# 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. A further list of awards sorted by date, location and type can be seen on Architecture Awards Tracker.

## Global

| 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 | 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 Awards | 2024 | Ammodo Foundation | annual | architect, project | 3 categories |
| Wheelwright Prize | 1935 | Harvard Graduate School of Design | annual | architect | |

## International regional

| 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

| 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 | 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 | |
| Erich Mendelsohn Award for Brick Architecture | Brick buildings | 2008 | Initiative Bauen mit Backstein | international | triennial | architect/building | |
| James D. MacConnell Award | 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 | Firms | 2003 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | annual | firm | |
| RAIC Urban Design Award | Urban design | 2006 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | national | biennial | individual/firm | urban design |
| RAIC Prix du XXe siècle | 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

| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 Doolan Award | 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 | 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

| Name | Established | Sponsor | Region | Frequency | Recipient | Other |
| AIA Young Architects Award | 1993 | American Institute of Architects | national | annual | young architect AIA architect members whose date of initial licensure is less than ten (10) years | |
| 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] | 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 | . | 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 | 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

| 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

* 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".
* Most Phallic Building contest, a one-off contest held in 2003.