Driehaus Prize
| Driehaus Architecture Prize | |
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| Awarded for | A career of achievement in the art of classical architecture. |
| Sponsored by | The Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust |
| Presented by | The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture |
| Reward(s) | US$200,000 |
| First awarded | 2003 |
| Last awarded | 2017 |
| Official website | www |
The Driehaus Architecture Prize, fully named The Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame, is a global award to honor a major contributor in the field of contemporary vernacular and classical architecture, commonly referred to as New Classical architecture. The Driehaus Prize was conceived as an alternative to the predominantly modernist Pritzker Prize.
It was initiated by fund manager and philanthropist Richard Driehaus and established in 2003 by the Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust. It is presented annually through the school of architecture at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, United States.
The most recent winner is 2017 laureate Robert Adam of ADAM Architecture, who was officially presented the prize March 25, 2017 in Chicago.
The Driehaus Prize is awarded to a living architect whose work embodies the principles of traditional and classical architecture and urbanism in contemporary society, and reflects what the jury considers positive cultural, environmental and artistic impacts. The award itself is a bronze miniature of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, known as the first use of the Corinthian order on the outside of a building. The award includes a monetary prize of US$200,000.
The award jury annually selects an architect who has greatly influenced the field of traditional and classical architecture. The jury travels together to a city of architectural significance, exploring it together, and taking the city’s urban fabric as a backdrop for its deliberations.
The jury also awards the Henry Hope Reed Award, given in conjunction with the Driehaus Prize to an individual working outside the practice of architecture who has supported the cultivation of the traditional city, its architecture and art through writing, planning or promotion.
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