The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named Richard Rogers winner of the 2019 Gold Medal—the organization's highest honor. Born in Florence and raised in London, Rogers attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture, then earned his M.Arch from the Yale School of Architecture. He has designed some of the world’s most recognizable projects, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris (with Renzo Piano) in the 1970s; Madrid-Barajas Airport in the late 1990s and early 2000s; and New York’s 3 World Trade Center in the 2010s.
The AIA Gold Medal is the latest honor Rogers has received during his five-decade career. The architect won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1985, the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2007, and the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2006 (Richard Rogers Partnership with Estudio Lamela for the Madrid-Barajas Airport) and 2009 (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for Maggie’s West London Centre). In 1991, Queen Elizabeth II granted him knighthood; in 2000, the Japan Art Association named him a Praemium Architecture Laureate.
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