The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor a living architect. For the inventor of Celluloid, see John Wesley Hyatt. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...

Created in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and run by the Pritzker family, it is considered the world's premier architecture prize. The prize is meant to take into account architecture of good quality being built around the world. Thus the winner competes with other good architects on an international level. For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Pritzker School of Medicine Jay Pritzker, founder of Hyatt & philanthropist Linda Pritzker Nicholas Pritzker, Ukrainian immigrant and father of the family of Pritzker Robert Pritzker Thomas Pritzker Liesel Pritzer, actress Pritzker Prize Pritzker Architecture Prize This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Part of the criteria in this prize is the innovative quality and finess of architectural thought given to accomplish such architectural work. Contributions to the integration of good use of construction technology is also a factor.

The winner receives $100,000, but more important is the industry-wide fame and subsequent interest from building developers. The Pritzker is sometimes referred to as "the Nobel Prize of Architecture". The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awards in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine and Economics. ...

A complete list of winners:

• 1979 Philip Johnson of the United States (1906 - 2005)

• 1980 Luis Barragán of Mexico (1902 - 1988)

• 1981 James Stirling of the United Kingdom (1924 - 1992)

• 1982 Kevin Roche of the United States and Ireland

• 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei of the United States (Chinese born)

• 1984 Richard Meier of the United States

• 1985 Hans Hollein of Austria

• 1986 Gottfried Böhm of Germany

• 1987 Kenzo Tange of Japan (1913-2005)

• 1988 Gordon Bunshaft of the United States (1909 - 1990) and Oscar Niemeyer of Brazil

• 1989 Frank Gehry of the United States (Canadian born)

• 1990 Aldo Rossi of Italy (1931 - 1997)

• 1991 Robert Venturi of the United States

• 1992 Alvaro Siza of Portugal

• 1993 Fumihiko Maki of Japan

• 1994 Christian de Portzamparc of France

• 1995 Tadao Ando of Japan

• 1996 Rafael Moneo of Spain

• 1997 Sverre Fehn of Norway

• 1998 Renzo Piano of Italy

• 1999 Sir Norman Foster of the United Kingdom

• 2000 Rem Koolhaas of The Netherlands

• 2001 Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Switzerland

• 2002 Glenn Murcutt of Australia

• 2003 Jørn Utzon of Denmark

• 2004 Zaha Hadid of Iraq and the United Kingdom

• 2005 Thom Mayne of the United States

• 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha of Brazil

• 2007 Richard Rogers of the United Kingdom

For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Luis Barragán (Guadalajara, March 9, 1902 - Mexico City, November 22, 1988) is considered the most important Mexican architect of the 20th century. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kevin Roche (b. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Louvre Pyramid, Paris Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘; Pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; b. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is a late twentieth century American architect known for his use of the purist white. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hans Hollein, (March 30, 1934 in Vienna - ) is an Austrian architect Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in [[Vienna in 1956, then in the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of Calfornia in 1960. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gottfried Böhms 1968 Iglesia Youth Center Library, Cologne Gottfried Böhm (or Gottfried Boehm) is a contemporary German architect. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenzo Tange (丹下健三, Tange Kenzō; September 4, 1913 - March 22, 2005) was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909–August 6, 1990) was a 20th century architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Owen Gehry, (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg in Toronto, Ontario on February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Aldo Rossi, (May 3, 1931- September 4, 1997 Milan, Italy) was an Italian architect. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 -) is an award winning American architect. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, (born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos), who signs as Álvaro Siza Vieira (pron. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Spiral house in Tokyo Fumihiko Maki (槇文彦, Maki Fumihiko) is a Japanese architect born in Tokyo on September 6, 1928. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Cité de la musique building in Paris Christian de Portzamparc (born May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French architect and urbanist. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The famous Church of the Light in Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, Japan The Westin Awaji Island designed by Ando Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄, Andō Tadao, born September 13, 1941 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture is sometimes categorised as Critical Regionalism. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The extension to Atocha Railway Station José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born May 9, 1937) is a Spanish architect. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sverre Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Norway, on August 14, 1924. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church in San Giovanni Rotondo. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The restored Reichstag in Berlin, housing the German parliament. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seattle Central Library, designed by OMA Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Allianz Arena in Munich. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Glenn Murcutt (born 25 July 1936, London, England) is an Australian Architect. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jørn Utzon (April 9, 1918-) is a Danish architect best known for his groundbreaking design for the Sydney Opera House. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zaha Hadid Portrait Interior of Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck BMW Central Building, Leipzig Vitra fire station, Weil am Rhein, Germany Zaha Hadid (Arabic: زها حديد) CBE (born October 31, 1950, Baghdad, Iraq) is a notable Iraqi-British deconstructivist architect. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thom Mayne (image courtesy Morphosis Thom Mayne (b. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928 - ) is a Brazilian architect. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... It has been suggested that Richard Rogers Partnership be merged into this article or section. ...

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Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... This is a list of architecture prizes // Major international prizes AIA Gold Medal Pritzker Prize RIBA Royal Gold Medal (first awarded 1848) International prizes Aga Khan Award for Architecture (for Islamic architecture) Emporis Skyscraper Award European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture National prizes UK RIAS...

External link

• Pritzker Prize Official Site