Given annually, the Jencks Award recognizes an individual or practice who has made a major contribution to both the theory and practice of architecture. In 2023 the Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced Dogma, a Brussels-based practice focused on the relationship between architecture and the city, as the recipient of the Charles Jencks Award.
Founded in 2002 by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara, Dogma’s work on large-scale urban design projects and exploration of the relationship between theory and practice continues to have a major influence on the profession, particularly among students, through both their thought processes and representation of architecture. In addition to design projects, members of Dogma engage passionately with teaching, writing and research, with Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara teaching at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven respectively.
The award was celebrated with a lecture by Dogma on their significant portfolio of work and approach to Architecture at RIBA on Thursday 16th May 2024.