Pritzker Architecture Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is given each year by the Hyatt Foundation. It is for talented and significant architect who has created great projects throughout his or her life.^[1] Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy began the award in 1979. The Pritzker family pays for the prize. It is the top prize in architecture, and it is often called the Nobel Prize of architecture.^[2][3] The country, race, religion or political ideas of the architect are not important.^[4] Winners get US$100,000 and a certificate.^[5] Winners receive a medal. The back of the medal has these words in Latin—firmitas, utilitas, venustas (English: durability, utility, and beauty). The idea comes from the Roman architect Vitruvius.^[6] Before 1987, a limited edition Henry Moore sculpture came with the prize money.^[5]

Pritzker Architecture Prize
Awarded for	A career of achievement in the art of architecture
Sponsored by	Hyatt Foundation
Reward(s)	US$100,000
First awarded	1979; 46 years ago (1979)
Last awarded	2021
Website	www.pritzkerprize.com

Selection

Martha Thorne has been the Executive Director since 2009.^[7] The director asks many people, including past winners, academics, critics and others involved in architecture to suggest possible winners.^[4] Any licensed architect can also apply for the prize before 1 November every year. In 1988 Gordon Bunshaft applied for the award himself and eventually won it.^[8] Five to nine jury members meet early the next year before announcing the winner in spring.^[4]

Winners

The first winner was Philip Johnson. The award was "for 50 years of imagination and vitality" shown by the many "museums, theaters, libraries, houses, gardens and corporate structures".^[9] The 2004 laureate Zaha Hadid was the first female prize winner.^[10] Ryūe Nishizawa became the youngest winner in 2010 at age 44.^[11] The most recent winner, in 2019, is Arata Isozaki.

List of prize winners

The inaugural laureate Philip Johnson

Winner in 1983, Ieoh Ming Pei

1984 laureate Richard Meier

Oscar Niemeyer won in 1988

1993 laureate Fumihiko Maki

Winner in 1995, Tadao Ando

1999 winner Norman Foster

Rem Koolhaas won in 2000

Jean Nouvel won in 2008

Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA won in 2010

Year	Laureate	Nationality	Example work (year completed)		Ceremony location	Ref(s)
1979	Philip Johnson	United States		Glass House (1949)	Dumbarton Oaks	[12]
1980	Luis Barragán	Mexico		Torres de Satélite (1957)	Dumbarton Oaks	[3]
1981	Sir James Stirling	United Kingdom		Seeley Historical Library (1968)	National Building Museum	[13]
1982	Kevin Roche	Ireland		Knights of Columbus Building (1969)	Art Institute of Chicago	[2][A]
1983	Ieoh Ming Pei	United States		National Gallery of Art, East Building (1978)	Metropolitan Museum of Art	[14][15][B]
1984	Richard Meier	United States		High Museum of Art (1983)	National Gallery of Art	[2]
1985	Hans Hollein	Austria		Abteiberg Museum (1982)	The Huntington Library	[2]
1986	Gottfried Böhm	West Germany		Iglesia Youth Center Library (1968)	Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths	[2]
1987	Kenzō Tange	Japan		St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo (1964)	Kimbell Art Museum	[16]
1988	Gordon Bunshaft	United States		Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (1963)	Art Institute of Chicago	[2]
1988	Oscar Niemeyer	Brazil		Cathedral of Brasília (1958)	Art Institute of Chicago	[2]
1989	Frank Gehry	Canada  United States		Walt Disney Concert Hall (1999–2003)	Tōdai-ji	[15][C]
1990	Aldo Rossi	Italy		Bonnefanten Museum (1990)	Palazzo Grassi	[17]
1991	Robert Venturi	United States		National Gallery (London), Sainsbury Wing (1991)	Palacio de Iturbide	[18]
1992	Álvaro Siza Vieira	Portugal		Pavilion of Portugal in Expo'98 (1998)	Harold Washington Library	[19]
1993	Fumihiko Maki	Japan		Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1991)	Prague Castle	[16]
1994	Christian de Portzamparc	France		French Embassy, Berlin (2003)	The Commons, Columbus, Indiana	[20]
1995	Tadao Ando	Japan		Nagaragawa Convention Center (1995)	Palace of Versailles	[21]
1996	Rafael Moneo	Spain		Kursaal Palace (1999)	Getty Center	[15]
1997	Sverre Fehn	Norway		Norwegian Glacier Museum (1991)	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao	[22]
1998	Renzo Piano	Italy		Kansai International Airport (1994)	White House	[23]
1999	Norman Foster	United Kingdom		Millennium Bridge (London) (2000)	Altes Museum	[15]
2000	Rem Koolhaas	Netherlands		Casa da Música (2003)	Jerusalem Archaeological Park	[24]
2001	Herzog & de Meuron	Switzerland		Tate Modern (2000)	Monticello	[25]
2002	Glenn Murcutt	Australia		Berowra Waters Inn (1983)	Michelangelo's Campidoglio	[26]
2003	Jørn Utzon	Denmark		Sydney Opera House (1973)	Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando	[27]
2004	Zaha Hadid	United Kingdom  Iraq		Bridge Pavilion (2008)	Hermitage Museum	[15][D]
2005	Thom Mayne	United States		San Francisco Federal Building (2007)	Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park	[28]
2006	Paulo Mendes da Rocha	Brazil		Saint Peter Chapel, São Paulo (1987)	Dolmabahçe Palace	[29]
2007	Richard Rogers	United Kingdom		Lloyd's building (1986)	Banqueting House, Whitehall	[30]
2008	Jean Nouvel	France		Torre Agbar (2005)	Library of Congress	[15]
2009	Peter Zumthor	Switzerland		Therme Vals (1996)	Legislative Palace of the City Council, Buenos Aires	[15]
2010	Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)	Japan		21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2003)	Ellis Island	[15]
2011	Eduardo Souto de Moura	Portugal		Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga (2004)	Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium	[31]
2012	Wang Shu	China		Ningbo Museum (2008)	Beijing	[32]
2013	Toyo Ito	Japan		Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai (2001)	John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston	[33]
2014	Shigeru Ban	Japan			Takatori Catholic Church, Kobe (2005)	Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	[34]

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Other websites

• Pritzker Architecture Prize Official Site