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

David Lake & Ted Flato, USA, AIA Gold Medal (2024)

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 Cret, 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)