Pritzker Prize is known as the Nobel Prize in architecture. It was initiated by Jay Pritzker and his wife Cindy on 1979 and sponsored by Hyatt Foundation as an award for architects.
Every year, more than 500 architects engaged in architectural design are nominated, and a jury composed of well-known architects and scholars from all over the world judges an individual or a combination in recognition of their wisdom, insight and dedication in architectural design creation, as well as their outstanding contributions to human beings and the artificial environment through architectural art, which is known as the "Nobel Prize in the field of architecture".
20 18 On March 7th, Indian architect Ba Krishna Dorsey won the 40th Pritzker Architecture Award.
2. "Gold nugget award"
The "Golden Bullet Award" is the Oscar of architecture. The "Golden Bullet Award" organized by PCBC (Pacific Architecture Association) is the annual top event in the real estate industry. This is the biggest award in the current world architectural art awards, and it is known as the "Oscar" in the global architectural world. Like "Oscar", the gold nugget award is not a commercial award.
The annual "Golden Bullet Award" is awarded to developers and designers who have made outstanding achievements in architectural design and land planning in global residential, commercial and industrial projects.
3. International Architecture Award
The International Architecture Award was founded by the Belgian National Housing Association on 1957. It aims to reward people who have made outstanding contributions in the field of residential design. The winning candidate must be a professional architect and a national of a European member state. The award-winning building must also be in a European member state, which is of great significance to promoting the architectural development of European countries.
4. Akahan Architecture Award
The Akahan Architecture Award is one of the most influential architectural awards in the world. Founded by Akahan IV on 1977, it is selected every three years. In recent years, the vision of the Akahan Architecture Award has expanded from the Islamic world to the whole world, focusing on all architectural works that transform and improve the quality of the built environment.
5. Asian Architecture Association Architecture Award
The Acacia Architecture Award of the Regional Committee of Architects is the highest architectural design award in the field of architecture in Asia.
The establishment of the Asian Architecture Award of the Architects' Regional Council aims to encourage and commend outstanding Asian architecture, so as to encourage the inheritance of Asian spirit, promote the improvement of the architectural environment and enhance the role of architecture and architects in the social, economic and cultural development of Asian countries.
Expansion: Toyo Ito Pritzker Architecture Award