Soane Medal

{{short description|International architecture prize}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

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| name = Soane Medal

| current_awards = Hanif Kara

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| awarded_for = Individuals who have made a major contribution to architecture

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| year = {{Start date and age|2017}}

| year2 = 2024

| website = {{URL|https://www.soane.org/soane-medal}}

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The Soane Medal, established in 2017, is an international award presented annually by Sir John Soane's Museum.

The prestigious Soane Medal honours architects, academics, and critics who have significantly advanced and enhanced public understanding of architecture through their work in practice, history, or theory.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-10 |title=Hanif Kara Wins 2024 Soane Medal For Architecture

|url=https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/fhczh/hanif-kara-wins-2024-soane-medal-for-architecture.html |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=World Architecture}}

The winner is selected annually by a panel of distinguished architects, critics and curators, initially led by former Trustee of Sir John Soane’s Museum, Sir David Chipperfield.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-29 |title=Peter Barber OBE receives prestigious Soane Medal for his ground-breaking work in architecture|url=https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/peter-barber-obe-receives-prestigious-soane-medal-for-his-ground-breaking-work-in-architecture |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=University of Westminster}}

The British, Uganda-born engineer Hanif Kara was announced as the 2024 recipient of the illustrious Medal, which had previously been awarded to architects and their theorists, but never before to an engineer.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=‘I make architects’ dreams come true’: Hanif Kara, the magician who makes impossible buildings stay up |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/08/hanif-kara-soane-medal-will-alsop-zaha-hadid |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=The Guardian}}

The recipient of the Medal delivers a lecture at a special event, open to all, and also receives a replica of the original gold medal presented to Sir John Soane by the ‘Architects of England’ in 1835.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-18 |title=Rafael Moneo to be awarded Inaugural Soane Medal for Contribution to Architecture |url=https://worldarchitecture.org/articles/cvfzh/rafael_moneo_to_be_awarded_inaugural_soane_medal_for_contribution_to_architecture.html |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=World Architecture}} Modelled by Sir Francis Chantrey, the medal shows the likeness of Soane on one side and the north-west corner of the Bank of England on the other.Darley, Gillian, (1999) John Soane An Accidental Romantic, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-08165-7, p.316{{Cite web |title= 'Soane Medal', gold version presented to Sir John Soane by the Architects of England, 1835

|url= https://collections.soane.org/object-sdr21-3 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Sir John Soane‘s Museum}}

The Soane Medal is supported by Hamish and Sophie Forsyth.{{Cite web |title= Soane Medal|url= https://www.soane.org/soane-medal |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Sir John Soane‘s Museum}}