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Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal facts for kids

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The Gold Medal is a really important award given by the Australian Institute of Architects. It's the highest honor an individual architect can get in Australia! This award has been given out every year since 1960.

It's given to Australian architects who have done amazing things, like:

  • Designed or built super cool and important buildings.
  • Created work that has really pushed architecture forward and made it better.
  • Helped the architecture profession in a special and important way.

Past Winners

  • 1960 Leslie Wilkinson
  • 1961 Louis Laybourne-Smith
  • 1962 Joseph Fowell
  • 1963 Arthur Stephenson
  • 1964 Cobden Parkes
  • 1965 Osborn McCutcheon
  • 1966 William Laurie
  • 1967 William Godfrey
  • 1968 Roy Grounds
  • 1969 Robin Boyd
  • 1970 Jack McConnell
  • 1971 Frederick Lucas
  • 1972 Ted Farmer
  • 1973 Jørn Utzon
  • 1974 Raymond Berg
  • 1975 Sydney Ancher
  • 1976 Harry Seidler
  • 1977 Ronald Gilling
  • 1978 Mervyn Parry
  • 1979 Bryce Mortlock
  • 1980 John Andrews
  • 1981 Colin Madigan
  • 1982 John Overall
  • 1983 Gilbert Nicol & Ross Chisholm
  • 1984 Philip Cox
  • 1985 Peter Johnson
  • 1986 Richard Butterworth
  • 1987 Daryl Jackson
  • 1988 Romaldo Giurgola
  • 1989 Robin Gibson
  • 1990 Peter McIntyre
  • 1991 Donald Bailey
  • 1992 Glenn Murcutt
  • 1993 Ken Woolley
  • 1994 Neville Quarry
  • 1995 NO AWARD
  • 1996 John Denton, William Corker & Barry Marshall
  • 1997 Roy Simpson
  • 1998 Gabriel Poole
  • 1999 Richard Leplastrier
  • 2000 John Morphett
  • 2001 Keith Cottier
  • 2002 Brit Andresen
  • 2003 Peter Corrigan & Maggie Edmond (added in 2023)
  • 2004 Gregory Burgess
  • 2005 James Birrell
  • 2006 Kerry Hill
  • 2007 Enrico Taglietti
  • 2008 Richard Johnson
  • 2009 Ken Maher
  • 2010 Kerry Clare and Lindsay Clare
  • 2011 Graeme Gunn
  • 2012 Lawrence Nield
  • 2013 Peter Wilson
  • 2014 Phil Harris and Adrian Welke
  • 2015 Peter Stutchbury
  • 2016 ARM Architecture
  • 2017 Peter Elliott
  • 2018 Alexander Tzannes
  • 2019 Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg
  • 2020 John Wardle
  • 2021 Donald Robert (Don) Watson
  • 2022 Sean Godsell
  • 2023 Kerstin Thompson
  • 2023 Maggie Edmond (see 2003)
  • 2024 Philip Thalis
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