Driehaus Prize Public Award Ceremony 2025

The $200,000 Driehaus Prize, the largest cash award in architecture worldwide, will be awarded to memorial architect Liam O’ Connor at a special awards ceremony at the Murphy Auditorium of the Driehaus Museum, 50 E. Erie Street, Chicago, on Saturday, March 22, at 11:00am. The ceremony will feature a welcome from Stefanos Polyzoides, University of Notre Dame Francis and Kathleen Rooney Dean of the School of Architecture, followed by an introduction by 2024 Driehaus Prize laureate Demetri Porphyrios and remarks by O’Connor. The annual event is free and open to the public and draws a global audience of industry leaders, academics, and professionals across the architecture, urbanism, and sustainability communities. The Prize is granted by the Driehaus Trust, in the name of Richard H. Driehaus, founder and chairman of Chicago-based Driehaus Capital Management LLC.