UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize

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architecture award humanitarian architecture prize international award

The UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize is an international architecture award recognizing projects and architects that significantly improve living conditions for the poor and marginalized.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
UIA Awards	1
UIA Robert Matthew Prize	1
UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize canonical	1

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Target entity: UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize
Context triple: [International Union of Architects, awards, UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize]

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B. Gregori Aminoff Prize
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E. Edward Weintal Prize
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Target entity: UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize
Target entity description: The UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize is an international architecture award recognizing projects and architects that significantly improve living conditions for the poor and marginalized.

A. Jacques Schneider Prize
The Jacques Schneider Prize is an aviation award associated with the Schneider Trophy competitions, recognizing achievements in seaplane and air racing.
B. Gregori Aminoff Prize
The Gregori Aminoff Prize is a prestigious Swedish scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of crystallography.
C. Gregory Luebbert Prize
The Gregory Luebbert Prize is a distinguished political science award recognizing outstanding scholarly work in comparative politics.
D. David and Elaine Spitz Prize
The David and Elaine Spitz Prize is an annual award recognizing the best book in liberal and/or democratic theory published in English.
E. Edward Weintal Prize
The Edward Weintal Prize is a prestigious journalism award recognizing outstanding reporting and analysis on foreign policy and international affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architecture award ⓘ humanitarian architecture prize ⓘ international award ⓘ
administeredBy	International Union of Architects ⓘ
aimsTo	encourage architects to address social inequality ⓘ highlight best practices in humanitarian architecture ⓘ promote architecture serving the poor ⓘ raise awareness of housing needs of marginalized people ⓘ
awardedAt	UIA World Congress of Architects ⓘ
awardFor	architecture that improves living conditions for marginalized communities ⓘ architecture that improves living conditions for the poor ⓘ poverty alleviation through architecture ⓘ socially responsible architecture ⓘ
category	social impact award ⓘ linked to: Social Impact Award
countryOfOrganization	France ⓘ
eligibleRecipients	architects ⓘ architecture projects ⓘ
field	architecture ⓘ
focusArea	basic services infrastructure ⓘ community facilities ⓘ housing ⓘ post-disaster reconstruction ⓘ
frequency	triennial ⓘ
hasComponent	main prize ⓘ mentions or special recognitions ⓘ
hasCriterion	benefit to low-income populations ⓘ benefit to socially disadvantaged groups ⓘ community participation ⓘ innovation in low-cost housing ⓘ significant improvement of living conditions ⓘ sustainability in resource-constrained contexts ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
inception	1998 ⓘ
namedAfter	Vassilis Sgoutas ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation	architect ⓘ
namedAfterRole	former UIA president ⓘ
organizer	UIA Working Programme on Architecture for All ⓘ
partOf	UIA Awards ⓘ linked to: UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize
presentedBy	International Union of Architects ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
selectionMethod	international jury ⓘ
targetBeneficiaries	informal settlement residents ⓘ rural poor ⓘ urban poor ⓘ
targetRegion	global South ⓘ
website	https://www.uia-architectes.org ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Union of Architects → awards → UIA Robert Matthew Prize ⓘ

linked to: UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize

International Union of Architects → awards → UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize ⓘ

UIA Vassilis Sgoutas Prize → partOf → UIA Awards ⓘ