Hadid Wins '07 Jefferson Medal in Architecture

Zaha Hadid is the latest recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture. The award has been given in conjunction with the University of Virginia's School of Architecture since 1966. Hadid's work has been featured previously in our blog for her design of the 2012 Olympic Aquatic Center in London, England. A complete list of all medal recipients appears below in reverse chronological order:

1966 Mies van der Rohe
1967 Alvar Aalto
1968 Marcel Breuer
1969 John Ely Burchard
1970 Kenzo Tange
1971 Jose Luis Sert
1972 Lewis Mumford
1973 Jean Labatut
1974 Frei Otto
1975 Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
1976 I.M. Pei
1977 Ada Louise Huxtable
1978 Philip Johnson
1979 Lawrence Halprin
1980 Hugh A. Stubbins
1981 Edward Larrabee Barnes
1982 Vincent Scully
1983 Robert Venturi
1984 H.H. The Aga Khan
1985 Leon Krier
1986 James Stirling
1987 Romaldo Giurgola
1988 Dan Kiley
1989 Paul Mellon
1990 Fumihiko Maki
1991 John V. Lindsay
1992 Aldo Rossi
1993 Andres M. Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
1994 Frank O. Gehry
1995 Ian L. McHarg
1996 Jane Jacobs
1997 Jaime Lerner
1998 Jaquelin T. Robertson
1999 Lord Richard Rogers
2000 Daniel Patrick Moynihan
2001 Glenn Murcutt
2002 James Turrell
2003 Tod Williams & Billie Tsien
2004 Peter Walker
2005 Shigeru Ban
2006 Peter Zumthor
2007 Zaha Hadid

Thomas Jefferson Foundation Link
UVa School of Architecture Link