Every Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate (1979–2025)
The top 3 according to 462 votes from people: Luis Barragán (1980) · Philip Johnson (1979) · James Stirling (1981). (Updated Aug 16, 2025.)
The Pritzker, often called the "Nobel of architecture", has been awarded since 1979 to a living architect (or team). From Philip Johnson to Liu Jiakun in 2025, by way of Luis Barragán, Zaha Hadid, Rafael Moneo, RCR Arquitectes and Alejandro Aravena: every laureate with their country. Japan, with eight prizes, is among the countries with the most laureates.
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Top 47
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Luis Barragán (1980)
Pritzker Prize 1980. Country: Mexico.
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Philip Johnson (1979)
Pritzker Prize 1979. Country: United States. The first laureate.
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3
James Stirling (1981)
Pritzker Prize 1981. Country: United Kingdom.
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4
Gottfried Böhm (1986)
Pritzker Prize 1986. Country: Germany.
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5
I. M. Pei (1983)
Pritzker Prize 1983. Country: United States.
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Kevin Roche (1982)
Pritzker Prize 1982. Country: Ireland / United States.
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7
Oscar Niemeyer and Gordon Bunshaft (1988)
Pritzker Prize 1988. Country: Brazil / United States.
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8
Robert Venturi (1991)
Pritzker Prize 1991. Country: United States.
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Richard Meier (1984)
Pritzker Prize 1984. Country: United States.
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10
Álvaro Siza Vieira (1992)
Pritzker Prize 1992. Country: Portugal.
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11
Christian de Portzamparc (1994)
Pritzker Prize 1994. Country: France.
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12
Hans Hollein (1985)
Pritzker Prize 1985. Country: Austria.
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13
Fumihiko Maki (1993)
Pritzker Prize 1993. Country: Japan.
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14
Richard Rogers (2007)
Pritzker Prize 2007. Country: Italy / United Kingdom.
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15
Frank Gehry (1989)
Pritzker Prize 1989. Country: Canada / United States.
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16
Glenn Murcutt (2002)
Pritzker Prize 2002. Country: Australia.
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Zaha Hadid (2004)
Pritzker Prize 2004. Country: Iraq / United Kingdom. The first woman to win it.
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18
Kenzō Tange (1987)
Pritzker Prize 1987. Country: Japan.
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19
Renzo Piano (1998)
Pritzker Prize 1998. Country: Italy.
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Rafael Moneo (1996)
Pritzker Prize 1996. Country: Spain.
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21
Rem Koolhaas (2000)
Pritzker Prize 2000. Country: Netherlands.
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22
Peter Zumthor (2009)
Pritzker Prize 2009. Country: Switzerland.
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23
Toyo Ito (2013)
Pritzker Prize 2013. Country: Japan.
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24
Sverre Fehn (1997)
Pritzker Prize 1997. Country: Norway.
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25
Thom Mayne (2005)
Pritzker Prize 2005. Country: United States.
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Arata Isozaki (2019)
Pritzker Prize 2019. Country: Japan.
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Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal (2021)
Pritzker Prize 2021. Country: France.
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David Chipperfield (2023)
Pritzker Prize 2023. Country: United Kingdom.
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Aldo Rossi (1990)
Pritzker Prize 1990. Country: Italy.
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Tadao Ando (1995)
Pritzker Prize 1995. Country: Japan.
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Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (2001)
Pritzker Prize 2001. Country: Switzerland.
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Liu Jiakun (2025)
Pritzker Prize 2025. Country: China.
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Riken Yamamoto (2024)
Pritzker Prize 2024. Country: Japan.
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34
Norman Foster (1999)
Pritzker Prize 1999. Country: United Kingdom.
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Jørn Utzon (2003)
Pritzker Prize 2003. Country: Denmark.
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36
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) (2010)
Pritzker Prize 2010. Country: Japan.
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B. V. Doshi (2018)
Pritzker Prize 2018. Country: India.
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha (2006)
Pritzker Prize 2006. Country: Brazil.
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Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta (RCR Arquitectes) (2017)
Pritzker Prize 2017. Country: Spain. A practice from Olot (Girona); Spain's second win after Rafael Moneo.
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Jean Nouvel (2008)
Pritzker Prize 2008. Country: France.
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Wang Shu (2012)
Pritzker Prize 2012. Country: China.
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Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (Grafton Architects) (2020)
Pritzker Prize 2020. Country: Ireland.
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Diébédo Francis Kéré (2022)
Pritzker Prize 2022. Country: Burkina Faso / Germany. The first African laureate.
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Frei Otto (2015)
Pritzker Prize 2015. Country: Germany.
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Eduardo Souto de Moura (2011)
Pritzker Prize 2011. Country: Portugal.
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Alejandro Aravena (2016)
Pritzker Prize 2016. Country: Chile.
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Shigeru Ban (2014)
Pritzker Prize 2014. Country: Japan.
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Barragán 🙌🙌
RCR desde Olot, un estudio pequeñito de pueblo ganando el Pritzker. Me encanta