Alvar Aalto (Finland)

Awarded by members of the Alvar Aalto Medal committee.

Alvar Aalto’s life online exhibition

Hakon Ahlberg (Sweden)

Jury: Alvar Aalto, Aarno Ruusuvuori, Kirmo Mikkola, Heikki Hosia, Kjell Lund, Leslie Martin.

James Stirling (UK)

Jury: Erik Kråkström, Aarno Ruusuvuori, Kirmo Mikkola, Kjell Lund and James Richards.

Jørn Utzon (Denmark)

Jury: Aarno Ruusuvuori, Jaakko Numminen, Juhani Pallasmaa, Kirmo Mikkola, Henning Larsen, Roland Schweitzer.

Tadao Ando (Japan)

Jury: Aarno Ruusuvuori, Jaakko Numminen, Juhani Pallasmaa, Kirmo Mikkola, Henning Larsen, Roland Schweitzer.

Alvaro Siza (Portugal)

Jury: Pekka Salminen, Jaakko Numminen, Juhani Pallasmaa, Pekka Helin, Carl Nyrén, Kenneth Frampton.

Glenn Murcutt (Australia)

Jury: Gunnel Adlercreutz, Pentti Kareoja, Aimo Murtomäki, Juhani Pallasmaa, Sverre Fehn, Kenneth Frampton.

Steven Holl (USA)

Jury: Jyrki Tasa, Pentti Kareoja, Markku Komonen, Aimo Murtomäki, Niels Torp, Kenneth Frampton. The medal was awarded on the centenary of Alvar Aalto’s birthday on 3 February 1998.

Rogelio Salmona (Colombia)

Jury: Kristian Gullichsen, Harri Hautajärvi, Aimo Murtomäki, Pekka Pakkala, Peter Zumthor, Louisa Hutton.

Tegnestuen Vandkunsten (Denmark)

Jury: Anna Brunow, Mikko Heikkinen, Juha Ilonen, Pekka Pakkala, Matti Rautiola, Yoshio Taniguchi, Gert Wingårdh.

Paulo David (Portugal)

Jury: Glenn Murcutt, Jens Arnfred, Luis Mansilla, Roy Mänttäri, Simo Paavilainen.

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Fuensanta Nieto ja Enrique Sobejano (Spain)

Jury: Rainer Mahlamäki, Simo Freese, Wessel de Jonge, Dorte Mandrup–Poulsen.

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Zhang Ke (China)

Alvar Aalto Medal celebrated 50 years in 2017. In order to celebrate the honorable history, the medal was be handed out exceptionally already after a two years’ interval. The medalist was  announced September 2017. The international Alvar Aalto Medal jury in 2017 consisted of the Japanese architect Toshiko Mori, Danish architect Tina Saaby and Finnish architects Asmo Jaaksi and Vesa Oiva.

All the medallists were presented in an exhibition at the Alvar Aalto Museum 3.2.−5.5.2019.

Photo: Alvar Aalto medalist 2017 Zhang Ke: Beijing Micro-Hutong 2013 © ZAO/standardarchitecture

Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai (India)

The fourteenth Alvar Aalto Medal has been awarded to the Indian architectural office Studio Mumbai and its director Bijoy Jain. In making its selection, the jury emphasized the studio’s skilful synthesis of architecture and craftsmanship. Studio Mumbai’s work reflects an understanding of the unique geographical, climatic and social characteristics of the environment, giving insightful consideration to them in their design work. The award was presented to the medallist in February at the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi, India. Read more from the press release.

The Alvar Aalto Medal 2020 was announced virtually on March 16 at 10:00 on the Alvar Aalto Foundation´s YouTube Channel.

The jury members 2020 were architect Enrique Sobejano from Spain, the civil engineer and urban planner Gunnar Heipp from Switzerland, and the architects Pia Ilonen and Anu Puustinen from Finland. Architect Jan Utzon from Denmark was the jury chair. The Alvar Aalto Medal 2020 exhibition was on display at the Museum of Finnish Architecture in 2021.

In making its selection, the jury emphasized the studio’s skilful synthesis of architecture and craftsmanship. Studio Mumbai’s work reflects an understanding of the unique geographical, climatic and social characteristics of the environment, giving insightful consideration to them in their design work. The award was presented to the medallist in February at the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi, India. See the video on Alvar Aalto Foundation’s YouTube channel.

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Marie-José Van Hee (Belgium)

The fifteenth Alvar Aalto Medal 2024 has been presented to architect Marie-José Van Hee at the international Alvar Aalto Symposium Jyväskylä, Finland 22.8.2024.

The jury members 2024 were architect Yvonne Farrell (chair of the jury) from Ireland, Professor of Architecture Sharon Johnston from USA, architect Finn Williams from Sweden, and the architects Tarja Nurmi and Erkko Aarti from Finland.

In its selection the jury pointed to Marie-José Van Hee’s beautifully understated command of natural materials, light and proportions, as well as to the way her buildings are rooted in their context and respect the local culture.

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