The American Academy of Arts and Letters revealed its 2026 Awards in Architecture receivers.
The Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Reward was awarded to Junya Ishigami. Four other awards went to Hervé Descottes, Ultramoderne, Keller Easterling, and K. Michael Hays.
Individually, Mónica Ponce de León was named as a recently chosen member of the historical New York City company established in 1898.
The Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize was developed in 1955. It has since expanded to consist of 4 Arts and Letters Awards each year to acknowledge “practicing architects and those who have added to the field through other mediums of expression.”
The 2026 Brunner Memorial Reward winner has a varied oeuvre. In 2019 Ishigami developed the Serpentine Pavilion and, more just recently, the Zaishui Art Museum in China, in which environment and architecture are read as one.
Junya Ishigami’s sinuous stone 2019 Serpentine Pavilion (Iwan Baan)
The Tokyo-based designer was granted a cash prize of $20,000, as the 2026 Brunner Memorial Reward recipient.
The other four winners– a roster composed of practicing designers, historians, and theorists– each received cash prizes of $10,000.
Friendship’s black corrugated metal facade, with a peek at the pink insulation.(Courtesy Ultramoderne)
Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis cofounded Ultramoderne, a Providence, Rhode Island– based architecture and style practice, in 2013. The company’s portfolio consists of Friendship, a Providence duplex with a black corrugated metal facade.
In addition to housing, Ultramoderne has actually likewise dealt with myriad cultural tasks, consisting of gallery spaces and structures.