RIBA Royal Gold Medal award was "brave move" says Yasmeen Lari
Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has said the RIBA was "brave" to award her the Royal Gold Medal earlier this year. More
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Dezeen In Depth features Yasmeen Lari on why "an architect's role should be more of an activist"
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter features an exclusive interview with the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner and reflections from Max Fraser on Milan design week. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth now. More
"We cannot design just to please our clients anymore" says Yasmeen Lari
Architects must stop waiting for commissions from wealthy clients and prioritise designing for the planet, says RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner Yasmeen Lari in this exclusive interview. More
Yasmeen Lari wins 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2023 in recognition of the humanitarian work "she has undertaken since her retirement". More
"True architecture is life" says RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner Balkrishna Doshi
Architecture should seek to respond to human behaviour and not dictate it, says this year's RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner Balkrishna Doshi in this interview. More
This week we revealed the winner of the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
This week on Dezeen, we announced that RIBA has awarded its Royal Gold Medal for 2022 to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi in recognition of his 70-year career. More
Balkrishna Doshi wins 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2022. More
Obama and Bono praise David Adjaye's "genius" at star-studded Royal Gold Medal virtual event
David Adjaye received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal last night in a virtual ceremony featuring video messages from luminaries including Bono and Barack Obama, who said the architect creates spaces "unlike any the world has ever seen". More
David Adjaye wins 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal 2021, becoming the first black architect to win the prize. More
Six women architects that "deserve to win the RIBA Royal Gold Medal"
Women's collective Part W has selected six women that it believes are deserving of winning the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, to help address the gender imbalance of past winners. More
Grafton Architects wins 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects, are the first all-woman pair to be awarded the 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture. More
"The most destructive thing is to demolish a building" says Nicholas Grimshaw
We should be wary of "handbag architecture", design buildings that are reusable and embrace micro homes, says RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2019 winner Nicholas Grimshaw. More
Part W invites architects to create alternative all-female Royal Gold Medal winners list
Women's action group Part W is crowdsourcing suggestions of worthy women to create an all-female alternative to the predominately male RIBA Royal Gold Medal winners list. More
Nicholas Grimshaw to receive "well overdue" 2019 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced Nicholas Grimshaw as the recipient of the 2019 Royal Gold Medal for a lifetime of landmark projects. More
High-rise buildings should only be used to house the very rich, says Neave Brown
Tower blocks like Grenfell should never have been built, according to 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown, who believes high-rise housing ostracises council tenants and should instead be reserved for the most wealthy in society. More
Architects take to Twitter to celebrate "long overdue" RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Neave Brown
Figures on the London creative scene have tweeted their surprise and delight over the news that social-housing pioneer Neave Brown is to receive the RIBA Royal Gold Medal. More
"Pioneer of quality public housing" Neave Brown named 2018 laureate of RIBA Royal Gold Medal
US-born architect Neave Brown is to be awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2018 for his contribution to social housing. More
"Living legend" Paulo Mendes da Rocha to receive 2017 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Breaking news: Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, after winning both the Praemium Imperiale prize and the Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion this year. More
Royal Gold Medal for Zaha Hadid was "totally overdue" says RIBA president
The Royal Institute of British Architects has acted "to right a 180-year wrong" by giving its highest honour to a woman, the body's president has said. More
"Architecture is not a medium of personal expression for me" says Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid has rejected claims that her architecture is self-indulgent and wilful, believing that she is "widely misunderstood" by the mainstream. More