Pritzker Architecture Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is given each year by the Hyatt Foundation. It is for talented and significant architects who has created great projects throughout his or her life. 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. The country, race, religion or political ideas of the architect are not important. Winners get US$100,000 and  a certificate. 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. Before 1987, a limited edition Henry Moore sculpture came with the prize money.

Selection
Martha Thorne has been the Executive Director since 2009. The director asks many people, including past winners, academics, critics and others involved in architecture to suggest possible winners. 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. Five to nine jury members meet early the next year before announcing the winner in spring.

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". The 2004 laureate Zaha Hadid was the first female prize winner. Ryūe Nishizawa became the youngest winner in 2010 at age 44.  The most recent winner, in 2019, is Arata Isozaki.

List of prize winners
 Year  Laureate  Nationality Example work (year completed)Ceremony location Ref(s) 1979      100px Glass House (1949) Dumbarton Oaks   1980      100px  Torres de Satélite (1957) Dumbarton Oaks  1981      100px  Seeley Historical Library (1968) National Building Museum   1982      100px Knights of Columbus Building (1969) Art Institute of Chicago  1983      100px National Gallery of Art, East Building (1978)  Metropolitan Museum of Art   1984      100px High Museum of Art (1983) National Gallery of Art  1985      100px  Abteiberg Museum (1982)  The Huntington Library  1986      100px  Iglesia Youth Center Library (1968)Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths  1987      100px  St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo (1964)  Kimbell Art Museum  1988     100px  Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (1963)  Art Institute of Chicago  1988     100px  Cathedral of Brasília (1958) Art Institute of Chicago  1989     100px  Walt Disney Concert Hall (1999–2003) Tōdai-ji  1990      100px  Bonnefanten Museum (1990)Palazzo Grassi   1991     100px  National Gallery (London), Sainsbury Wing (1991)  Palacio de Iturbide   1992      100px Pavilion of Portugal in Expo'98 (1998)  Harold Washington Library   1993      100px  Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1991)  Prague Castle   1994      100px French Embassy, Berlin (2003) The Commons, Columbus, Indiana  1995      100px  Nagaragawa Convention Center (1995) Palace of Versailles  1996      100px  Kursaal Palace (1999)  Getty Center  1997      100px  Norwegian Glacier Museum (1991)  Guggenheim Museum Bilbao  1998      Kansai International Airport (1994)  White House  1999      100px  Millennium Bridge (London) (2000)  Altes Museum  2000     100px  Casa da Música (2003) Jerusalem Archaeological Park   2001  Herzog & de Meuron    100px  Tate Modern (2000) Monticello  2002      100px  Berowra Waters Inn (1983)  Michelangelo's Campidoglio  2003     100px  Sydney Opera House (1973)  Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando  2004      100px  Bridge Pavilion (2008)  Hermitage Museum  2005     100px  San Francisco Federal Building (2007)  Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park   2006      100px  Saint Peter Chapel, São Paulo (1987)  Dolmabahçe Palace   2007      100px  Lloyd's building (1986) Banqueting House, Whitehall  2008      100px  Torre Agbar (2005) Library of Congress  2009      100px  Therme Vals (1996)  Legislative Palace of the City Council, Buenos Aires   2010  Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)    100px  21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2003)  Ellis Island   2011  Eduardo Souto de Moura    100px  Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga (2004)  Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium   2012  Wang Shu    100px  Ningbo Museum (2008)  Beijing   2013  Toyo Ito    100px  Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai (2001)  John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston  2014  Shigeru Ban    100px  100px  Takatori Catholic Church, Kobe (2005)   Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

References

Other websites

 Pritzker Architecture Prize Official Site

Category:1979 establishments