UIA Gold Medal and Prizes 2023

The UIA Council created the UIA Gold Medal for outstanding architectural achievement in 1984. It is the most prestigious distinction attributed to an architect by architects, selected from nominations submitted by professional organizations from around the world. This international procedure exemplifies the values of the UIA: professionalism, cultural diversity and independence. It is free from all forms of discrimination, special interest or partisanship. The prize itself is a solid gold medal on which the words “UIA GOLD MEDAL”, the date and the name of the winner are engraved.

The five UIA prizes recognise excellence in five specific architectural domains: urban planning, innovation, teaching, improving habitats and community structures as well as solutions to aide the world’s most impoverished populations.These international prizes demonstrate the UIA’s values: professionalism, cultural diversity, independence and integrity.

• The Patrick Abercrombie Prize for Urban Planning and Design
• The Auguste Perret Prize for Technology in Architecture
• The Jean Tschumi Prize for Architectural Writing
• The Robert Matthew Prize for Sustainable and Humane Environments
• The Vassilis Sgoutas Prize for Implemented Architecture Serving the Impoverished

Timeline

• Launch: 28 February 2023
• Deadline for submissions: 17 April 2023 (18:00 Paris time)
• Jury meeting: 27-28 April 2023
• Announcement of laureates: 9 May 2023
• Award ceremony: 2-6 July 2023 at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark.