The Pritzker Architecture Prize, established in 1979 by Jay and Cindy Pritzker, is an annual award recognizing a living architect for their contributions, often regarded as the 'Nobel Prize of Architecture.' It is open to architects regardless of nationality and offers a prize of $100,000 along with a citation certificate, though notable winners include mostly American architects, with only two women, Zaha Hadid and Kazuyo Sejima, among the 39 recipients. Notably, there has not yet been a Kurdish, Arab, or Turkish architect awarded this prestigious honor.