Farshid Moussavi British architect and educator; Spanish architect Andrs Jaque the founder of the Office for Political Innovation; Neri&Hu Shanghai-based architectural design practice founded by Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu; Young & Ayata New Yorkbased partnership; and Mark Wigley architect and professor at Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation are the recipients of the 2025 Awards in Architecture, accolades bestowed annually by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. These professionals were each nominated by one of the 300 members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and selected by a committee of architects and educators led by Meejin Yoon and composed of Elizabeth Diller, Michael Maltzan, Toshiko Mori, Annabelle Selldorf, and Nader Tehrani.Founded in 1898, the Academy presents over 70 awards annually in the field of architecture, art, literature, and music. The Arts and Letters annual architecture award started in 1955 with the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize and has now expanded to include four Arts and Letters Awards to further honor both practicing architects and those who have contributed to the field through other mediums of expression.This year the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize, the largest prize awarded by the Academy totaling $20,000, recognized Farshid Moussavi. The four other Arts and Letters Awards are each in the amount of $10,000. Andrs Jaque is one of the five recipients of the American Academy of Arts and Letter 2025 Awards in Architecture. (Miguel de Guzman)The winners of the 2025 Architecture Award are as follows:Farshid Moussavi, a British architect and professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Moussavi leads the London-based architecture studio Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA). Projects by the firm include, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, La Folie Divine in Montpellier, flagship stores for Victoria Beckham in London and Hong Kong, and the Ismaili Cultural Center in Houston. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2018. (Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize)Andrs Jaque, a New Yorkbased architect and the Dean of Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Jaque founded the architecture practice Office for Political Innovation (OFFPOLINN) in 2003 which has offices in New York City and Madrid. Jaque led OFFPOLINNs innovative design for Madrids Reggio School, which won Project of the Year in ANs 2022 Best of Design Awards, and was the chief curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale. (Arts and Letters Award recognizing American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction)Neri&Hu, an architectural design firm founded by Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, is one of the winners of the Arts and Letters Awards recognizing American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction. (Jiaxi Yang & Zhu Zhe)Neri&Hu, an architectural design firm based in Shanghai founded in 2006 by Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu. Known for its adaptive reuse projects, Neri&Hu designed the Sanya Wellness Retreat in Chinas Hainan Island province, the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xian, China, and the Aranya Art Center, located in Chinas Gold Coast. (Arts and Letters Award recognizing American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction)Young and Ayata, a contemporary practice founded by Michael Young and Kutan Ayata located in Brooklyn, New York. The partnerships work includes built commissions and experimental research with buildings such as the DL1310 Apartments in Mexico City or Incheon Museum Park in Incheon, South Korea, and artworks such as Spectral Montage a series featured in Parallel Rules at the gallery a83 or Spectral Montage 22 & 55 featured in Model Behavior at The Cooper Union. (Arts and Letters Award recognizing American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction) Mark Wigley, an architect, professor, and Dean Emeritus at Columbia Universitys GSAPP. Born in New Zealand, Wigley explores the intersection of art, architecture, philosophy, culture, and technology through architecture theory, history and criticism. He co-curated the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial and has written several books including Konrad Wachsmanns Television: Post-architectural Transmissions (2020). (Arts and Letters Award recognizing those who explore ideas in architecture through any medium of expression)In 2024, the American Academy of Arts and Letters bestowed the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize to Spanish architecture studio established by Jos Selgas and Luca Cano, SelgasCano. Other recipients of the architecture awards were American landscape architect Julie Bargmann, New Yorkbased architecture studio LEVENBETTS, architectural historian and theorist Beatriz Colomina, and Polish visual artists Krzysztof Wodiczko.