1979 – Philip Johnson of the United States
1980 – Luis Barragán of Mexico
1981 – James Stirling of Great Britain
1982 – Kevin Roche of the United States
1983 – Ieoh Ming Pei of the United States
1984 – Richard Meier of the United States
1985 – Hans Hollein of Austria
1986 – Gottfried Boehm of Germany
1987 – Kenzo Tange of Japan
1988 – Gordon Bunshaft of the United States / Oscar Niemeyer of Brazil
1989 – Frank O. Gehry of the United States
1990 – Aldo Rossi of Italy
1991 – Robert Venturi of the United States
1992 – Alvaro Siza of Portugal
1993 – Fumihiko Maki of Japan
1994 – Christian de Portzamparc of France
1995 – Tadao Ando of Japan
1996 – Rafael Moneo of Spain
1997 – Sverre Fehn of Norway
1998 – Renzo Piano of Italy
1999 – Sir Norman Foster of the United Kingdom
2000 – Rem Koolhaas of The Netherlands
2001 – Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Switzerland
2002 – Glenn Murcutt of Australia
2003 – Jørn Utzon of Denmark
2004 – Zaha Hadid of the United Kingdom
2005 – Thom Mayne of the United States
2006 – Paulo Mendes da Rocha of Brazil
2007 – Richard Rogers of the United Kingdom
2008 – Jean Nouvel of France
2009 – Peter Zumthor of Switzerland
2010 – Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of Japan
2011 – Eduardo Souto de Moura
2012 – Wang Shu
