The holder of the Driehaus Prize 2015 is David M. Schwarz

American architect David M. Schwarz was announced as the laureate of the Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture on January 14, 2015. This prestigious global award for contemporary traditionalist architects, accompanied by a financial reward of $200,000, was granted by a committee established by the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame in the USA. Its members include architects Léon Krier and Demetri Porphyrios, critics Paul Goldberger and Witold Rybczynski, the founder of the city of Seaside Robert Davis, and the president of the American Academy in Rome Adele Chatfield-Taylor. The award will be presented on March 21, 2015, at a ceremony in Chicago. At the same time, the Henry Hope Reed Prize ($50,000) was awarded to American physician and environmentalist Richard J. Jackson for his cultivation and promotion of traditional construction and art, a specialist in researching the impact of urbanism on human health (including the book and website Designing Healthy Communities, 2011, http://designinghealthycommunities.org).
David M. Schwarz studied architecture at the universities of Annapolis and Yale. In 1976, he founded a design firm in Washington, D.C., which he still leads. He pays special attention to combining classical design with strict environmental and energy standards. In addition to other roles, he is the chair of the Dean's Advisory Committee at the Yale School of Architecture and a member of the American National Committee of the World Wildlife Fund.