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The closing date for nominations for the 2009 Royal Gold Medal has now passed. Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is awarded annually to a person or group of people whose influence on architecture has had a truly international effect. The 2009 Gold Medalist will be announced in October 2008.

 

The 2009 Honours Committee will comprise of Peter Davey OBE, Sir Jeremy Dixon, Prof Kenneth Frampton, Despina Katsikakis, Pankaj Patel and Jane Wernick Hon FRIBA.

The award is for a body of work, rather than for one building or for an architect who is currently fashionable. Previous winners include Le Corbusier (1953), Frank Gehry (2000), Archigram (2002), Frei Otto (2005), Toyo Ito |(2006), Herzog and de Meuron |(2007) and Edward Cullinan| (2008).

Nominations are considered by the RIBA Honours Committee, chaired by the RIBA President, which also selects the Honorary and International Fellows. The medal is presented at a black-tie dinner at the RIBA headquarters in February, along with the RIBA Honorary and International Fellowships. 
 
For more details about the history of the medal, or the judging procedure, please contact the RIBA Awards Office.