Awards

  • 2023 Premio Leonardo da Vinci Lifetime Achievement Award Florence, Italy XIV Florence Biennale, Esposizione Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea e Design
  • 2023 SARA Special Award for Innovation in Institutional Design New York City, United States St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine
  • 2022 Design Middle East - Architecture Leader Awards 2022 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Winner Sustainable Project of the Year
  • 2021 AD Design Awards 2021 - Winner Architecture Category Dubai, United Arab Emirates Architectural Digest Design Awards 2021

2020

  • 2019 50 Most Influential Tall Buildings of the last 50 Years Malmö, Sweden Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat for the Turning Torso in Malmö
  • 2018 Monumento y Patrimonio Cultural de la ciudad Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2017 Best Innovative Green Building MIPIM Award Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2016 Middle East Architect Awards 2016 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Winner Concept Design of the Year 2016, Dubai, UAE
  • 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 London, United Kingdom LEAF (Leading European Architecture Forum) Award 2016, London, UK
  • 2016 Best New Museum of the Year - Central & South America Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Leading Culture Destinations (LCD), London, UK
  • 2016 Design of the Year 2016 London, United Kingdom By Commercial Observer, New York

2015

  • 2015 European prize of Architecture 2015 Chicago, United States By The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
  • 2015 ENR Global winner 'Project of the Year' Lakeland, Florida, United States For the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2015 Ten year Award from CTBUH Malmö, Sweden Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat for the Turning Torso in Malmö
  • 2015 ENR Global winner 'Best Project Specialty Contracting' Lakeland, Florida, United States In the category 'Specialty Contracting' for the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2015 ENR Global winner 'Best Project Education/Research' Lakeland, Florida, United States In the category 'Higher Education/Research' for the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2015 The International Architecture Award 2015 Lakeland, Florida, United States The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies for the Innovation, Science & Technology Building in Lakeland Florida
  • 2015 SARA Special Design Award of Excellence in Urban Infrastructure New York City, United States For the World Trade Center Transportation Hub
  • 2015 SARA Gold Design Award of Excellence Lakeland, Florida, United States For the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2015 AISC 2015 IDEAS Award Lakeland, Florida, United States for excellence in steel-frame building design for the Florida Polytechnic University
  • 2015 ENR National winner 'Best Project Specialty Contracting' Lakeland, Florida, United States In the category 'Specialty Contracting' for the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2015 ENR National winner 'Best Project Education/Research' Lakeland, Florida, United States In the category 'Higher Education/Research' for the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2014 2015 ACEC New York 'Diamond Award' Lakeland, Florida, United States American Council of Engineering Companies of New York in the category of Structural Systems for the Florida Polytechnic University
  • 2014 ENR Southeast 2014 winner 'Best Building Project of the Year' Lakeland, Florida, United States for the Florida Polytechnic University
  • 2014 ENR Southeast 2014 winner 'Best Project Specialty Contracting' Lakeland, Florida, United States In the category 'Specialty Contracting' for the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2014 ENR Southeast 2014 winner 'Best Project Education/Research' Lakeland, Florida, United States In the category 'Higher Education/Research' for the Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland
  • 2014 Award of Merit' from the Concrete Industry Board's Lakeland, Florida, United States Roger H. Corbetta Awards for Quality Concrete for the Florida Polytechnic University
  • 2014 2014 National Steel Design Award of Excellence Alberta, Canada Category 'Bridges' for the Peace Bridge in Calgary CISC-ICCA Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Alberta
  • 2013 2013 Steel Design Award of Excellence Alberta, Canada Category 'Steel Edge' and category 'Engineering' for the Peace Bridge in Calgary CISC-ICCA Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Alberta
  • 2012 ECCS European Award for Steel Bridges Dallas, United States for the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge
  • 2012 AIA National Medal Washington D.C., United States Honor of Architects involved Post-9/11 Design and Rebuilding Efforts, AIA National Convention & Design Expo
  • 2011 British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards 2011 Dublin, Ireland for the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin, 'Highly Commended' in the International Project category
  • 2011 Certificate of Brevet Wallonie, Government of the Walloon Region Wallonia, Belgium

2010

  • 2010 National Steel Prize 2010 of the Netherlands Dublin, Ireland Winner category 'Infrastructure' for the Samuel Beckett Bridge
  • 2010 Engineering Project of the Year in the 2010 Engineers Ireland Dublin, Ireland Excellence Awards for the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin
  • 2010 Travel + Leisure Design Award 2010 New York, United States for Liège Guillemins High Speed Railway Station
  • 2010 Honorary Citizen of the City of Liège City of Liège, Belgium
  • 2010 Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service Washington D.C., United States
  • 2010 Business Journal '2010 Project of the Decade Real Estate Award' Milwaukee, United States for the Milwaukee Art Museum
  • 2009 Gresol Foundation Award Madrid, Spain
  • 2009 ECCS European Steel Design Award 2009 Reggio Emilia, Italy for the Three Bridges in Reggio Emilia
  • 2009 50th Anniversary Batibouw, 'Golden Belgian Building Award' ,
  • 2008 Gran Cruz de la Orden de Jaume I, Generalitat Valenciana Valencia, Spain
  • 2007 Hijo Predilecto Valencia, Spain
  • 2007 Premio Nacional de Arquitectura 2005, Ministerio de Fomento in Madrid Madrid, Spain
  • 2007 Urban Visionaries Award New York, United States The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
  • 2006 Premio Nacional de Ingeniería Civil 2005, Ministerio de Fomento, Madrid, Spain
  • 2006 Sidney L. Strauss Award, New York Society of Architects New York, United States
  • 2006 The Leadership Award, New York Building Congress, New York, United States
  • 2006 ESCN European Award for Excellence in Concrete 2006 Liège, Belgium for the Liège-Guillemins High-Speed Railway Station
  • 2006 fib 2006 Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures Malmö, Sweden for the Turning Torso Tower

2005

  • 2005 Premio Nacional a las Artes y las Ciencias aplicadas al Deporte 2004 Madrid, Spain Consejo Superior de Deportes
  • 2005 Alta Distinción de la Generalitat Valenciana Valencia, Spain
  • 2005 Permanent Honorary Guest (Ständiger Ehrengast) University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2005 ECCS European Steel Design Award 2005 Athens, Greece for the Three Bridges over the Hoofdvaart, Haarlemmermeer and for the Olympic Stadium OAKA Athens
  • 2005 MIPIM Award for the Turning Torso Tower Malmö, Sweden
  • 2005 Time Magazine 'Time 100' New York, United States The lives and ideas of the world's most influential people
  • 2005 MIT Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts, Council for the Arts, Massachusetts, United States
  • 2005 AIA Gold Medal Washington D.C., United States
  • 2004 2004 Gold Medal, Queen Sofia Spanish Institute New York, United States
  • 2004 2004 Outstanding Project Award Chicago, Illinois, United States for the Milwaukee Art Museum, National Council of Structural Engineers Associations,
  • 2004 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award Milwaukee, United States for the Milwaukee Art Museum
  • 2004 Academy of Achievement 'Golden Plate Award' Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • 2003 The Illuminating Design Award of Merit New York, United States Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
  • 2003 SBI Silver Beam Award for the Turning Torso Tower Malmö, Sweden
  • 2003 ECCS European Steel Design Award 2003 Zurich, Switzerland for the University of Zurich, Law Library roof construction
  • 2003 Grande Médaille d'Or d'Architecture, Académie d'Architecture Paris, France
  • 2003 Medalla al Mérito a las Bellas Artes, Real Academia de San Carlos de Valencia Valencia, Spain
  • 2002 SEFI Leonardo da Vinci Medal Brussels, Belgium for Outstanding Construction to International Engineering Education
  • 2002 SEAOI '2002 Excellence in Design Award for Best Large Structure' City of Liège, Belgium for the Milwaukee Art Museum
  • 2002 Sir Misha Black Medal, Royal College of Art London, United Kingdom
  • 2002 Il Principe e L'Architetto Bologna, Italy for the Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande, Venice, Architettura e Design per la Cittá
  • 2002 Time Magazine 'Best of 2001' for the Milwaukee Art Museum New York, United States
  • 2001 ECCS European Steel Design Award 2001 for the Pont de l'Europe in Orléans Orléans, France
  • 2001 Award for Excellence in Design New York, United States for the Times Capsule, American Museum of Natural History

2000

  • 2000 Honorary Academician, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando Madrid, Spain
  • 2000 Medalla de Oro, Círculo de Bellas Artes Valencia, Spain
  • 2000 Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts, Meadows School of Arts Dallas, United States
  • 2000 'Das Goldene Dach 2000' St. Gallen, Switzerland for the structural completion of the St. Gallen Pfalzkeller, PRORENOVA – Schweizerische Vereinigung für bauliche Erneuerung
  • 1999 Grau Grande Oficial da Ordem do Mérito Lisbon, Portugal Chancelaria das Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas
  • 1999 Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes Asturias, Spain Fundación Príncipe de Asturias
  • 1999 Concrete Society Gold Medal London, United Kingdom
  • 1999 Canadian Consulting Engineering Award for the Mimico Creek Bridge Toronto, Ottawa, Canada
  • 1998 Brunel Award for the Oriente Station in Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1998 Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres Paris, France
  • 1997 ECCS European Steel Design Award 2003 Paris, France for the reconstruction of the Berlin's Kronprinzenbrücke Louis Vuitton – Moet Hennessy Art Prize
  • 1997 Master de Oro, Forum de Alta Dirección Madrid, Spain
  • 1996 Medalla de Oro al Mérito de las Bellas Artes, Ministry of Culture Granada, Spain

1995

  • 1995 Canton of Lucerne Award for Good Building 1983–1993 Lucerne, Switzerland for the Lucerne Railway Station and Square
  • 1994 Creu de Sant Jordi, Generalitat de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain
  • 1993 Global Leader for Tomorrow, World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland
  • 1993 City of Toronto Urban Design Award for the BCE Place Galleria Toronto, Ottawa, Canada
  • 1993 Fundación Garcia Cabrerizo Medalla de Honor al Fomento de la Invención Madrid, Spain
  • 1993 City of Pedreguer Honor Prize for Urban Arquitectonic Merit Pedreguer, Spain
  • 1992 Brunel Award for the Zurich-Stadelhofen Railway Station Madrid, Spain
  • 1992 IStructE Gold Medal London, United Kingdom
  • 1992 CEOE Foundation 'VI Dragados y Construcciones Prize' Madrid, Spain for the Alamillo Bridge
  • 1991 European Glulam Award, Glued Laminated Timber Construction Munich, Germany
  • 1991 City of Zurich Award for Good Building Zurich, Switzerland for the Zurich-Stadelhofen Railway Station

1990

  • 1990 Médaille d'Argent de la Recherche et de la Technique Paris, France Fondation Académie d'Architecture
  • 1988 Fritz Schumacher Prize for Urbanism, Architecture and Engineering Hamburg, Germany
  • 1988 FAD Prize, Fomento de las Artes y del Diseño Madrid, Spain
  • 1988 IABSE Prize Zurich, Switzerland International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering
  • 1988 Premio de la Asociación de la Prensa (Press Association Award) Valencia, Spain
  • 1988 City of Barcelona Art Prize for the Bach de Roda – Felipe II Bridge Barcelona, Spain
  • 1987 Auguste Perret Prize, Union Internationale d'Architectes (UIA) Paris, France