Arno Brandlhuber is awarded the Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts
Portrait Arno Brandlhuber. Photo by Simon WatsonWhat do architecture, mathematics, music, logic and philosophy have in common? They are all disciplines that Rolf Schock loved and chose to combine in a prize that bears his name. This year, the Rolf Schock Prizes goes to architect Arno Brandlhuber, mathematician Tobias Colding, philosopher Bastiaan van Fraassen and composer, conductor and musician Maria Schneider.
The prize amount for 2026 is 600,000 Swedish kronor in each prize area, a total of 2.4 million Swedish kronor. The prizes will be awarded at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 June 2026.
The Rolf Schock Prize Laureates are selected in collaboration between three Swedish academies: the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The final decision is made by the Rolf Schock Foundation.
Visual Arts
The 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts is awarded to Arno Brandlhuber.
"For combining practice, theory and teaching in consistent explorations of the fundamental issues of building and urban environments, and for focusing on the social and collective aspects in his interdisciplinary collaborations. Unexpected solutions with a strong character point to new ways forward."
Antivilla (Adaptive-Reuse) Potsdam, 2015, Architects: Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon), photos: Paul Reinhardt, Sergio Pirrone.
Arno Brandlhuber, born in 1964, is a German architect, urban researcher, mediator and activist. Since the early 1990s, he has developed a collaborative practice that extends the field of architecture to the public, policy and legislation. With a growing team, he is advocating for a fundamental value-shift in the construction sector – socially, ecologically, and economically.
Arno Brandlhuber
Arno Brandlhuber has taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, the Vienna University of Technology, Harvard GSD and other institutions, and since 2017 has held a chair at ETH Zürich, where he is developing station.plus. Today, he heads the architecture and research team Brandlhuber+ in Berlin and is co-founder of the collaborative practice bplus.xyz and the non-profit organisation HouseEurope.eu.
Arno Brandlhuber’s collaborative projects range from buildings such as Antivilla, Terrassenhaus and the own studio San Gimignano Lichtenberg, to films like Architecting after Politics, and Power to Renovation, and to platforms such as HouseEurope!.
Terrassenhaus (Mix-Use, Berlin, 2018, Architects: Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, Muck Petzet Architekten), photo: David Becker
Musical Arts
The 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in the Musical Arts is awarded to composer, conductor and jazz musician Maria Schneider.
“for her unique and innovative artistry, in which her compositions combine humility, precise form and deeply personal expression. Through her internationally influential creativity and significant work for musicians’ rights, she is an important role model and provides inspiration for new generations in the art form of jazz.”
Logic and philosophy
The 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy is awarded to Bastiaan C. van Fraassen, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
“for developing a compelling empiricist account of scientific reasoning that moved decisively beyond logical empiricism, profoundly influenced contemporary philosophy of science and shaped the scientific realism debate”
Mathematics
The 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics is awarded to Tobias Holck Colding, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
“for profound contributions to the theory of minimal surfaces and geometric flows”
About the prize
On his death in 1986, Rolf Schock left a significant fortune. In his will, he donated funds to enable the awarding of a prize bearing his name. His desire was for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to propose laureates in mathematics and in logic and philosophy, for the Royal Academy of Fine Arts to propose laureates in one of the visual arts and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in one of the musical arts.
His fortune is managed by the Schock Foundation, which formally decides the laureates. The prize amount for 2026 is 600,000 Swedish kronor in each prize area, a total of 2.4 million Swedish kronor. The prizes will be awarded at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 June 2026.
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