Pritzker Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor "a living architect 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". [1] Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy, the award is funded by
the Pritzker family and is considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes; it is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of
architecture. [2][3] The prize is awarded "irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology"; [4] the recipients receive US$100,000, a citation
certificate, and since 1987, a bronze medallion.[5] The Latin inscription on the reverse of the medallionfirmitas, utilitas, venustas
(English: durability, utility, and beauty)is inspired by Roman architect Vitruvius.[6] Before 1987, a limited edition Henry Moore sculpture
accompanied the monetary prize.[5]

The Executive Director of the prize, as of 2009, Martha Thorne, [7] solicits nominations from a range of people including past Laureates,
academics, critics and others "with expertise and interest in the field of architecture". [4] Any licensed architect can also make a personal
application for the prize before 1 November every year. The jury, each year consisting of five to nine "experts ... recognized professionals
in their own fields of architecture, business, education, publishing, and culture", deliberate early the following year before announcing the
winner in spring.[4]

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". [8] The 2004 laureate Zaha Hadid was the first female prize winner. [9] Richard Meier is the
youngest winner, being 49 in 1984 at the time of the award. [10] The 34th and most recent winners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa were
cited for "architecture that is simultaneously delicate and powerful, precise and fluid, ingenious but not overly or overtly clever".

Year Laureate Nationality Example work (year completed) Ceremony location Ref(s)

[12]
1979 Philip Johnson United States Glass House (1949) Dumbarton Oaks

[3]
1980 Luis Barragn Mexico Torres de Satlite (1957) Dumbarton Oaks

United [13]
1981 Sir James Stirling Seeley Historical Library (1968) National Building Museum
Kingdom

Knights of Columbus Building [2][A]

1982 Kevin Roche United States Art Institute of Chicago
(1969)

National Gallery of Art, East [14][15][B]

1983 Ieoh Ming Pei United States Metropolitan Museum of Art
Building (1978)
 [2]
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

West Iglesia Youth Center Library Worshipful Company of [2]

1986 Gottfried Bhm
Germany (1968) Goldsmiths

St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo [16]

1987 Kenzo Tange Japan Kimbell Art Museum
(1964)

Beinecke Rare Book and [2]

1988 Gordon Bunshaft United States Art Institute of Chicago
Manuscript Library (1963)

[2]
1988 Oscar Niemeyer Brazil Cathedral of Braslia (1958) Art Institute of Chicago

Canada Walt Disney Concert Hall (1999 [15][C]

1989 Frank Gehry Tdai-ji
United States 2003)

[17]
1990 Aldo Rossi Italy Bonnefanten Museum (1990) Palazzo Grassi

National Gallery (London), [18]

1991 Robert Venturi United States Palacio de Iturbide
Sainsbury Wing (1991)
 Pavilion of Portugal in Expo'98 [19]
1992 lvaro Siza Vieira Portugal Harold Washington Library
(1998)

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium [16]

1993 Fumihiko Maki Japan Prague Castle
(1991)

Christian de The Commons, Columbus, [20]

1994 France French Embassy, Berlin (2003)
Portzamparc Indiana

Nagaragawa Convention Center [21]

1995 Tadao Ando Japan Palace of Versailles
(1995)

[15]
1996 Rafael Moneo Spain Kursaal Palace (1999) Getty Center

Norwegian Glacier Museum [22]

1997 Sverre Fehn Norway Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
(1991)

Kansai International Airport [23]

1998 Renzo Piano Italy White House
(1994)

United Millennium Bridge (London) [15]

1999 Norman Foster Altes Museum
Kingdom (2000)

Embassy of the Netherlands in Jerusalem Archaeological [24]

2000 Rem Koolhaas Netherlands
Berlin (2003) Park

Herzog & de [25]

2001 Switzerland Tate Modern (2000) Monticello
Meuron
 [26]
2002 Glenn Murcutt Australia Berowra Waters Inn (1983) Michelangelo's Campidoglio

Royal Academy of Fine Arts [27]

2003 Jrn Utzon Denmark Sydney Opera House (1973)
of San Fernando

United
2004 Zaha Hadid Kingdom Bridge Pavilion (2008) Hermitage Museum [15][D]

Iraq

San Francisco Federal Building Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium [28]

2005 Thom Mayne United States
(2007) Park

Paulo Mendes da [29]

2006 Brazil Estdio Serra Dourada (1975) Dolmabahe Palace
Rocha

United
2007 Richard Rogers Lloyd's building (1986) Banqueting House, Whitehall [30]
Kingdom

[15]
2008 Jean Nouvel France Torre Agbar (2005) Library of Congress

Legislative Palace of the City [15]

2009 Peter Zumthor Switzerland Therme Vals (1996)
Council, Buenos Aires

Kazuyo Sejima
21st Century Museum of
and [15]
2010 Japan Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Ellis Island
Ryue Nishizawa
(2003)
(SANAA)