Architecture

Pritzker Architecture Prize: winners and how it is awarded

The Pritzker Architecture Prize was established in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and Cindy Pritzker through the Hyatt Foundation. It honours a living architect or architects whose built work has made significant contributions to humanity and the built environment.²

How the winner is chosen

An independent jury of internationally respected professionals from several disciplines selects the laureate. The prize organisers say the jury works confidentially and free from external influence. The prize honours living architects, and nominations are made through a separate nomination process described on the prize website.

Winners

1. 2026Smiljan Radić Clarke¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
2. 2025Liu Jiakun¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
3. 2024Riken Yamamoto¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
4. 2023Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
5. 2022Diébédo Francis Kéré¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
6. 2021Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
7. 2020Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
8. 2019Arata Isozaki¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
9. 2018Balkrishna Doshi¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
10. 2017Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
11. 2016Alejandro Aravena¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
12. 2015Frei Otto¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
13. 2014Shigeru Ban¹Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate

Notable facts

Sources

1. The Pritzker Architecture Prize, Laureates (27 October 2026)
2. The Pritzker Architecture Prize, About the Prize (27 October 2026)