Pritzker Architecture Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is given each year by the Hyatt Foundation. It is for talented and significant architect who has created great projects throughout his or her life.^[1] Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy began the award in 1979. The Pritzker family pays for the prize. It is the top prize in architecture, and it is often called the Nobel Prize of architecture.^[2][3] The country, race, religion or political ideas of the architect are not important.^[4] Winners get US$100,000 and a certificate.^[5] Winners receive a medal. The back of the medal has these words in Latin—firmitas, utilitas, venustas (English: durability, utility, and beauty). The idea comes from the Roman architect Vitruvius.^[6] Before 1987, a limited edition Henry Moore sculpture came with the prize money.^[5]

1. ↑ "The Purpose of the Pritzker Architecture Prize". Pritzker Architecture Prize official site. The Hyatt Foundation. Archived from the original on January 22, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
2. ↑ Goldberger, Paul (May 28, 1988). "Architecture View; What Pritzker Winners Tell Us About the Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2009.
3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference eighty was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
4. ↑ "Nomination Process". Pritzker Architecture Prize official site. The Hyatt Foundation. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "History". Pritzker Architecture Prize official site. The Hyatt Foundation. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
6. ↑ "Ceremony and Medal". Pritzker Architecture Prize official site. The Hyatt Foundation. Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2009.