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RIBA Gold Medal – 2017 Winner
Royal Institute of British Architects Award, England, UK
29 Sep 2016
Paulo Mendes da Rocha announced as Royal Gold Medal winner
The Winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture for 2017
Leading Brazilian architect to receive UK?s highest honour for architecture

Paulo Mendes da Rocha ©PMDR
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is delighted to announce that Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazil?s most celebrated living architect, will receive the 2017 Royal Gold Medal.

Patriach Plaza ©Nelson Kon
Given in recognition of a lifetime?s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved by Her Majesty The Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence ?either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture?. Awarded since 1848, past Royal Gold Medallists include Zaha Hadid (2016), Frank Gehry (2000), Norman Foster (1983), Frank Lloyd Wright (1941) and Sir George Gilbert Scott (1859); Oscar Niemeyer (1998) is the only other Brazilian architect to have received the honour.
Saint Peter Chapel ©Cristiano Mascaro
Born in Vitória, Brazil in 1928, Paulo Mendes da Rocha has received international acclaim for his significant contribution to architecture. Mendes da Rocha?s numerous notable cultural buildings, built in his particular Brazilian Brutalist style with exposed concrete structures and rough finishes, are widely credited wit...