The winner in the fourth cycle of the Chicago-based awards program triumphed over finalist projects located in Houston, Medellín, Vancouver, and beyond.

Recognizing the best built work in the Americas completed between December 2018 and June 2021, the prize spotlights six projects including a Mexico City museum expansion and an earthen housing block in Paraguay.

The prestigious biennial prize was awarded to Loreta Castro Reguera and José Pablo Ambrosi of the Mexico City-based architecture firm Taller Capital for a dam renovation in Nogales, Mexico. 

The ten selected projects, all located in Latin America, span a variety of building types.

The 38 selected projects will be exhibited in Mies van der Rohe’s S.R. Crown Hall during this year’s AIA Conference in Chicago.

The Peruvian project has been praised for its subtly complex design.

The biennial awards program from the Illinois Institute of Technology recognizes the best architectural projects in the Americas.