The AIA National Board voted to change the rules of the Gold Medal to allow a submittal of two individuals where through their collaboration they have created a singular body of distinguished work. While this doesn’t retroactively honor Denise Scott Brown for the Pritzker Architecture Prize which was awarded in 1991 to her husband, Robert Venturi, it does change the format from here forward, allowing for collaborators to receive proper recognition. This change will be effective in the next award cycle, effective January 1, 2014.
This is big news not only for women in architecture but for the profession at large.
