Press & Awards

To honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.

The international prize, which is awarded each year to a living architect/s for significant achievement, was established by the Pritzker family of Chicago through their Hyatt Foundation in 1979. It is granted annually and is often referred to as “architecture’s Nobel” and “the profession’s highest honor.”

With little land available for new residential development in Montreal, communities, and builders, small and large, are increasingly turning towards each other as full partners; to not only offer value, attract and retain residents, but to do so mindful of a community’s character, legacy, and the future.