AIA Gold Medal (Awarded to an individual for distinguished service to the architectural profession or to the institute. It is the institute's highest honor.)

1940 — No Award

1941 — No Award

1942 — No Award

1943 — No Award

1944 — Louis Henri Sullivan

1945 — No Award

1946 —No Award

1947 — Eliel Saarinen

1948 — Charles D. Maginnis

1949 — Frank Lloyd Wright