IAA Academician Nicholas Grimshaw has been named 2019 recipient of the Royal Gold Medal. It is an award for significant influence ‘either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture’.
Awarded since 1848, past Royal Gold Medalists include Neave Brown (2018), Zaha Hadid (2016), Frank Gehry (2000), Norman Foster (1983), Frank Lloyd Wright (1941) and Sir George Gilbert Scott (1859).
https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/royal-gold-medal
IAA Members – Royal Gold Medalists:
2014 Prof. Joseph Rykwert
2013 Prof. Peter Zumthor
2012 Prof. Herman Hertzberger
2010 Acad. I. M. Pei
2009 Acad. Álvaro Siza Vieira
2006 Acad. Toyo Ito
2005 Acad. Frei Otto
2004 Acad. Rem Koolhaas
2001 Acad. Jean Nouvel
2000 Acad. Frank Gehry
1998 Acad. Oscar Niemeyer
1997 Acad. Tadao Ando
1996 Acad. Harry Seidler