd Award 1981 Australian annual house, architect
Institute of
Architects
American
Rome Prize 1905 Academy in annual artist, scholar
Rome
Bruner
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence 1987 biennial project
Foundation
Spanish International Architecture Prize [8] (https://w
ww.cscae.com/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=2967:repercusion-en-los-medios-sar-el-pr
incipe-de-asturias-entrega-los-premios-arquitectura-e 2013
spanola-internacional-y-las-medallas-del-consejo-sup
erior-de-colegios-de-arquitectos-de-espana&catid=15
0:presidencia-cscae&Itemid=332)
Royal
Institute of architect,
Stirling Prize 1996 annual
British building
Architects
American
Twenty-five Year Award 1969 Institute of annual building
Architects
National practice,
Vincent Scully Prize 1999 Building annual scholarship or
Museum criticism
American
Whitney M. Young Jr. Award 1972 Institute of annual architect
Architects

Awards for students and young architects

 Name Established Sponsor Region Frequency Recipient Other
American Institute of
AIA Young Architects Award 1993 national annual student
Architects
formerly
graduates
known as
Architectural League 10 years or
The Architectural League Prize 1981 international annual The Young
of New York less out of
Architects
school
Forum
graduates
Archiprix International 2001 Archiprix Foundation international biennial
worldwide
Tamayouz Excellence
International Graduation Projects Award for
Scholarships
Award [9] (https://www.tamayouz- Architecture, The Iraqi Graduates
2016 international Annual for the
award.com/tamayouz-internationa Business Council in worldwide
winners
l.html) Jordan and Coventry
University
International VELUX Award for
2004 VELUX (Denmark) international biennial student Daylighting
Students of Architecture
The Marcus
Corporation in
young US $100,000
The Marcus Prize 2004 partnership with the international biennial
architect prize
University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Museum of Modern
MoMA PS1 Young Architects Art in partnership with young
1998 international annual
Program PS1 Contemporary Art architect
Center
The Institute of
graduate
Rieger Graham Prize 2006 Classical Architecture international biennial
architect
and Art
RAIC Young Architect Award [10]
(https://web.archive.org/web/2010
Royal Architectural young
1025045649/http://www.raic.org/h . national annual
Institute of Canada architect
onours_and_awards/awards_youn
g/index_e.htm)
Royal Institute of the
RIAI Travelling Scholarship 1935 annual student
Architects of Ireland
student and
Royal Institute of
RIBA President's Medals 1836 international annual graduates
British Architects
worldwide
Art Institute of Chicago-
Schiff Foundation Fellowships 1988 annual student
Chicago area
A
Tamayouz Excellence scholarship
Tamayouz for Iraqi Graduation
Award for at Coventry
Projects Award [11] (https://www.t
Architecture, Dewan Recent University
amayouz-award.com/tamayouz-ir 2012 Iraq Annual
Architects and graduates and
aqi-graduation-projects-award.htm
Engineers and internships
l)
Coventry University in Dubai for
the winners
student and
emerging
WIAfund Award [12] (http://www.w WIA (Women in various
2010 international professional
iafund.us/) Architecture) Fund annually
women in
architecture

Local awards
 Sortable table
Award Place Established Frequency Recipient
Harleston Parker Medal Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Kent Design Awards Kent County Council, UK 2000 biennial architect and building owner
Pug Awards Toronto, Canada
Sarah Booth Conroy Prize Washington, DC, USA 2016 annual architecture critic
Valmor Prize Lisbon, Portugal

Humorous awards
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".[5]
Most Phallic Building contest, a one-off contest held in 2003.

See also
List of design awards
Lists of awards

References
1. "Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award" (http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/louis-i-kahn-memor
ial-lecture). Philadelphia Center for Architecture. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
2. "Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Award" (http://www.philadelphiacfa.org/programs-and-exhibitions/edmund-n-bac
on-prize-lecture). Philadelphia Center for Architecture. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
3. [1] (http://a4le.org/websites/main/index.php?p=170)
4. Lau, Wanda. "Call for Entries: ARCHITECT's 13th Annual R+D Awards" (https://www.architectmagazine.com/t
echnology/call-for-entries-architects-13th-annual-r-d-awards_o). Architect Magazine. Hanley Wood. Retrieved
11 March 2019.
5. Watson, Anna (22 July 2010). "Six in race for Carbuncle Cup" (http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/six-in-race-for-
carbuncle-cup/5003099.article). bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

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