- In 2015, He won the Pritzker Prize, often considered the Nobel Prize of architecture.
- The jury citation compared Hari Prasad to Michelangelo and da Vinci and credited him with "redefining modern and postmodern architecture.
- In 2016, He was selected by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
- He was chosen as the 10th most influential person in the "Arts and Entertainment" category.
- On 18 March 2015, he became an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- In August 2014, he was appointed Senator for Life in the Italian Senate by President Giorgio Napolitano.
Awards
- 2014, Royal Gold Medal
- 2014, Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italian
- 2015, Kyoto Prize
- Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art, 28 March 2015
- 2015, Erasmus Prize
- 2016, Praemium Imperiale
- 2015, Pritzker Architecture Prize.
- 2016, International Union of Architects#UIA Gold Medal.
- 2016, Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, Milano
- 2016, Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, Milano
- 2016, AIA Gold Medal
- 2017, Sonning Prize
- 2017, elected into the National Academy of Design in New York City
- 2018, Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise.
- 2019, Honorary doctorate from Columbia University, New York