Pritzker Architecture Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect or architects 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." Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy, the award is funded by the Pritzker family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation and is considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes; it is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. 

The prize is said to be awarded "irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology." The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and since 1987, a bronze medallion. The designs on the medal are inspired by the work of architect Louis Sullivan, while the Latin inspired inscription on the reverse of the medallion—firmitas, utilitas, venustas (English: firmness, commodity and delight)—is from Ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. Before 1987, a limited edition Henry Moore sculpture accompanied the monetary prize.

The Executive Director of the prize, Martha Thorne, solicits nominations from a range of people, including past Laureates, academics, critics and others "with expertise and interest in the field of architecture”. Any licensed architect can also make a personal application for the prize before November 1 every year. In 1988 Gordon Bunshaft nominated himself for the award and eventually won it. 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. The prize Chair is Stephen Breyer; earlier chairs were J. Carter Brown (1979–2002), the Lord Rothschild (2003–2004), the Lord Palumbo (2005–2015) and Glenn Murcutt (2017–2018).

S.No.	Year	Laureate	Nationality	Example of work
1	1979	Philip Johnson	United States	Glass House (1949)
2	1980	Luis Barragan	Mexico	Torres de Satélite(1957)
3	1981	James Stirling	United Kingdom	Seeley Historical Library (1968)
4	1982	Kevin Roche	United States	Knights of Columbus Building(1969)
5	1983	Ieoh Ming Pei	United States	National Gallery of Art, East Building (1978)
6	1984	Richard Meier	United States	High Museum of Art (1983)
7	1985	Hans Hollein	Austria	Abteiberg Museum(1982)
8	1986	Gottfried Bohm	Germany (West Germany)	Christi Auferstehung, Cologne(1968)
9	1987	Kenzo Tange	Japan	St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo (1964)
10	1988	Gordon Bunshaft (Shared Prize)	United States	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (1963)
		Oscar Meimeyer (Shared Prize)	Brazil	Cathedral of Brasília(1958)
11	1989	Frank Gehry	Canada United States	Walt Disney Concert Hall(2003)
12	1990	Aldo Rossi	Italy	Bonnefanten Museum(1990)
13	1991	Robert Venturi	United States	National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing (1991)
14	1992	Alvaro Siza Vieira	Portugal	Pavilion of Portugal in Expo'98(1998)
15	1993	Fumihiko Maki	Japan	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium(1991)
16	1994	Christian de Portzamparc	France	French Embassy, Berlin (2003)
17	1995	Tadao Ando	Japan	Church of the Light (1989)
18	1996	Rafael Moneo	Spain	Kursaal Palace (1999)
19	1997	Sverre Fehn	Norway	Norwegian Glacier Museum(1991)
20	1998	Renzo Paino	Italy	Kansai International Airport (1994)
21	1999	Norman Foster	United Kingdom	Millennium Bridge (London)(2000)
22	2000	Rem Koolhaas	Netherlands	Casa da Música, Porto(2003)
23	2001	Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron	Switzerland	Tate Modern(2000)
24	2002	Glenn Murcutt	Australia	Berowra Waters Inn(1983)
25	2003	John Utzon	Denmark	Sydney Opera House(1973)
26	2004	Zaha Hadid	Iraq United Kingdom	Contemporary Arts Center(2003)
27	2005	Thom Mayne	United States	San Francisco Federal Building(2007)
28	2006	Paulo Mendes da Rocha	Brazil	Saint Peter Chapel, Campos do Jordão, São Paulo (1987)
29	2007	Richard Rogers	United Kingdom	Lloyd's building(1986)
30	2008	Jean Nauvel	France	Torre Agbar(2005)
31	2009	Peter Zumthor	Switzerland	Therme Vals(1996)
32	2010	Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)	Japan	21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa(2003)
33	2011	Eduardo Souto de Moura	Portugal	Estádio Municipal de Braga (2004)
34	2012	Wang Shu	China	Ningbo Museum(2008)
35	2013	Toyo Ito	Japan	Sendai Mediatheque(2001)
36	2014	Shigeru Ban	Japan	Centre Pompidou-Metz (2010)
37	2015	Frei Otto	Germany	Olympic Stadium, Munich(1972)
38	2016	Alejandro Aravena	Chile	Siamese Towers, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2005)
39	2017	Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem & Ramon Vilalta (RCR Arquitectes)	Spain	Sant Antoni Library, Barcelona (2008)
40 41	2018 2019	B.V. Doshi Arata Isozaki	India Japan	Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Festival Plaza at EXPO70