Graham Foundation Awards $560,000 to Young Architects and Designers

The Graham Foundation has announced a new award, the Graham Foundation Awards, providing $560,000 in grants to support innovative architectural and design projects. Ninety-nine recipients from twenty countries were selected, with a notable emphasis on design over architecture. The grants fund exhibitions, publications, films, performances, and site-specific installations to be realized within two years. The foundation, active since 1956, supports visual arts and architecture. The article also compares this award to other major architecture prizes: the Pritzker Architecture Prize (since 1979, $100,000 and a bronze medal, awarded by the Hyatt Foundation), The American Architecture Prize (variable cash prize, categories include Architecture, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture), the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (biennial, €60,000 plus a special mention of €20,000, includes a sculpture inspired by Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion), and The Young Talent Architecture Award (€5,000 for under-30 graduates). The new Graham Foundation Awards aim to fill a gap in supporting young architects and designers.