The Lawrence Israel Prize is awarded by the Interior Design Program of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York City. The prize was named for and endowed by the architect Lawrence J. Israel.

The prize was first awarded in 1998 and has been bestowed annually since "to an individual or firm whose ideas and work enrich FIT Interior Design students’ course of study". Every year the award winners are invited to give a public talk at FIT. FIT has recognized Johannes Knoops with a faculty award for "...refreshing the Lawrence Israel Prize Lecture".

Recipients

  • 1998 – Charles Gwathmey
  • 1999 – John F. Saladino
  • 2000 – Margo Grant Walsh
  • 2001 – Clodagh
  • 2002 – Billie Tsien
  • 2003 – Vicente Wolf
  • 2004 – Bromley/Caldari
  • 2005 – Adam D. Tihany
  • 2006 – Jamie Drake
  • 2007 – Lindy Roy
  • 2008 – AvroKO
  • 2009 – Gaetano Pesce
  • 2010 – LTL
  • 2011 – David Rockwell
  • 2012 – Diller Scofidio Renfro
  • 2013 – Roman and Williams
  • 2014 – LOT-EK
  • 2015 – Tony Chi
  • 2016 – SHoP Architects
  • 2017 – Karim Rashid
  • 2018 – Annabelle Selldorf
  • 2019 – Alexandra Champalimaud
  • 2023 - Joel Sanders

References


Nation's 'cultural prowess' hailed at Israel Prize ceremony The Times

The Israel Prize Suzanne Dellal

Diller Scofidio + Renfro Wins 2012 Lawrence Israel Prize News Archinect

FIT Honors Roman and Williams Building and Interiors with the 2013

Annabelle Selldorf to receive Lawrence Israel Prize from FIT