The AIA Gold Medal, conferred by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), is as one of the most prestigious accolades in the field of architecture. This honor is awarded annually to individuals whose enduring contributions to the field have left an indelible mark on the built environment.
Past recipients of the AIA Gold Medal include architectural luminaries such as Frank Lloyd Wright, whose revolutionary designs like Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum have become iconic symbols of architectural innovation. Equally noteworthy is the recognition of postmodern visionary Michael Graves, whose playful and colorful designs, such as the Portland Building and the Denver Central Library, reshaped architectural discourse in the late 20th century.
AIA Gold Medal Recipients
2020s | 2010s | 2000s | 1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s | 1930s | 1920s | 1910s | 1900s
2020s
Carol Ross Barney, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2023
Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2022
Edward Mazria, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2021
Marlon Blackwell, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2020
2010s
Richard Rogers, UK, AIA Gold Medal 2019
James Stewart Polshek, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2018
Paul Revere Williams, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2017
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2016
Moshe Sadie, USA/Israel/Canada, AIA Gold Medal 2015
Julia Morgan, UsA, AIA Gold Medal 2014
Thom Mayne, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2013
Steven Holl, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2012
Fumihiko Maki, Japan, AIA Gold Medal 2011
Peter Bohlin, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2010
2000s
Glenn Murcutt, Australia, AIA Gold Medal 2009
Renzo Piano, Italy, AIA Gold Medal 2008
Edward Larrabee Barnes, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2007
Antoine Predock, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2006
Santiago Calatrava, Spain/Switzerland, AIA Gold Medal 2005
Samuel Mockbee, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2004
Tadao Ando, Japan, AIA Gold Medal 2002
Michael Graves, USA, AIA Gold Medal 2001
Ricardo Legorreta, Mexico, AIA Gold Medal 2000
1990s
Frank Gehry, Canada/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1999
Richard Meier, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1997
César Pelli, Argentina, AIA Gold Medal 1995
Sir Norman Foster, UK, AIA Gold Medal 1994
Thomas Jefferson, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1993
Kevin Roche, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1993
Benjamin C. Thompson, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1992
Charles Willard Moore, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1991
E. Fay Jones, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1990
1980s
Arthur Charles Erickson, Canada, AIA Gold Medal 1986
William Wayne Caudill, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1985
Nathaniel Alexander Owings, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1983
Romaldo Giurgola, Italy, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1982
Josep Lluís Sert, Spain, AIA Gold Medal 1981
1970s
Ioeh Ming Pei, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1979
Philip Cortelyou Johnson, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1978
Richard Joseph Neutra, Austria/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1977
Pietro Belluschi, Italy/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1972
Louis I. Kahn, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1971
Richard Buckminster Fuller, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1970
1960s
William Wilson Wurster, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1969
Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungary/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1968
Wallace Kirkman Harrison, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1967
Kenzo Tange, Japan, AIA Gold Medal 1966
Pier Luigi Nervi, Italy, AIA Gold Medal 1964
Balthazar Korab, Hungary, AIA Gold Medal 1964
Alvar Aalto, Finland, AIA Gold Medal 1963
Eero Saarinen, Finland, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1962
Le Corbusier, Switzerland, AIA Gold Medal 1961
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Germany/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1960
1950s
Walter Adolph Gropius, Germany/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1959
John Wellborn Root, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1958
Ralph Walker, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1957
Louis Skidmore, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1957
Clarence S. Stein, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1956
William Marinus Dudok, The Netherlands, AIA Gold Medal 1955
William Adams Delano, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1953
Auguste Perret, France, AIA Gold Medal 1952
Bernard Ralph Maybeck, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1951
Sir Patrick Abercrombie, UK, AIA Gold Medal 1950
1940s
Frank Lloyd Wright, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1949
Charles Donagh Maginnis, Ireland/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1948
Eliel Saarinen, Finland/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1947
Louis Henri Sullivan, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1944
1930s
Paul Philippe Cree, France/USA, AIA Gold Medal 1938
Ragnar Östberg, Sweden, AIA Gold Medal 1933
1920s
Milton Bennett Medary, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1929
Howard Van Doren Shaw, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1927
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, UK, AIA Gold Medal 1925
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1925
Henry Bacon, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1923
Victor Laloux, France, AIA Gold Medal 1922
Egerton Swartwout, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1920
1910s
Jean-Louis Pascal, France, AIA Gold Medal 1914
George Browne Post, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1911
1900s
Charles Follen McKim, USA, AIA Gold Medal 1909
Sir Aston Webb, UK, AIA Gold Medal 1907