Pritzker Prize laureates, 2015 to 2026

Architecture's highest honor, one laureate (or team) a year. As of the 2026 announcement (March 2026).

01
2015: Frei Otto (Germany)
Died weeks before the ceremony, the only posthumous winner in the prize's history, for the record.
02
2016: Alejandro Aravena (Chile)
03
2017: RCR Arquitectes - Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, Ramon Vilalta (Spain)
The jury split it three ways for the first time here.
04
2018: Balkrishna Doshi (India)
90 years old and still the only Indian laureate to date.
05
2019: Arata Isozaki (Japan)
06
2020: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, Grafton Architects (Ireland)
07
2021: Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal (France)
Their whole philosophy is never demolish, always transform. Changed how a lot of firms think about renovation.
08
2022: Diébédo Francis Kéré (Burkina Faso / Germany)
First laureate born in sub-Saharan Africa.
09
2023: Sir David Chipperfield (UK)
10
2024: Riken Yamamoto (Japan)
11
2025: Liu Jiakun (China)
12
2026: Smiljan Radić (Chile)

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