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

1950 — Sir Patrick Abercrombie, London

1951 — Bernard Ralph Maybeck, San Francisco

1952 — Auguste Perret, Paris

1953 — Williams Adams Delano, New York

1954 — No Award

1955 — William Marinus Dudok, Netherlands

1956 — Clarence S. Stein, New York

1957 — Ralph Walker, New York

Luis Skidmore, New York

1958 — John Wellborn Root, Chicago

1959 — Walter Gropius, Cambridge, Massachusetts

AIA Craftsmanship Medal

1950 — Joseph Gardinar Reynolds, Jr., Stained Glass

1951 — No Award

1952 — George Nakashima, Furniture

1953 — Emil Frei, Stained Glass

1954 — Maria Montoya Martinez, Pottery

1955 — John Howard Benson, Calligraphy

1956 — Harry Bertoia, Metal Design

1957 — Charles Eames, Furniture

1958 — Francois Lorin, Stained Glass

1959 — No Award

AIA Edward C. Kemper Award (To AIA members for "significant contributions to the profession of architecture...