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The 'Pritzker Architecture Prize' is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor a living architect.
Created in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and run by the Pritzker family, it is considered the world's premier architecture prize. The prize is meant to take into account architecture of good quality being built around the world. Thus the winner competes with other good architects on an international level.
Part of the criteria in this prize is the innovative quality and finess of architectural thought given to accomplish such architectural work. Contributions to the integration of good use of construction technology is also a factor.
The winner receives $100,000, but more important is the industry-wide fame and subsequent interest from building developers. The Pritzker is sometimes referred to as "the Nobel Prize of Architecture".
A complete list of winners:

★ 1979 Philip Johnson of the United States (1906 - 2005)

★ 1980 Luis Barragán of Mexico (1902 - 1988)

★ 1981 James Stirling of the United Kingdom (1924 - 1992)

★ 1982 Kevin Roche of the United States and Ireland

★ 1983 Ieoh Ming Pei of the United States (Chinese born)

★ 1984 Richard Meier of the United States

★ 1985 Hans Hollein of Austria

★ 1986 Gottfried Böhm of Germany

★ 1987 Kenzo Tange of Japan (1913-2005)

★ 1988 Gordon Bunshaft of the United States (1909 - 1990) and Oscar Niemeyer of Brazil

★ 1989 Frank Gehry of the United States (Canadian born)

★ 1990 Aldo Rossi of Italy (1931 - 1997)

★ 1991 Robert Venturi of the United States

★ 1992 Alvaro Siza of Portugal

★ 1993 Fumihiko Maki of Japan

★ 1994 Christian de Portzamparc of France

★ 1995 Tadao Ando of Japan

★ 1996 Rafael Moneo of Spain

★ 1997 Sverre Fehn of Norway

★ 1998 Renzo Piano of Italy

★ 1999 Sir Norman Foster of the United Kingdom

★ 2000 Rem Koolhaas of The Netherlands

★ 2001 Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Switzerland

★ 2002 Glenn Murcutt of Australia

★ 2003 Jørn Utzon of Denmark

★ 2004 Zaha Hadid of Iraq and the United Kingdom

★ 2005 Thom Mayne of the United States

★ 2006 Paulo Mendes da Rocha of Brazil

★ 2007 Richard Rogers of the United Kingdom

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External links

See also

★ List of architecture prizes

External links

★ Pritzker Prize Official Site