The Richard H. Driehaus Prize
Richard H. Driehaus, the founder and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management in Chicago, established a $100,000 prize to be presented annually through the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture to honor a major contributor in the field of traditional and classical architecture. He founded the award program through Notre Dame because of its reputation as a national leader in incorporating the ideals of traditional and classical architecture into the task of modern urban development.
Chosen by a committee of leading architects and educators, honorees receive a $100,000 prize and a model of the Choregic Monument of Lysikrates in Athens. In addition to Richard H. Driehaus, members of the 2005 selection panel included: Tom Beeby, principal at Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge and former dean of the Yale School of Architecture; Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president of the American Academy in Rome; Léon Krier, architect, urbanist and inaugural recipient of The Richard H. Driehaus Prize; Michael Lykoudis, dean of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture; and David Watkin, architectural historian, fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
