The holder of the Driehaus Prize 2014 is Pier Carlo Bontempi

The Italian architect Pier Carlo Bontempi was announced as the laureate of the Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture on December 2, 2013. This prestigious global award for contemporary traditionalist architects, accompanied by a financial reward of $200,000, was bestowed upon him by a committee established by the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame in the USA. The committee members include architects Léon Krier and Demetri Porphyrios, critics Paul Goldberger and Witold Rybczynski, founder of the city of Seaside Robert Davis, and president of the American Academy in Rome Adele Chatfield-Taylor. At the same time, the Henry Hope Reed Award ($50,000) for the cultivation and promotion of traditional building and art was given to Chinese heritage expert Ruan Yisan, who participated in projects for the preservation and revitalization of several historical cities in China. Both awards will be presented on March 29, 2013, at a ceremony in Chicago.

Pier Carlo Bontempi was born in 1954 in Fornovo di Taro in northern Italy. He studied architecture at the University of Florence, later teaching there as well as in Paris, Stuttgart, and at the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture in London. Bontempi's studio focuses on the restoration of historic buildings and new construction projects in traditionalist styles, including urban planning. Among his most significant works are the spa complex Fonti di Matilde near Reggio di Emilia and Tuscany Square in Val d'Europe near Paris, featuring buildings in the classical Italian-French style (awarded the Palladio Prize in the USA in 2008).