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

Created in 1961, the Gold Medal of the International Union of Architects (UIA) seeks to “honour professionals whose qualities, talents, and actions have had an international impact on the diverse sectors of architectural practice.” This sounds rathe

The World Congress that the International Union of Architects (UIA) recently held in the city of Durban centered on the role of architecture in the African continent, but was marked by this year’s recipient of the institution’s Gold Medal, the almost

Álvaro Siza The maximum recognition of the UIA – the Gold Medal – has gone in 2011 to Álvaro Siza. Aside from Siza, in its triennial prizes the UIA has also awarded the American Kenneth Frampton and the Mexican Louise Noelle Gras, ex-aequo winners of

Teodoro González de León Since 1984 and every three years, the UIA (International Union of Architects) awards its Gold Medal to one architect, highlighting a lifetime of work devoted to architecture conceived as a social and artistic tool. In the 23r

Reunida en Turín para su XXIII Congreso, la Unión Internacional de Arquitectos (UIA) entregó la medalla de oro al mexicano Teodoro González de León, en reconocimiento a toda su trayectoria. Sus edificios cuentan con un vocabulario experimental y un e

Renzo Piano Awarded by the International Union of Architects within the context of their triennial congresses, this year’s medal has gone to the Italian architect Renzo Piano, who holds, among other prizes, the Auguste Perret (1978), the RIBA’s Gold

Ricardo Legorreta In the context of its last congress, held in Beijing, the International Union of Architects laureled the Mexican Ricardo Legorreta with its gold medal, a distinction that has since 1984 singled out 'service to man and society throug