1979 
Philip Johnson of the United States 
presented at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC

1980 
Luis Barragán of Mexico 
presented at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC 

1981 
James Stirling of Great Britain 
presented at the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.

1982 
Kevin Roche of the United States 
presented at The Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois

1983 
Ieoh Ming Pei of the United States 
presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York  

1984 
Richard Meier of the United States 
presented at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  

1985 
Hans Hollein of Austria 
presented at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California  

1986 
Gottfried Boehm of Germany 
presented at Goldsmiths' Hall, London, England 

1987 
Kenzo Tange of Japan 
presented at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas 

1988 
Gordon Bunshaft of the United States
and 
Oscar Niemeyer of Brazil 
presented at The Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois 

1989 
Frank O. Gehry of the United States 
presented at Todaiji Buddhist Temple, Nara, Japan 

1990 
Aldo Rossi of Italy 
presented at Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy 

1991 
Robert Venturi of the United States 
presented at Palacio de Iturbide, Mexico City, Mexico 

1992 
Alvaro Siza of Portugal 
presented at the Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, Illinois 

1993 
Fumihiko Maki of Japan 
presented at Prague Castle, Czech Republic  

1994 
Christian de Portzamparc of France 
presented at The Commons, Columbus, lndiana 

1995 
Tadao Ando of Japan 
presented at the Grand Trianon and Chateau of Versailles, France 

1996 
Rafael Moneo of Spain
presented at the construction site of The Getty Center, Los Angeles, California   

1997
Sverre Fehn of Norway
presented at the construction site of The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

1998
Renzo Piano of Italy
presented at The White House, Washington, D.C.

1999
Sir Norman Foster of the United Kingdom
presented at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany

2000
Rem Koolhaas of The Netherlands
presented at the Jerusalem Archaeological Park, Israel

2001
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Switzerland
presented at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Virginia

2002
Glenn Murcutt of Australia
presented at Michelangelo's Campidoglio, Rome, Italy

2003
Jørn Utzon of Denmark
presented at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

2004
Zaha Hadid of the United Kingdom
presented at the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, Russia.

2005
Thom Mayne of the United States
presented at the Jay Pritzker Pavillion of Chicago's
Millennium Park.

2006
Paulo Mendez da Rocha of Brazil
presented at the Dolmabahçe Palace of Istanbul, Turkey.

2007
Richard Rogers of the United Kingdom
presented at the The Banqueting House of London, England.