Alvar Aalto Medal
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The Alvar Aalto Medal is a prestigious international architecture award honoring outstanding contributions to creative and significant modern architecture in the spirit of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alvar Aalto Medal canonical | 2 |
| Alvar Aalto awards | 1 |
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Target entity: Alvar Aalto Medal Context triple: [Jørn Utzon, awardReceived, Alvar Aalto Medal]
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Pritzker Architecture Prize
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Carlsberg Architectural Prize
The Carlsberg Architectural Prize is a prestigious international architecture award recognizing outstanding contributions to contemporary architectural design.
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2009 Mies van der Rohe Award
The 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award is the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture given that year to recognize outstanding architectural achievement, notably awarded to the Oslo Opera House.
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Wallenberg Medal
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AIA Gold Medal
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alvar Aalto Medal Target entity description: The Alvar Aalto Medal is a prestigious international architecture award honoring outstanding contributions to creative and significant modern architecture in the spirit of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
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A.
Pritzker Architecture Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is a prestigious international award often regarded as the Nobel Prize of architecture, honoring living architects whose work has significantly contributed to humanity and the built environment.
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B.
Carlsberg Architectural Prize
The Carlsberg Architectural Prize is a prestigious international architecture award recognizing outstanding contributions to contemporary architectural design.
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C.
2009 Mies van der Rohe Award
The 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award is the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture given that year to recognize outstanding architectural achievement, notably awarded to the Oslo Opera House.
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D.
Wallenberg Medal
The Wallenberg Medal is a humanitarian award honoring individuals who demonstrate extraordinary courage and commitment in defending human rights and protecting the persecuted.
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E.
AIA Gold Medal
The AIA Gold Medal is the highest honor awarded by the American Institute of Architects, recognizing an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architecture award
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international award ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alvar Aalto Foundation
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Finnish Association of Architects ⓘ Museum of Finnish Architecture ⓘ |
| awardedTo |
architectural practices
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individual architects ⓘ |
| awardFor |
creative architecture
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modern architecture ⓘ significant architectural work ⓘ |
| category |
Alvar Aalto Medal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alvar Aalto awards
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| countryOfOrigin | Finland ⓘ |
| field | architecture ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1967 ⓘ |
| follows | spirit of Alvar Aalto’s architectural principles ⓘ |
| frequency | approximately every three years ⓘ |
| genre | professional architecture prize ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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Finnish ⓘ |
| hasTrophyForm | medal ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.alvaraalto.fi/en/alvar-aalto-medal/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alvar Aalto ⓘ |
| namedAfterNationality | Finnish ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | architect ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Alvar Aalto
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surface form:
Alvar Aalto (posthumous honorary association, not as laureate)
Glenn Murcutt ⓘ Jørn Utzon ⓘ Kazuyo Sejima ⓘ
surface form:
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)
Steven Holl Architects ⓘ
surface form:
Steven Holl
Tadao Ando ⓘ Álvaro Siza ⓘ |
| organisedIn | Helsinki ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Alvar Aalto Foundation
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Architecture Information Centre Finland ⓘ Helsinki ⓘ
surface form:
City of Helsinki
Finnish Association of Architects ⓘ Finnish Association of Architects ⓘ
surface form:
Finnish Society of Architects
Museum of Finnish Architecture ⓘ |
| purpose | to honor outstanding contributions to creative and significant modern architecture ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
architectural originality
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consistency with humanistic values in architecture ⓘ international significance ⓘ |
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