Royal Collections Museum The FAD Award for Architecture in 2017 went to the Royal Collections Museum in Madrid, by Mansilla + Tuñón. According to the jury, chaired by Belén Moneo, it “masterfully delivers an architecture which is timeless and sedate,
Batlle i Roig / Rafael de La-Hoz Created in 1981, the Spanish Association of Architecture Institutes gives its Gold Medal to people or institutions that have contributed significantly to the defense of the interests of architecture, or to architects
Museo de Colecciones Reales / Palacio de Congresos de Palma Since 1993, the CSCAE (Spanish Association of Architecture Institutes) bestows the National Award for Architecture to singular works that entail an innovative contribution and are paradigmat
Martínez Lapeña y Torres Since 1932 the Spanish Government has given the National Award for Architecture, which has gone through many ups and downs and changes of direction over the years, but which is still the most prestigious award in Spai
Francis Kéré Since 1997, the awards of the Prince Claus Foundation, based in the Netherlands, are presented annually to individuals or organizations whose cultural actions have a positive impact on culture and development, highlighting significant ac
Toyo Ito Founded in 1961, the Gold Medal of the UIA (International Union of Architects) honors “professionals whose qualities, talents, and actions have had an international impact on the diverse sectors of architectural practice”. It is a gene
Spanish Pavilion The Spanish Pavilion – curated by Iñaqui Carnicero and Carlos Quintáns – won the Golden Lion for national exhibitions. With much economy of means, the curators not only managed to reinforce the general theme of Aravena’s Biennale (wi
Eight works The 2016 FAD Award winner in the architecture category went to Arquipélago, a contemporary art center located in São Miguel Island in the Azores, where the firm Menos é Mais Arquitectos has built a severe but harmonious complex out of an
Rafael Moneo Born in Tudela in 1937, Rafael Moneo now holds Spain’s National Award for Architecture, a yearly honor bestowed by the country’s Public Works Ministry in admiration of professionals who have contributed in an extraordinary way to the enr
Antonio Almagro The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports presented the National Award for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Goods, with a prize of 30.000 euros, to Antonio Almagra Gorbea, a referent “for the innovative character of his wo
The Place for Memory With the idea of promoting gravitational balance in architectural production, tilted mainly towards Europe and Asia, the network of Latin American Architecture Biennials (Redbaal) instituted in 2016 the Oscar Niemeyer Prize. Ever
Alejandro Aravena The same year he directed the 13th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia under the title ‘Reporting from the Front,’ the Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena was also presented with the Pritzker Prize, an awa
Paulo Mendes da Rocha The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association give yearly since 1989 the Praemium Imperiale to five artists in the categories of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Cinema or Theater. In 2016 the awards – e
Cap de Creus Spearheaded by Martí Franch and Ton Ardèvol, the restoration of the Tudela-Cap de Creus site was the winner of the Rosa Barba European Landscape Prize at the 7th European Biennial of Landscape Architecture. In the jury’s opinion, this wo
Javier Carvajal Created to acknowledge “individuals and institutions that enhance and ennoble architectural activity”, the Gold Medal of the Council of Spanish Architectural Associations for 2012 went to Javier Carvajal. Born in Barcelona in the year
Rafael Moneo For being “a recognized master in the academic and professional fields” and for the “universal nature” of buildings that, in the words of the jury that included Frank Gehry and Philippe Starck, “enrich urban spaces with a serene and come
Laboratorios Sainsbury For the Sainsbury Laboratory building, Stanton Williams was declared the 2012 winner of the Stirling Prize, an award for the architect of the each year’s best new building in the United Kingdom. It was the first time for its au
Michael Graves Michael Graves won the 2012 Richard H. Driehaus Prize, a US$200,000 award that the University of Notre Dame has been giving yearly since 2003 as recognition of excellence in classical architecture and traditional urban planning. In the
Juan Navarro Baldeweg Along with the Argentine César Naselli, Juan Navarro Baldeweg won the Career Trajectory Award at the 8th Iberian-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial, held in 2012 in the Spanish city of Cádiz. Previously conferred on pro
Álvaro Siza The jury of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, composed of Wiel Arets (chairman), Robert Stern, Benedetta Tagliabue, Alan Yentob and Kristin Freiress, conferred the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Álvaro Siza Vieira. The traje
Steven Holl The 1947-born Steven Holl was the 2012 recipient of the AIA Gold Medal, the most important award that the American Institute of Architects bestows yearly to distinguish the work of professionals who have had an influence on architectural
Wang Shu The artisanal nature of his buildings and a search for balance between tradition and modernity in the context of contemporary China’s fast-paced growth were the reasons laid down by the jury of the Hyatt Foundation (whose members inclu
Henning Larsen The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association have every year since 1989 been awarding the Praemium Imperiale, endowed with 15 million Yen (132,000 euros), to five artists in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and ci
