The Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the highest distinction that can be given to a professional in the field in the United Kingdom, went to David Adjaye, one of the leading African architects in the international scene. Born

Grafton Architects  The Gold Medal of the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) is the maximum distinction that can be given to a professional in the field in the United Kingdom, and it went to Grafton Architects, the office led by Yvonne

Inheritors of the very best of British brutalism tradition, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (Grafton Architects) are known for constructions with a strong social component and a powerful structural imprint where enormous spans and unfaced reinfor

In the 1970s, technocratic modernity found in the UK a fertile field that bore fruit in the form, already as high-tech, of works by stars like Foster and Rogers, but also by an outstanding cast of supporting actors, among whom the most gifted was per

Neave Brown The Gold Medal of the RIBA (The Royal Institute of British Architects) is the maximum distinction that can be awarded in the United Kingdom to a professional in the field, and in the latest edition it went to the American architect and ar

Zaha Hadid Just a few months after her death, Zaha Hadid was awarded the Gold Medal that the Royal Institute of British Architects confers annually on a professional whose work has had a significant influence on the advancement and dissemination of a

Soon after landing the Golden Lion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale and the Praemium Imperiale of Japan (see Arquitectura Viva 185 and 188), Paulo Mendes da Rocha has for 2017 won a no less prestigious award, the RIBA Gold Medal, given yearly

ODonnell + Tuomey The Irish firm established by Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey received the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), an award that is presented yearly, since 1848, in recognition of the career of professionals

The Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid is the new winner of the gold medal that the Royal Institute of British Architects confers annually on a professional whose work has had a significant influence on the advancement and dissemination of architectu

Joseph Rykwert The architecture historian and theorist Joseph Rykwert received the Gold Medal that, since 1848, the Royal Institute of British Architects gives yearly in recognition of the career of professionals who have had a meaningful influence i

The Irish partners Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey have received the RIBA Gold Medal, one of the most prestigious of architectural prizes. Given yearly since 1848 by the Royal Institute of British Architects, in representation of the British monar