The Gabriel Prize is an award given annually by the Western European Architectural Foundation, through a three-stage national competition, to one American candidate working in the field of

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. Results are announced in March of each year. Award winners spend three months in residence in

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, focusing on a particular aspect of

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they have chosen to research. They spend much of their

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traveling, sketching and measuring, and in the course of three months, produce three large renderings. The laureates work closely with the foundation's European representative, a

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ian architect who serves to assist their progress. The Prize was founded in 1991 by George Parker Jr.

List of Winners

2019 - Lane Rick
2018 - Diego Arias
2017 - Barbara Worth Ratner
2016 - Marcela Delgado
2015 - Stephanie Arrienda Jazmines
2014 - Nicholas Quiring
2013 - Stephanie Bower
2012 - Daria Khapalova
2011 - Simon David
2010 - George J. Martin
2009 - Jay Cantrell
2008 - Riggs Pearson Skepnek
2007 - Joyce Rosner
2006 - Mario C. Cortes
2005 - Michael Reardon
2004 - Victor Agran
2003 - David E. Gamble
2002 - Alexander Fernandez
2001 - Richard Chenoweth
2000 - Mireille Roddier
1999 - Melissa Weese Goodill
1999 - Erik Thorkildsen
1998 - Alexander Ortenberg
1997 - Ron Witte
1996 - Stephen W. Harby
1995 - C. Errol Barron Jr.
1994 - Stephen A. Bross
1993 - Kimberly R. Kohlhaas
1993 - David T. Mayernik
1992 - Amy E. Gardner
1991 - Ralph Jackson

References

External links

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