Architecture Awards
Architecture is a worldwide career choice, too interconnected, and most importantly, a highly competitive career choice. It’s hard to stand out when there are thousands of builders around the world working for similar results and projects. However, there are a few characteristics that can set one professional apart from the rest. Courses, activities, internships – all of these will help you stand out, but there is no reputation for competition or awards. And because we believe in excellence in a future rethinking society, here are five awards for architects that are among the greatest honors in the world of architecture award:
Prix Versailles
The Prix Versailles Award makes the list an emerging star, a symbol of the newer awards of recent years. Launched in 2015, this prize is the youngest on our list but is highly regarded for its connection to UNESCO. They announce the winner at their headquarters every year. Its seven categories and hundreds of different winners for different countries act as a reflection of the qualities of global and wider architecture. Covers most of the project topics we see in today’s exercises and trends. Although the Versailles Prize is smaller than the Aga Khan Prize, we chose to list a newcomer instead of the Aga Khan. The Aga Khan celebrates the projects of the Islamic community. However, this prize is one of the biggest awards in the world, and every architect should know about it.
UIA Gold Medal
Since 1984, the official International Union of Architects has presented awards to individuals and groups recognized as influential in the field of architecture worldwide. UIA is the largest association of architects in the world. And many UN agencies consider it the only international association of experts in this field. Previous winners include Renzo Piano, Alvaro Cisa Vieira and Tadao Ando. This means that winning such an award is a global appreciation of your work as a pioneer. They give this award to live professionals. And the council wants to give it a position similar to the Nobel Prize in Art, Science, and Peace.
AIA Gold Medal
The Gold Medal is the American Institute of Architecture’s highest honor. They annually award prizes for important work that contributes to architectural progress. Although organized by the AIA, it is an international architecture award, first presented to Sir Stone Webb (United Kingdom) in 1947. Since then it has been one of the most prestigious awards and has been won by some American architectural giants such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gray, as well as other famous winners such as Calatrava, Piano, and many others.
RIBA Gold Medal
Dating back to the 19th century, the Royal Institute of Architects awards recognize the contribution of an individual or group to international architecture. Instead of a building, it recognizes outstanding work for an institution. The first recipient was Charles Robert Cockrell in 1847, and the list of awardees is a veritable history lesson. From Viollet-le-Duc to Gropius to Buckminster Fuller, this list offers a path to architectural innovation and thought from centuries past. The RIBA Gold Medal is perhaps the most traditional award given today, and the Institute also gives out other prestigious awards such as the Presidential Medal, an award for young students and graduates.
Pritzker Award
The Pritzker Prize, commonly known as the Academy Award or Nobel Prize for Architecture award, is the most famous, popular, and influential award an architect has dreamed of winning since 1979. The award, sponsored by the Pritzker family, is to be awarded regardless of nationality, race, creed, or ideology. The first person to receive the award was Philip Johnson. The other Oscar winners are Niemeyer, Zaha Hadid, and Peter Sumter. To be honest, these are just a few, because every person who won the Pritzker Prize has been very important to architecture. We can consider the list of winners a list of the most brilliant creators of this profession.
