The Nykredit Architecture Prize is the largest Danish architecture prize. Founded by the Nykredit Foundation (an arm of the Nykredit Group), it is awarded annually to a person, or group of people, who have personally, or through their work, made a significant contribution to the building industry in the form of architecture or planning, etc. The recipient receives DKK 500,000, making it one of the largest architecture prizes in the world in terms of prize money.
In 1991 the Nykredit Foundation began awarding the Motivational Award/Encouragement Prize to talented young architects who have made an impact on the architecture scene.
Recipients
Year Recipient(s) 1987 Henning LarsenJørn UtzonUlrik Plesner 1988 Johan Otto von SpreckelsenErik Reitzel (engineer)3XNCarsten HoffSusanne Ussing 1989 Sys Hartmann (art historian)Poul IngemannErik Einar HolmTegnestuen Kvisten 1990 Tegnestuen VandkunstenArkitektgruppen Århus 1991 Ib and Jørgen RasmussenInger and Johannes ExnerKlaus Eggers Hansen (editor) 1992 Erik Christian SørensenKHR ArkitekterMogens Brandt Poulsen 1993 Tegnestruen Jørgen og Inge VesterholtTorben Schønherr (landscape)Jeppe Aagaard Andersen (landscape) 1994 Troels HasnerOle Justesen 1995 Boje Lundgaard 1996 Søren Robert Lund 1997 Schmidt Hammer Lassen 1998 DOMUS arkitekter 1999 Dissing+Weitling 2000 Knud FriisGehrdt BornebuschVilhelm Wohlert 2001 Sven-Ingvar Andersson (landscape) 2002 Julien De SmedtBjarke Ingels 2003 Malene Hauxner (landscape) 2004 Olafur Eliasson (visual artist) 2005 Lene Tranberg 2006 C. F. Møller Architects 2007 Dorte Mandrup 2008 CEBRA 2009 Entasis 2010 Stig Lennart Andersson 2011 CUBO 2012 COBE 2013 Gehl Architects 2014 Kristine Jensens Tegnestue 2015 Gottlieb Paludan Architects 2016 Carsten Engtoft Holgaard 2017 Praksis Arkitekter 2018 Bjarke Ingels, Sheela Maini Søgaard, Finn Nørkjær, Andreas Klok Pedersen, Jakob Lange, Thomas Christoffersen, Ole Elkjær-Larsen, David Zahle, Cat Huang, Brian Yang, Jakob Sand, Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Martin Voelkle, Leon Rost, Agustin Perez Torrez, Beat Schenk and Daniel Sundlin (Bjarke Ingels Group)
Motivational Award 2015: Cornelius+Vöge 2014: Svendborg Architects 2013: Effekt 2012: Powerhouse Company 2011: JAJA Architects 2010: Mette Lange 2009: Polyform 2008: ONV Arkitekter 2007: Dan Stubbergaard 2006: TRANSFORM/Lars Bendrup
Encouragement Prize 2005: NORD Arkitekter 2004: Henrik Valeur 2003: Kollision/Andreas Lykke-Olesen, Rune Nielsen and Tobias Løssing 2002: Hanne Birk and Merete Lind Mikkelsen 2001: Christina Capetillo 2000: Sergio George Fox 1999: Hotel Proforma 1998: Arkitekturtidsskrift B 1997: Jens Lindhe 1996: Inge Mette Kirkeby 1995: Pluskontoret 1994: none awarded 1993: Kristine Jensen, Otto Käszner and Jens Rørbech 1992: Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup and Thomas Wiesner 1991: Suzanne Eben Ditlevsen
See also Architecture of Denmark C. F. Hansen Medal
References
External links Nykredit Architecture Prize Nykredit Motivational Award/Encouragement Prize Nykredit Foundation