The October issue of Oris magazine, dedicated to the Days of Oris symposium and therefore edited on the basis of authorship and not a particular theme, has always been rather heterogeneous. Yet, if we had to isolate a recurring motif, it would probably be – the award in architecture. Nearly all the authors presented in the pages in front of you hold a large number of awards in their portfolios – due to both excellence of their work and growing number of circulating awards – and this year’s laureates of the most prestigious, Pritzker Prize, particularly stand out. But, despite the fact that architectural awards are a frequent topic not only in the professional, but also in a broader public discourse, an analytical step backwards, that is discussing the possibilities and limitations of the architectural award as a social and economic tool in the neoliberal era, has seldom been undertaken.