GOLD MEDAL AND UIA PRIZES UIA Gold Medal

1984 Hassan Fathy Egypt 1987 Reima Pietila Finland 1990 Charles Correa India 1993 Fumihiko Maki Japan 1996 Rafael Moneo Spain 1999 Ricardo Legoretta Vilchis Mexico 2002 Renzo Piano Italy 2005 Tadao Ando Japan 2008 Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon Mexico UIA Prizes Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize Auguste Perret Prize Jean Tschumi Prize Sir Robert Matthew Prize • 1961 Town-Planning • 1961 F. Candela (Mexico) and • 1967 J. P. Vouga (Switzerland) • 1978 J. F. C. Turner (U.K.) Department of the city of two joint Honorary Mentions - one • 1969 ex-aequo: I. Nikolaev • 1981 H. Fathy (Egypt); Hon. Stockholm (S. Markelius and to the Architect's Office of the (USSR); P. Ramirez Vazquez mentions to R. Hackney (United G. Sidonblahd - Sweden) British Ministry of Education and (Mexico) Kingdom) and H.-W.Hamer (FRG) • 1963 G. Dioxiadis (Greece) the other to the architects of the • 1972 J. B. Vilanova Artigas • 1984 C. Correa (India) • 1965 ex-aequo: Buchanan and Study Office of Industrial and (Brazil) • 1987 Housing Reconstruction team (United Kingdom); T. Farkas Agricultural Buildings of Hungary. • 1975 R. Banham (U.K.) Programme in Mexico City and team (Hungary) • 1963 ex-aequo: K. Mayekawa • 1978 Rector and Faculty of • 1990 Architectural • 1967 G. de Carlo (Italy) (Japan); J. Prouvé (France) Architecture of the University of Department of the Singapore • 1969 H. Bennet and team • 1965 H. Sharoun (FRG); Hon. Lima (Peru) Housing & Development Board (United Kingdom); Hon. mention to Mention to H. and K. Siren • 1981 N. Quarry (Australia); (Singapore) B. Terry (Peru) (Finland) Hon. Mentions to J. Glusberg • 1993 L. Baker (U.K.) • 1972 Experimentation, • 1967 F. Otto and R. Gutbrod (Argentina) and T. Barucki (Poland) • 1996 G. de Carlo (Italy); Hon. Research and Training Centre (FRG) • 1984 J. Posener (R.F.A.) Mention to the "Oberste (Morocco) • 1969 K. Hubacek • 1987 ex-aequo: C. Norberg- Baubehörde" team, led by • 1975 I. Bronislavovitch Orlov (Czechoslavakia) Schultz (Norway); A. L. Huxtable B. Brugger and J. Nussberger and N. Ivanovitch Simonov • 1972 E. Pinez Pinero (Spain) (USA) (FRG) (USSR) • 1975 A. C. Erickson and team • 1990 E. F. Sekler (Austria) • 1999 M. Treberspurg (Austria); • 1978 Louvain-La-Neuve (Canada); Hon. Mention to • 1993 E. Kumchew Lye Hon. mention to the Development (Belgium) J. Cardoso (Brazil) (Malaysia); Hon. mentions to & Construction Bureau of the • 1981 The architects of • 1978 ex-aequo: Atelier D. Sharp (U.K.) and C. Parent Hong Kong Housing Board (Hong Warsaw (Poland) for the recons- K. Kikutake (Japan); Atelier Piano (France). Kong) truction of their capital city; Hon. & Rogers (Italy, United Kingdom) • 1996 ex-aequo: P. Cook • 2002 ex-aequo : J. Kilcullen mention to M. Balderiotte and team • 1981 G. Behnisch (FRG); Hon. (United-Kingdom); L. Wu (China); (Ireland) - J. Lerner (Brazil) • 1984 H. Blumenfeld (Canada) Mention to J. Rougerie (France) Hon. mentions to T. Nakamura Mention : Kooperation GdW-BDA- and L. Costa (Brazil) • 1984 J. B. Vilanova Artigas (Japan) and "COMEX" (Mexico) (for DST (Germany) • 1987 Regional/Urban Design (Brazil) a collection on Mexican architectu- • 2005 ex-aequo :Stefan Foster Assistance Team (R/UDAT) of the • 1987 S. Calatrava (Spain); re co-ordinated by (Germany) and Xiaodong Wang AIA (USA); Hon. Mentions to Hon. Mention to C. Testa E. Alva Martinez) (China) E. Leira (Spain) and L. (Argentina) • 1999 J. Pallasmaa (Finland); • 2008 Mention: Government of Bortenreuter, K. Griebel, H.G. Tiedt • 1990 A. Fainsilber (France) Hon. mention to J. Taylor Catalonia for the reconversion of the inner • 1993 KHR As arkitekter (Australia). city of Gera (GDR) (Denmark) • 2002 M.Tainha (Portugal) - • 1990 E.. N. Bacon (U.S.A.) • 1996 T. Herzog (FRG) E. Zenghelis (Greece) • 1993 J. Gehl (Denmark) • 1999 K.Yeang (Malaysia) Mention : Authors of the Serie • 1996 J. Gil Elizondo • 2002 Sir Norman Foster (U.K) World Architecture-A critical (Xochimilco Programme) (Mexico) • 2005 Werner Sobek, Mosaïc (P. R. of China) • 1999 K. Ganser (Germany); (Germany) • 2005 exaequo : Quaderns Hon. mention to Shenzhen Urban • 2008 Françoise-Hélène Jourda (Spain) and Peter Davey(U.K) ; Planning & Land Administration (France) Hon. mention : Selim Khan Bureau (P.R. China). Magomedov (Russia) •2002 Group 91 Architects • 2008 ex-aequo: Luca Molinari (Ireland) (Italy) & Escola Sert - COAC • 2005 Nuno Portas (Portugal). (Spain) Hon.Mention Hermann Sträb (Germany) • 2008 ex-aequo: Sir Peter Hall (United Kingdom) & Mahmoud Yousry Hassan (Egypt) Introduction To encourage merit, talent and activities of international importan- In tribute to the memory of the first Presidents of the Union, four ce, the International Union of Architects - U.I.A. awards a number other prizes are awarded for planning, technology, education and of prizes every three years, which are presented during the UIA human settlements. World Congress. In principle, the international jury awards, once every three years, The most prestigious of the prizes, entitled the UIA Gold Medal one: for outstanding architectural achievement, which takes preceden- • Gold Medal ce over the other four UIA Prizes, was created by the U.I.A. • Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize Council in 1984. • Auguste Perret Prize • Jean Tschumi Prize The prize itself is a solid gold medal on which the words UIA Gold • Sir Robert Matthew Prize Medal, the date and the name of the winner are engraved. It is awarded for outstanding architectural achievement by an architect The jury may however decide against awarding a Prize or, or group of architects, taking into account all aspects of the exceptionally, choose to award ex-aequo Prizes and/or honorable architecture of several buildings constructed over a period of time. mentions. The Gold Medal was awarded for the first time during the XV UIA Congress in Cairo (Egypt), in 1985.

Regulations UIA Gold Medal UIA Prizes The UIA Gold Medal is the ce with these regulations and 50 years after their creation, the NOMINATIONS highest honour which the the time schedule decided UIA Prizes are now established International Union of upon by the General Secretariat as premier international prizes Only Member Sections of the Architects can bestow on a for architects and town plan- UIA may make nominations for living architect. It is awarded in ners. These four prizes, awar- NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS the UIA Prizes. Nominations recognition of outstanding ded every three years during shall be submitted in accordan- achievement in the field of A nomination for the UIA Gold the UIA World Congress by an ce with these regulations and architecture and for distinguis- Medal shall be presented using international jury, are: the time schedule set by the hed service to man and society the template provided for this General Secretariat. through the architectural profes- purpose and shall include a • The UIA Prize for Town- sion, over an extended period short CV and a digital portrait of Planning or Territorial of time. the candidate, the Section’s rea- Development, in memory of Sir NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS sons for making this nomination Patrick Abercrombie, the first The UIA Gold Medal is awarded with a resumé of the the archi- President of the U.I.A. Nominations for the various pri- once every three years at the tect’s work and illustrated by up zes shall be presented using UIA World Congress. It is not to 10 photographs. • The UIA Prize for Applied the template provided for this mandatory that the Gold Medal Candidatures presented in any Technology in Architecture, in purpose and shall include a be awarded at each congress if, other form than that idicated memory of Auguste Perret, for- short CV and a digital portrait of in the opinion of the jury, there above will not be admitted. All mer Honorary President of the the candidate, the Section’s rea- is no nominee sufficiently quali- documents shall be submitted U.I.A. sons for making this nomination fied for the award. in one of the two UIA working with a resumé of the the archi- languages, French and English. • The UIA Prize for Architectural tect’s work with up to 10 photo- ELIGIBILITY Criticism or Architectural graphs illustrating this. Education, in memory of Jean Candidatures presented in any Any living architect in the world, SELECTION Tschumi, former President of other format will not be admit- as well as any firm or group of the U.I.A. ted. All documents shall be individual architects, is eligible The UIA Gold Medal will be submitted in one of the two for the Gold Medal if all the cri- awarded by a jury of distinguis- • The UIA Prize for the UIA working languages, French teria are met with. The achieve- hed architects from around the Improvement of the Quality of and English. ments of a firm or group must world. The jury shall consist of Human Settlements, in memo- be as a collaborative effort over no less than 5 and no more ry of Sir Robert Matthew, for- an extended period of time, than 7 members and shall be mer President of the U.I.A SELECTION with the same individuals as selected by the Council. No leaders of the group. However, more than one juror from any The UIA Prizes will be awarded nominations will not normally nation will be selected, and ELIGIBILITY by a jury of distinguished archi- be considered unless the indivi- each Region of the Union will Nominations shall be presented tects from around the world. dual, firm or group concerned be represented. by UIA Member Sections, it The jury shall consist of no less has already received a major being understood that a Section than 5 and no more than 7 architectural award. The candidate selected for the may propose candidates of any members and shall be selected award must receive an affirma- nationality or place of residence by the U.I.A. Council. No more tive vote from at least two- on condition that the candidate NOMINATIONS than one juror from any nation thirds of the jury. is not only academically quali- will be selected, and each Only UIA Member Sections fied as an architect but is also Region of the UIA will be repre- may make nominations for the licenced or registered to practi- sented. Gold Medal. Each Member ce the profession in his or her Section may make only one country of residence. nomination. This nomination shall be submitted in accordan-

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