| 1985 | | Jon Jerde, FAIA | | 1986 | | Raphael S. Soriano | | 1987 | | Frank O. Gehry, FAIA | | 1988 | | Emmet L. Wemple, FASLA | | 1989 | | Carl Maston | | 1990 | | Albert C. Martin, FAIA | | 1991 | | Robert Kennard, FAIA | | 1992 | | Arthur F. O'Leary Toshikazu Terasawa | | 1993 | | William E. Blurock, FAIA | | 1994 | | Conrad Buff III, FAIA Calvin Straub, FAIA Donald Hensman, FAIA | | 1995 | | Thom Mayne
| | 1996 | | Chester A. Widom, FAIA | | | | 1997 | | Randell L. Makinson | | 1998 | | Pierre Koenig , FAIA | | 1999 | | Ronald Altoon, FAIA | | 2000 | | Edward Killingsworth, FAIA | | 2001 | | Edward Niles, FAIA | | 2002 | | Marvin Taff, FAIA | | 2003 | | Bernard Zimmerman, FAIA | | 2004 | | Henry Bumstead | | 2005 | | Anthony A. Marnell II | 2006
| | Christopher C. Marin, FAIA David O. Martin, FAIA | | 2007 | | Victor Regnier, FAIA
| | 2008 | | Boris Dramov, FAIA | |