Breaking news: Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, after winning both the Praemium Imperiale prize and the Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion this year. More
The Royal Institute of British Architects has acted "to right a 180-year wrong" by giving its highest honour to a woman, the body's president has said. More
Zaha Hadid has rejected claims that her architecture is self-indulgent and wilful, believing that she is "widely misunderstood" by the mainstream. More
British architect Zaha Hadid is to become the 2016 recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, marking the first time a woman has won the prize in her own right (+ slideshow). More
Interview: there aren't enough opportunities in Europe for talented young architects, according to Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, who tonight receive the RIBA Royal Gold Medal. More
News: Irish architects Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey have been named as the 2015 recipients of the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (+ slideshow). More
News: the rising cost of property in city centres is causing the "biggest crisis" facing architects and urbanists, according to critic Joseph Rykwert, the recipient of this year's RIBA Royal Gold Medal (+ interview). More
News: architectural historian Joseph Rykwert has been named as the recipient of this year's Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
News: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor rejected architecture as form-making in his Royal Gold Medal lecture at the RIBA in London yesterday, explaining that he believes that light, materials and atmosphere are the most important aspects of architecture. More
News: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has today been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger has been named as the recipient of this year's Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
Dezeen Wire: British architect David Chipperfield is to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
Dezeenwire: architect IM Pei will be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture at a ceremony in London tonight. More
Dezeenwire: Chinese-born American architect IM Pei is to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture - RIBA. See press release below More