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The Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture. The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom. ...


It was first awarded in 1848 to Charles Robert Cockerell and its winners include many of the most well-known architects of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1925), Frank Lloyd Wright (1941) and Le Corbusier (1953). One notable exception was the 1999 award to the city of Barcelona. 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The main entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum. ... Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880—February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959), Master of the Organic Architecture, was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... This article is about the year. ... Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, widely known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887– August 27, 1965), was a French Swiss born architect, famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal Postal code 08001-08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ...


The award is for a body of work, rather than for one building or for an architect who is currently fashionable.


List of recipients

Allianz Arena in Munich. ... Sendai Mediatheque, a building in Sendai designed by Toyo Ito Toyo Ito (伊東豊雄, Itō Toyoo; 1941-) is considered one of the worlds most innovative and influential architects (Designboom). ... 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium West Germany Pavilion at Expo 67, Montreal Canada Multihalle in Mannheim Frei Otto (31 May 1925) is a German architect and research engineer. ... 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. ... The extension to Atocha Railway Station José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born May 9, 1937) is a Spanish architect. ... Archigram was an avant-garde architectural group formed in the 1960s and based at the Architectural Association, London that was futurist, anti-heroic and pro-consumerist, drawing inspiration from technology in order to create a new reality that was solely expressed through hypothetical projects. ... Jean Nouvel (born August 12, 1945) is a French architect. ... 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. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal Postal code 08001-08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... 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. ... 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. ... Harry Seidler (born 1923) is an Austrian-born architect who works in Australia and is considered to be one of the leading architects of the modern movement there and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia. ... Colin Rowe (born 1920 - died November 5, 1999, Arlington County, Virginia, USA) was a British architect, architectural critic and teacher. ... Wellcome Trust building on Euston Road Sir Michael Hopkins CBE (b. ... Sverre Fehn and Giancarlo De Carlo Giancarlo De Carlo was born in Genoa, Italy in 1919 and died in Milan the 4th of June 2005. ... Peter Rice (1935-1992) was an Irish structural engineer. ... Professor Sir Colin Stansfield Smith CBE, (born October 1st 1932, Didsbury, Manchester) is a British architect and academic. ... Aldo van Eyck was born in Driebergen, Holland in 1918. ... The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church in San Giovanni Rotondo. ... 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. ... Ralph Erskine (March 18, 1685 - November 6, 1752), was a Scottish churchman. ... Kyoto Concert Hall Arata Isozaki (磯崎新, Isozaki Arata; born 23 July 1931) is a Japanese architect from Oita Prefecture. ... Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. ... Charles Correa is an Indian architect, Planner, activist, theoretician and a fundamental figure in the world-wide panorama of the contemporary architecture. ... The Armadillo, Sir Norman Fosters Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank OM Kt (born June 1, 1935) is a British architect. ... Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990) was a Russian emigré architect who pioneered modernist design in Britain in the 1930s. ... Sir Philip Henry Manning Dowson (born 1924) is a leading British architect. ... Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University. ... Perhaps the most notable couple in the history of the field of industrial design. ... Jørn Utzon (b April 9, 1918) is a Danish architect. ... Sir Denys Lasdun (8 September 1914-11 January 2001) was an eminent English architect of the 20th century, particularly associated with the Modernist design of the Royal National Theatre on Londons South Bank of the River Thames. ... Sir John Newenham Summerson (1904-1992) was one of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century. ... Busárus: Dublins central bus station Michael Scott (1905-1988) is considered the most important architect of the twentieth century in Ireland. ... Houses and flats by Powell and Moya, Gospel Oak, London Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell (1921- May 5, 2003 in London), usually known as Philip Powell, was a ground-breaking English post-war architect. ... [[Image:Powell and Moya flats and houses Gospel Oak, London. ... Royal Festival Hall viewed from South during the Festival of Britain 1951 Sir John Leslie Martin KBE (born Manchester on 17 August 1908 - died 28 July 1999) was a British Architect. ... Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901 - March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale. ... Robert Matthew (1906 - 1975) was a Scottish architect and a leading proponent of modernism. ... Richard Buckminster Bucky Fuller (July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect, inventor, and writer. ... Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ... Arup is a professional services firm providing engineering, design, planning and project management services for all aspects of the built environment. ... 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. ... Impington Village College Edwin Maxwell Fry, usually known as Maxwell Fry (born 2 August 1899; died 3 September 1987) was an English modernist architect. ... Helsingborg Concert Hall Sven Markelius (born Sven Gottfrid Markelius in 1889) was one of the most important modernist Swedish architects. ... Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian of technology and science. ... Pier Luigi Nervi (June 21, 1891 - January 9, 1979) was an Italian architect and engineer. ... The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. ... Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 — May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer, sometimes called the Father of Modernism in the Nordic countries. ... Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, widely known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887– August 27, 1965), was a French Swiss born architect, famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style. ... George Grey WORNUM. British Architect. ... Emanuel Vincent Harris (June 26, 1876 - August 1, 1971) was an English architect who was most notably responsible for the design of several important public buildings. ... Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873, Rantasalmi, Finland – July 1, 1950, Cranbrook, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. ... St. ... Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., (London, 19 May 1880–3 February 1964) was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century. ... Categories: People stubs | 1879 births | 1957 deaths | British architects ... Mostorg department store, 1928 Viktor Aleksandrovic Vesnin (Russian:Aleksandr Aleksandrovic Vesnin) (born 1882, Yuryevets - died 1950, Moscow), together with his brothers Leonid Aleksandrovic Vesnin and Alexander Aleksandrovic Vesnin he was a leading light of Constructivist architecture. ... Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe was an English architect born 12th December 1883 in Ilkley. ... Sir Charles Herbert Reilly Born London March 4th, 1874 Died London February 2nd, 1948. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959), Master of the Organic Architecture, was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857 - 1941), an English architect and furniture designer, was one of the first people to understand and appreciate the significance of industrial design. ... The Stockholm Concert Hall, 2002 The Stockholm Concert Hall, from a 1926 postcard Ivar Justus Tengbom (7 April 1878 – 1968) was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s. ... Raymond Unwin was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire but grew up in Oxford after his father sold up his business and moved there to study. ... Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960) was an English architect known for his designs of stations on the London Underground railway system. ... Willem Marinus Dudok (1884 Amsterdam - April 6, 1974 Hilversum, the Netherlands), Dutch modernist architect. ... Hendrik Petrus Berlage Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Amsterdam, February 12, 1856 — The Hague August 12, 1934, was a prominent Dutch architect. ... Edwin Cooper (30 November 1915 – 29 October 1968) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played 249 first-class matches for Worcestershire (and one for North of England) between 1936 and 1951. ... Victor Alexandre Frederic Laloux (1850 – 1937) was a French Beaux-Arts architect best remembered for the 1900 stone façade of the Paris Gare dOrsay, now the Musée dOrsay. ... Sir Edward Guy Dawber (Kings Lynn, 1861 - London, 1938) was an English Architect of the Arts and Crafts style. ... Sir Herbert Baker (1862-1946) was the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, 1892-1912. ... Ragnar Östberg (1866-1945) was a Swedish architect who is most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall. ... Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880—February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. ... Sir John James Burnet (1857 - 1938) , son of the architect John Burnet was born in Glasgow. ... Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, KCB (1790 – 1870) was a British artist, innovator, instructor, and distinguished officer of the Royal Navy. ... Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens OM (March 29, 1869 - January 1, 1944), was arguably the greatest British architect of the 20th century (some have said the greatest since Wren, others, simply, the greatest). ... The Central Hotel at Glasgow Central Station Robert Rowand Anderson (1834 – 1921) was an important Scottish Victorian architect. ... Sir Frank Fraser Darling (born Frank Darling, June 23, 1903 - 1979) was an English ecologist, ornithologist, farmer and author. ... Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield (20 December 1856–27 December 1942) was a British architect, garden designer and author. ... Basil Champneys (1842-1935) Champneys was the architect for Newnham College, Cambridge, Manchesters John Rylands Library and Oriel College, Oxfords Rhodes Building. ... Wilhelm Dörpfeld Wilhelm Dörpfeld (or Doerpfeld) (26 December 1853 – 25 April 1940) was a German architect, best known for his contributions to classical archaeology. ... The Bridge of Sighs at Oxford Sir Thomas Graham Jackson RA (1835-1924) was one of the most distinguished architects of his generation. ... For Arthur Evans, the recipient of the Victoria Cross, see Arthur Evans (VC) Sir Arthur John Evans (July 8, 1851 - July 11, 1941), brought into the light of day the civilization he dubbed Minoan, which had been a dim mythic memory. ... John Belcher may refer to: John Belcher (politician) (1905–1964), British Labour Party Member of Parliament 1945–1949 John Belcher, Snr (1817–1890), British architect John Belcher (architect) (1841–1913), architect and writer Category: ... Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (January 8, 1836--June 25, 1912) was a Dutch-born painter of the Victorian era, best known for his sumptuous portrayals of life in the ancient world. ... Sir Aston Webb, portrait by Solomon Joseph Solomon, ca 1906 Sir Aston Webb (May 22, 1849 - August 21, 1930) was an English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Auguste Choisy (1841-1909) was an architectural historian and author of Histoire de lArchitecture. ... Charles Follen McKim, portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston. ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ... Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (January 1 or 2, 1845 or 1846–May 22, 1929), Italian archaeologist, was a pioneering student of ancient Roman topography, and among his many excavations was that of the House of the Vestals in the Roman Forum. ... George Frederick Bodley (1827 - 21 October 1907), English architect working in the Gothic revival style. ... Petrus Josephus Hubertus (Pierre) Cuypers (Roermond, The Netherlands; May 16, 1827 – March 3, 1921) was a Dutch architect. ... James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is a Hollywood producer, writer, and film director. ... Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (December 31, 1830 - January 25, 1896) was an English painter and sculptor. ... Statue of Liberty, Pedestal by Richard Morris Hunt Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827, Brattleboro, Vermont - 1895) preeminent figure in the history of American architecture. ... Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 1829 _30 October 1899), English architect, son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield, was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. ... John Gibson is a common name, shared by: John Gibson (sculptor) (1790-1866) - British sculptor John Gibson (Indiana) - Territorial Secretary of Indiana Territory Sir John Morison Gibson - Attorney-General of Ontario (1899-1904), appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1908. ... Sir Charles Thomas Newton (September 16, 1816–November 28, 1894) was a British archaeologist. ... Theophil Edvard Freiherr von Hansen (original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen) (July 13, 1813 in Copenhagen - February 17, 1891 in Vienna) was a Danish architect. ... Ewan Christian (September 20, 1814 – February 21, 1895) was a British architect. ... Charles Garnier may refer to Saint Charles Garnier, a Jesuit missionary, martyred in Canada in 1649. ... Portrait of Heinrich Schliemann. ... St Mary Brookfield William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900), born in London, architect of the Gothic revival, and associated with the Oxford Movement (aka the Tractarian Movement). ... Francis Cranmer Penrose FRS (29 October 1817 - 15 February 1903) was a British architect, archaeologist and astronomer. ... John Loughborough Pearson (1817-1897) was a 19th century architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. ... The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high Victorian architecture. ... Charles Barry (junior) (1823-1900) was an English architect of the mid-late 19th century, and eldest son of Sir Charles Barry. ... George Edmund Street (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), English architect, was born at Woodford in Essex. ... James Fergusson (22 January 1808-9 January 1886), a Scottish writer on architecture, was born at Ayr. ... Karl Richard Lepsius 1810 – 1884 Karl (or Carl) Richard Lepsius (December 23, 1810 – July 10, 1884) was a pioneering Prussian Egyptologist and linguist and pioneer of modern archaeology. ... The Right Honourable Sir Austen Henry Layard (5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was a British author and diplomatist, best known as the excavator of Nineveh. ... Félix Marie Charles Texier (born 1802 in Versailles, died 1871 in Paris) was a French historian, traveller and archaeologist. ... Sir (Matthew) Digby Wyatt (1820 – 1877) was a British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge. ... Sir James Pennethorne (June 4, 1801 – 1871) was a notable 19th century English architect and planner, particularly associated with buildings and parks in central London. ... Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (Paris, January 27, 1814 - Lausanne 1879) was a French architect, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. ... Categories: Stub | 1799 births | 1881 deaths ... Robert Willis was a scientist in the early 19th century who first set the scientific study of vowels on a respectable foundation. ... Sydney Smirke (born 1798; died 1877) was a British architect during the 19th century. ... The chapel of St Johns College, Cambridge is characteristic of Scotts many church designs Sir George Gilbert Scott (July 13, 1811 – March 27, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses. ... Owen Jones may refer to: Owen Jones (antiquary) (1741-1814), Welsh antiquary. ... William Tite (1798-1873) was a British architect. ... Jacques Ignace Hittorff (August 20, 1792 - March 25, 1867), French architect, was born at Cologne. ... Philip Hardwick (1792-1870) was an eminent English architect (son of architect Thomas Hardwick (junior) (1752-1829), and grandson of Thomas Hardwick Senior (1725-1798)). He is particularly associated with transport-related buildings (eg: railway stations, warehouses) in London and elsewhere. ... Sir Robert Smirke (1781-18 April 1867) was a leading 19th century British architect. ... Ruhmeshalle in Munich Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze, February 29, 1784 - January 27, 1864) - German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. ... Thomas Leverton Donaldson (1795-1885) was a prominent English architect during the 19th century. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, Barrys most famous building. ... Luigi Canina (1795–1856) was an Italian archaeologist and architect. ... The main entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum. ...

References

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External links

  • RIBA page on Royal Gold Medal
  • list of medal winners (PDF)

 

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