Soane medal
The Soane Medal, established in 2017, is an international award presented annually by Sir John Soane's Museum. The prestigious Soane Medal honours architects, academics, and critics who have significantly advanced and enhanced public understanding of architecture through their work in practice, history, or theory. The winner is selected annually by a panel of distinguished architects, critics and curators, initially led by former Trustee of Sir John Soane’s Museum, Sir David Chipperfield.
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The Soane Medal, established in 2017, is an international award presented annually by Sir John Soane's Museum. The prestigious Soane Medal honours architects, academics, and critics who have significantly advanced and enhanced public understanding of architecture through their work in practice, history, or theory. The winner is selected annually by a panel of distinguished architects, critics and curators, initially led by former Trustee of Sir John Soane’s Museum, Sir David Chipperfield.
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Madelon Vriesendorp, Dutch artist and co-founder of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), was announced as the 2025 recipient of the illustrious Medal, which had previously been awarded to architects, engineers and theorists, but never before to an artist. The recipient of the Medal delivers a lecture at a special event, open to all, and also receives a replica of the original gold medal presented to Sir John Soane by the ‘Architects of England’ in 1835. Modelled by Sir Francis Chantrey, the medal shows the likeness of Soane on one side and the north-west corner of the Bank of England on the other. The Soane Medal is supported by Hamish and Sophie Forsyth.
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• Name — Soane Medal • Current Awards — Hanif Kara • Awarded For — Individuals who have made a major contribution to architecture • Year2 — 2024 • Website — https: www.soane.org/soane-medal • Caption2 — Obverse
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Inaugural winner Rafael Moneo was cited for embodying "the idea of architecture as something that resides not just in the structure and the materials of a building, but in time and place, word and image, people and community". align="center" Soane Medal winners • Year — Medalists — Nationality • 2017 — Rafael — Spain • 2018 — Denise Scott — United States of America • 2019 — Kenneth — United Kingdom • 2021 — Marina — Bangladesh • 2022 — Peter Barber — United Kingdom • 2023 — Anne and Jean-Philippe Vassal — France • 2024 — Hanif — Uganda, United Kingdom • 2025 — Madelon Vriesendorp — Netherlands
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