Jane Drew Prize Award 2022. has been awarded to British-Iranian architect, educator, and writer Farshid Moussavi. The annual award is given to an architect whose work and activity has raised the profile of women in architecture. Moussavi was a co-founder of Foreign Office Architects, known works such as the Yokohama International Ferry Terminal, which opened in 2002. In 2011, Moussavi founded Farshid Moussavi Architecture, based in London.
Farshid Moussavi, the Jane Drew Prize 2022 winner. Photograph by Anne Purkiss.
Farshid Moussavi, the Jane Drew Prize 2022 winner. Photograph by Anne Purkiss.
“It is a very great honor for me to receive the Jane Drew Prize, which has done so much to draw attention to the achievements of women in the field of architecture,” Moussavi said upon hearing the news. “There are relatively few role models for women in architectural practice, and I believe that this allows them freedom to be more creative in responding to the urgent challenges facing architects today, whether these challenges are finding new and more generous uses for buildings as well as new languages in which to engage a larger and more diverse public, or addressing climate change to protect future generations.”
It was named after the English architect Dame Jane Drew (died 1996) who, among other achievements, had tried to set up the first all-women architecture practice and had been the first female full Professor at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mona Hatoum, winner of the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize 2022. Photograph by Mizuho Miyazaki / The Japan Art Association The Sankei Shimbun.
The Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture 2022 has been awarded to the British-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum, recognizing individuals from the wider architectural industry who have made a significant contribution to the built environment.
“In a world fractured by conflict and exile, the work of Mona Hatoum only gains further relevance and importance. Turning familiar objects into uncanny experiences, she makes visible human fragility and spatial violence.” Architectural Review editor Manon Mollard.
The previous winners of the Jane Drew award include, Kate Macintosh, Lesley Lokko, Yasmeen Lari, Beatriz Colomina, Elizabeth Diller, Amanda Levete, Denise Scott Brown, Odile Decq, Grafton Architects’ founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, Zaha Hadid, Kathryn Findlay of Ushida Findlay and Eva Jiřičná.
Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture 2022. In addition to the winners of the Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable prizes, the shortlists have been unveiled for the Moira Gemmill and MJ Long Prizes. The Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture recognizes promising designers under the age of 45 who are leading their own practice.
The 2022 shortlist comprises:
- Ana Baptista, co-founder of Colectivo Mel, based in Portugal.
- Rania Ghosn, founding partner of Design Earth, based in the United States.
- Swati Janu, founder of Social Design Collaborative, based in India.
- Sumayya Vally, principal of Counterspace, based in South Africa.
