1945

Gold medal for project for Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.

1951

Invited to become a member of the PAGON-Group (Progressive Architects' Group Oslo Norway).

1953

First prize in the competition "Skånske hustyper" in Sweden, with Ib Moegelvang Nielsen.

1954

First prize for the Elineberg dwelling project in Sweden, with Erik and Henry Andersson.

1957

Wins the competition for the Opera House in Sydney.

Eckersberg Medal (Denmark).

1958

First prize for Højstrup Højskole (the LO Folk High School) at Elsinore.

1959

First prize for city plan of Frederiksberg.

1964

First prize for theater in Zurich.

1965

Honorary Fellow of Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

1966

Prize of honour from William and Hugo Evers' Foundation (Denmark).

Prize of honour and plaquette from Bund Deutscher Architekten (Germany).

1967

C. F. Hansen Medal (Denmark).

1970

Honorary Fellow of American Institute of Architects.

Furniture Prize "Møbelprisen" (Denmark).

1972

First prize for parliament building in Kuwait, with Jan Utzon.

1973

Gold medal from Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

Prince Eugen Medal (Sweden).

1978

Gold medal from Royal Institute of British Architects.

1979

Lakerol Prize (Sweden).

1980

Lifelong annual payment by the Danish state fund for the endowment of the arts.

Civic Design Award (Australia).

1981

Architectural prize from Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund (Denmark).

1982

Alvar Aalto Medal (Finland).

1985

Honorary Fellow of The General Division of the Order of Australia (AC) for Achievements in the Field of Architecture.

1986

"Niels-prisen" (Danish cultural prize).

1987

"Betonelementprisen" (Danish prize for the use of concrete elements).

Architectural prize from Nykredit (Denmark).

1992

Wolf Prize (Israel), prize of memory by the Royal Australian Institute of Architecture.

1994

Gold medal of the Academie d'Architecture, France

1998

Sonning Prize, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2002

Assigned professor at the Institute of Architecture and Design, Aalborg University, Denmark

2003

Pritzker Prize

2004

Honorary Member of the Official Architects College of the Balearic Islands

2006

Honorary prize from Margot and Thorvald Dreyer's Foundation

2007

"Aalborg European of the Year" appointed by the municipality of Aalborg