Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement

2006

Richard Rogers (UK)

2004

Peter Eisenman (USA)

2002

Toyo Ito (Japan)

2000

Renzo Piano (Italy)

Paolo Soleri (Italy)

Jørn Utzon (Denmark)

1996

Philip Johnson (USA)

Ignazio Gardella (Italy)

Oscar Niemeyer (Brasil)

Official Awards

2006

Golden Lion for the City

Bogotá, Colombia

Golden Lion for Best National Participation

Denmark (CO-EVOLUTION, in collaboration with China about sustainable urban redevelopment in China)

Golden Lion for urban projects

Javier Sanchez/Higuera + Sanchez for the housing development “Brazil 44”, City of Mexico

Special Prize for architecture schools

Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Torino for a project about Mumbai

Mentions for three important exhibitions

Japanese Pavilion set up by Terunobu Fujimori

Icelandic Pavilion for the fruitful collaboration between the artist Ólafur Elíasson and the architecture studio Henning Larsen

Pavilion of the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, curated by Minas Bakalcĕv and Mitko Hadži Pulja

Seven Leoni di Pietra for “Sensi Contemporanei”

Bari, Adolfo Natalizi

Crotone, Carlo Moccia

Pantelleria, Gabriella Giuntoli

Bari, Guido Canella

Bari, Antonio Riondino

Bari, Vitangelo Ardito

Pantelleria, Marino Narpozzi

Architecture Prize Portus, Città – Porto, Section of the Sensi Contemporanei project

“Blanda park” of Basilicata Region. Area of project: Maratea, Piana di Castrocucco (Potenza). Designer: Gustavo Matassa, with Vincenzo De Biase, Silvia Marano, Rosa Nave

Manfredo Tafuri Award, given by the Italian Pavilion

Vittorio Gregotti

Giancarlo De Carlo Award, given by the Italian Pavilion

Andrea Stipa

Ernesto Nathan Rogers Award, given by the Italian Pavilion

Luca Molinari