The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture recognizes individuals for distinguished contributions to the field of architecture. The Medal in Architecture has been jointly awarded each year by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello and the University of Virginia School of Architecture since 1966.Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals Along with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, and the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Global Innovation, the awards are the highest external honors bestowed by the University, which grants no honorary degrees.
Recipients Year Name Country 1966 Mies van der Rohe Chicago, Illinois 1967 Alvar Aalto Helsinki, Finland 1968 Marcel Breuer New York, New York 1969 John Ely Burchard Boston, Massachusetts 1970 Kenzo Tange Tokyo, Japan 1971 Josep Lluis Sert Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1972 Lewis Mumford Amenia, New York 1973 Jean Labatut Princeton, New Jersey 1974 Frei Otto Warmbronn, West Germany 1975 Sir Nikolaus Pevsner London, England 1976 I. M. Pei New York, New York 1977 Ada Louise Huxtable New York, New York 1978 Philip Johnson New York, New York 1979 Lawrence Halprin San Francisco, California 1980 Hugh Stubbins Cambridge, Massachusetts 1981 Edward Larrabee Barnes New York, New York 1982 Vincent J. Scully New Haven, Connecticut 1983 Robert Venturi Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1984 H. H. Aga Khan Gouvieux, France 1985 Leon Krier London, England 1986 James Stirling London, England 1987 Dan Kiley Charlotte, Vermont 1988 Romaldo Giurgola New York, New York 1989 Paul Mellon Upperville, Virginia 1990 Fumihiko Maki Tokyo, Japan 1991 John V. Lindsay New York, New York 1992 Aldo Rossi Milan, Italy 1993 Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany Miami, Florida 1994 Frank O. Gehry Los Angeles, California 1995 Ian McHarg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1996 Jane Jacobs Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1997 Jaime Lerner Curitiba, Brazil 1998 Jaquelin T. Robertson New York, New York 1999 Richard Rogers London, England 2000 Daniel Patrick Moynihan New York, New York 2001 Glenn Murcutt Sydney, Australia 2002 James Turrell Flagstaff, Arizona 2003 Tod Williams and Billie Tsien New York, New York 2004 Peter Walker Berkeley, California 2005 Shigeru Ban Tokyo, Japan 2006 Peter Zumthor Haldenstein, Switzerland 2007 Zaha Hadid Baghdad, Iraq 2008 Gro Harlem Brundtland Oslo, Norway 2009 Robert Irwin San Diego, California 2010 Edward O. Wilson Cambridge, Massachusetts 2011 Maya Lin New York, New York 2012 Rafael Moneo Tudela, Navarre, Spain 2013 Laurie Olin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014 Toyo Ito Tokyo, Japan 2015 Herman Hertzberger Amsterdam, Netherlands 2016 Cecil Balmond Sri Lanka 2017 Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara Republic of Ireland 2018 Sir David Adjaye United Kingdom 2019 Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa Japan 2020 Weiss/Manfredi New York, New York 2021 Diébédo Francis Kéré Berlin, Germany 2022 Kenneth Frampton New York, New York 2023 Andrew Freear Newbern, Alabama 2024 Kate Orff New York, New York 2025 Walter J. Hood Oakland, California
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