# Wheelwright Prize > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wheelwright_Prize > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wheelwright_Prize.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelwright_Prize > Source revision: 1325196168 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International architecture traveling fellowship Award Wheelwright Prize Current: Mauro Marinelli Awarded for Talented early-career architects worldwide proposing exceptional itineraries for research and discovery. Sponsored by Harvard Graduate School of Design Country United States Presented by Harvard Graduate School of Design Reward US$100,000 First award 1936; 90 years ago (1936) Website www.wheelwrightprize.org The **Wheelwright Architecture Prize** (formerly known as the **Arthur C. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship**)[1] is an international [architecture](/source/Architecture) traveling [fellowship](/source/Fellow) presented annually to "talented early-career architects worldwide proposing exceptional itineraries for research and discovery."[2] Founded in 1935 by the [Harvard Graduate School of Design](/source/Harvard_Graduate_School_of_Design), the prize is entirely funded by the same institution.[2] ## History The Wheelwright Prize was established in 1935 as the «Arthur C. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship», and was originally open only to alumni of the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[3] Arthur C. Wheelwright graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1887. After graduation, he spent a year working in his father's cotton commission house in [Boston](/source/Boston).[3] However, Wheelwright then pursued a two-year study of architecture in Boston, as Harvard did not yet offer architecture courses. He went on to study art in Paris for three years, faced a period of illness, and ultimately settled into the life of a farmer and part-time artist in [Westwood](/source/Westwood%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts.[3] Three years after his death in 1932, his widow, Edith F. Wheelwright, honored his life by establishing a fellowship for "travel and study outside the United States."[3] The core idea of the prize was to provide a [Grand Tour](/source/Grand_Tour) experience to graduates at a time when international travel was uncommon.[4] In 2013, the grant was renamed and reformatted to become an international competition for early-career architects who have graduated from an professionally accredited architectural program within the last 15 years.[5] ## Eligibility The Wheelwright Prize is open to early-career architects based anywhere in the world who have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years.[6] The fellowship must be granted to individual entrants, and those winners based in the United States, their research must be partially undertaken outside the country.[7] The recipient receives US$100,000 for travel and research-related expenses, which are expected to be spent throughout two years from its announcement.[4] Along with the money, the recipient is invited to lecture at the school and given the opportunity to appear in a research publication of the same institution.[3] The 2024 jury cycle comprised Noura Alsayeh, Mira Henry, [Mark Lee](/source/Mark_Lee_(architect)), Jacob Riedel, Enrique Walker, and Harvard GSD dean [Sarah M. Whiting](/source/Sarah_Whiting).[8] ## Laureates Since 2013, non-GSD alumni have been allowed to apply, provided they graduated from a professionally accredited architectural program within the last 15 years.[5] The 1968-1969 laureate, [Adèle Naudé Santos](/source/Ad%C3%A8le_Naud%C3%A9_Santos), is the first female prize winner.[9] ### 1936-1940 - **1936-1937:** Newton Ellis Griffith, Paul Marvin Rudolph, Walter Egan Trevett, R. Prentice Bradley - **1937-1938:** Constantine A. Pertzoff - **1938-1939:** Walter H.Kilham Jr. - **1939-1940:** Eliot Fette Noyes ### 1940-1949 - **1940-1941:** Leonard James Currie - **1941-1942:** Phillip Emile Joseph - **1942-1943:** Albert Evans Simonson, William W. Wurster - **1943-1944:** Christopher Tunnard - **1944-1945:** Robert William Blachnik, Alvaro Ortega, Theodore Jan Prichard, Helge Westermann - **1945-1946:** William Lindus Cody Wheaton, Kurt Augustus Mumm, [Ira Rakatansky](/source/Ira_Rakatansky), Stanley Salzman - **1946-1947:** Jean Paul Carlhian, Noel Buckland Dant, Martin Daniel Meyerson - **1947-1948:** Joseph Douglas Carroll Jr. - **1948-1949:** Vaughn Papworth Call ### 1950-1959 - **1949-1950:** Henry Louis Horowitz, Jean Claude Mazet, Edward Chase Weren, George Elliot Rafferty - **1950-1951:** [I. M. Pei](/source/I._M._Pei), Jacek von Henneberg, Jerry Neal Leibman - **1951-1952:** Frederick D. Holister, Donald Emanuel Olsen - **1952-1953:** William J. Conklin, Gottfied Paul Csala, Helmut Jacoby, and Edward Stutt - **1953-1954:** Royal Alfred McClure - **1954-1955:** Ferdinand Frederick Bruck - **1955-1956:** Dolf Hermann Schnebli - **1956-1957:** George F. Conley - **1957-1958:** Don Hisaka - **1958-1959:** Paul Mitarachi - **1959-1960:** John C. Haro ### 1960-1969 - **1960-1961:** Donald Craig Freeman - **1961-1962:** Albert Szabo - **1962-1963:** B. Frank Schlesinger - **1963-1964:** Paul Krueger - **1964-1965:** William Morgan - **1965-1966:** Peter Woytok - **1966-1967:** William Lindemulder - **1967-1968:** William H. Liskamm - **1968-1969:** [Adèle Naudé Santos](/source/Ad%C3%A8le_Naud%C3%A9_Santos) - **1969-1970:** Robert Kramer ### 1970-1979 - **1970-1971:** Theodore Liebman - **1971-1972:** Minoru Takeyama - **1972-1973:** Ozdemir Erginsav - **1973-1974:** Klaus Herdeg - **1974-1975:** Alan Chimacoff - **1976-1977:** Corky Poster and Leon J. Goldberg - **1978-1979:** Nelson K. Chen and Susie Kim - **1979-1980:** Nelson K. Chen ### 1981-1989 - **1981-1982:** Hector R. Arce - **1982-1983:** Joanna Lombard - **1985-1986:** Paul John Grayson - **1986-1987:** Christopher Doyle and Frances Hsu - **1987-1988:** Linda Pollak - **1988-1989:** Elizabeth A. Williams - **1989-1990:** [Wellington Reiter](/source/Wellington_Reiter) ### 1990-1999 - **1990-1991:** Holly Getch - **1991-1992:** Roger Sherman - **1992-1993:** Jeffrey A. Murphy - **1993-1994:** [Richard M. Sommer](/source/Richard_M._Sommer) - **1994-1995:** Edwin Y. Chan - **1995-1996:** Raveervarn Choksombatchai - **1996-1997:** James Favaro - **1998-1999:** Nana Last - **1999-2000:** Paolo Bercah ### 2000-2009 - **2000-2001:** Farès el-Dahdah - **2001-2002:** [Sze Tsung Leong](/source/Sze_Tsung_Leong) - **2002-2003:** Jeannie Kim - **2003-2004:** Ker-Shing Ong - **2004-2005:** Cecilia Tham - **2005-2006:** Joshua Comaroff - **2006-2007:** [Miho Mazereeuw](/source/Miho_Mazereeuw) - **2007-2008:** [Carlos Arnaiz](/source/Carlos_Arnaiz_Architects) - **2008-2009:** Mason White - **2009-2010:** Ying Zhou ### 2010-2019 - **2010-2011:** [Elisa Silva](/source/Elisa_Silva_(architect)) - **2013:** Gia Wolff - **2014:** Jose M. Ahedo - **2015:** [Erik L'Heureux](/source/Erik_L'Heureux) - **2016:** [Anna Puigjaner](/source/Anna_Puigjaner) - **2017:** Samuel Bravo - **2018:** Aude-Line Dulière - **2019:** Aleksandra Jaeschke ### 2020-present - **2020:** Daniel Fernández Pascual - **2021:** [Germane Barnes](/source/Germane_Barnes) - **2022:** [Marina Otero](/source/Marina_Otero) - **2023:** Jingru (Cyan) Cheng - **2024:** [Thandi Loewenson](/source/Thandi_Loewenson) - **2025:** Mauro Marinelli[10] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Arthur E. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship in Architecture"](https://worldwide.harvard.edu/arthur-e-wheelwright-traveling-fellowship-architecture). *Harvard Worldwide*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:3_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:3_2-1) ["Wheelwright Prize"](https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/architecture/fellowships-prizes-and-travel-programs/wheelwright-prize/). *Harvard Graduate School of Design*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:0_3-4) Ireland, Corydon (2013-01-28). ["Widening the Wheelwright"](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/01/widening-the-wheelwright/). *Harvard Gazette*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_4-1) Dagenais, Travis (2019-09-10). ["The Grand Tour: GSD's Wheelwright Prize reminds architects of the power of global research"](https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/2019/09/the-grand-tour-gsds-wheelwright-prize-reminds-architects-of-the-power-of-global-research/). *Harvard Graduate School of Design*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_5-1) Madsen, Deane (2015-04-27). ["Erik L'Heureux Wins 2015 Harvard GSD Wheelwright Prize"](https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/culture/erik-lheureux-wins-2015-harvard-gsd-wheelwright-prize_o). *[Architect Magazine](/source/Architect_Magazine)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Capps, Kriston (2013-05-15). ["Architect Gia Wolff Wins the Inaugural Wheelwright Prize"](https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/architect-gia-wolff-wins-the-inaugural-wheelwright-prize_o). *[Architect Magazine](/source/Architect_Magazine)*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Eligibility"](https://wheelwrightprize.org/eligibility/). *Wheelwright Prize*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Hickman, Matt (2023-07-05). ["Jingru (Cyan) Cheng Named Winner of 2023 Wheelwright Prize | Architectural Record"](https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16366-jingru-cyan-cheng-named-winner-of-2023-wheelwright-prize). *Architectural Record*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["NAUDÉ SANTOS, Adèle-Marie"](https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/archframes_mob.php?archid=4529). *Artefacts*. Retrieved 2024-06-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Dogan, Reyyan (2025-08-11). ["Mauro Marinelli Wins 2025 Wheelwright Prize for Research on Mountain Architecture Across the Alps, Andes, and Himalayas"](https://www.archdaily.com/1032963/mauro-marinelli-wins-2025-wheelwright-prize-for-research-on-mountain-architecture-across-the-alps-andes-and-himalayas). *ArchDaily*. Retrieved 2025-11-30. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Wheelwright Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelwright_Prize) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelwright_Prize?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.