The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded by the Hyatt Foundation, the prize may be awarded only to a living architect . The price is created by Jay A. Pritzker in 1979 and supported by the Pritzker family.
The winner receives $ 100,000. The Pritzker Prize is considered the Nobel Prize of architecture.
In 2000 , the Dutch architect won Rem Koolhaas this price.
Winners of the Pritzker Prize [ edit ][]
- 1979 Philip Johnson - United States
- 1980 Luis Barragán - Mexico
- 1981 James Stirling - United Kingdom
- 1982 Kevin Roche - United States
- 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei - United States
- 1984 Richard Meier - United States
- 1985 Hans Hollein - Austria
- 1986 Gottfried Böhm - Germany
- 1987 Kenzo Tange - Japan
- 1988 Gordon Bunshaft and Oscar Niemeyer - United States and Brazil
- 1989 Frank Gehry - Canada
- 1990 Aldo Rossi - Italy
- 1991 Robert Venturi - United States
- 1992 Álvaro Siza - Portugal
- 1993 Fumihiko Maki - Japan
- 1994 Christian de Portzamparc - France
- 1995 Tadao Ando - Japan
- 1996 Rafael Moneo - Spain
- 1997 Sverre Fehn - Norway
- 1998 Renzo Piano - Italy
- 1999 Sir Norman Foster - United Kingdom
- 2000 Rem Koolhaas - Netherlands
- 2001 Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron - Switzerland
- 2002 Glenn Murcutt - Australia
- 2003 Jørn Utzon - Denmark
- 2004 Zaha Hadid - Iraq and United Kingdom
- 2005 Thom Mayne - United States
- 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha - Brazil
- 2007 Richard Rogers - United Kingdom
- 2008 Jean Nouvel - France
- 2009 Peter Zumthor - Switzerland
- 2010 Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa - Japan
- 2011 Eduardo Souto de Moura - Portugal
- 2012 Wang Shu - PRC
- 2013 Toyo Ito - Japan
- 2014 Shigeru Ban - Japan