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AMS Stephen Croad Essay Prize 2020_Deadline: Monday, June 29, 2020

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

The Ancient Monuments Society (AMS) is pleased to announce that submissions are now invited for the 2020 Stephen Croad Essay Prize.

The Prize was established last year in honour of Stephen Croad, former Head of the National Buildings Record and a great supporter of the AMS. It is intended to encourage and reward factually verifiable, documented new discoveries on the historic buildings of England and Wales, whether part of the established canon or hitherto less examined.

Full details can be found here.

In 2019 the Prize was awarded to James Sims for his outstanding essay Lost in Time: John Outram’s warehousing at Poyle, which has been published in the AMS’s 2019 Transactions.

RIBA Student Support Fund for Spring/Summer 2020_Deadline: Monday, May 11 at 5pm

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

The RIBA Student Support Fund is now open for applications for Spring/Summer 2020. The Fund welcomes applications from students of architecture enrolled in RIBA Part 1 and 2 courses in the UK who are experiencing financial hardship, and would benefit from financial support.

Students can apply for a maximum of £3,000.

The full details and application form can be found on our website here

The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm Monday 11 May 2020.

Congratulations to Charlotte Penny, former MArch student in the SA+C, on receiving the “Highly Commended” IHBC Gus Astley Award for her MArch dissertation “Conservation Theory and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Manifesto: The Red House and the Contest between the Theoretical and Practical Nature of Conservation”

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

Charlotte was mentored by Dr Kate Jordan, Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture + Cities.

Dr Kate Jordan, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Westminster, said: ‘Charlotte mined a variety of sources to produce a thought-provoking analysis of contemporary conservation practice and theory. Her work makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship of architectural heritage.’
Charlotte Penny said: ‘I am delighted to have received the ‘Highly Commended’ Gus Astley Student Award. I would like to sincerely thank the IHBC for the recognition and the opportunity to attend the Brighton School, as well as Dr Kate Jordan from the University of Westminster for her uplifting support and shared enthusiasm for my research.’
‘I very much enjoyed researching and writing my dissertation, in particular delving into archives and finding fascinating resources. The question of ‘the contest between the theoretical and practical nature of conservation’ was the subject of the dissertation, which centred on the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings’ Manifesto and more specifically with the ongoing conservation of the historic fabric at William Morris’ Red House.’
‘I learned that philosophy and practice appear to only touch the surface of conservation and as such, conservation cannot solely be considered as three dimensional; the fourth dimension of time must be taken into account. Many factors are involved in the consideration of conservation work and custodians have to balance a wide range of often conflicting constraints, whilst also acting as faithful guardians of the United Kingdom’s shared heritage.’
IHBC New Blog Archive

PLAYHOUSE Competition_Deadline, April 24, 2020, 6pm

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

Hacking the home to make play part of everyday

Play is an essential part of all our lives, whether child or adult. Be it playing sports, a board game or simply sharing jokes with friends, play is just as important to adults as building a den or playing dress-up is to a child.

The Coronavirus outbreak has left many of us having to spend extended periods of time at home in lockdown, restricting the opportunity to socialise and play in ways that we are used to.

How can we use creativity to encourage play in these unique times?

To download full brief and submit your entry please go to: https://www.playhouse-competition.com/

First wave of submissions by 6pm Friday 24th April 2020 to be featured in May, and second wave by 6pm Friday 22nd May 2020 to be featured in June.

The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain: Prizes and Awards in Architectural History_Various Deadlines

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

In spite of the difficulties the pandemic presents, the Society is pleased to launch its annual Awards programme; our prizes and awards rank among the most prestigious in architectural history internationally. We now have a programme of four awards, each targeted at different sections of the discipline. You do not need to be a member to participate.
For our Book Prizes, nomination is now open until 1 May 2020. Anyone can nominate any eligible title, and authors and publishers are welcome to self-nominate. Nominated titles will then be invited to formally submit for assessment by our judging panels.
For our Essay Prizes, submission by individuals is open until 1 September 2020. Prize winners will be announced at our Annual Lecture and Awards Ceremony in London (date, TBC).

The society welcomes submissions of work relating to the history of the built environment from all cognate disciplines and subdisciplines, including but by no means limited to Architecture, Art History, History and Geography.
We encourage work on as diverse a range of themes as possible, including histories of design; histories of planning; histories of construction; histories of buildings in use; histories of interiors and interior design; and histories of practice and professionalism.
We are looking for work in the history of the built environment that is innovative, ambitious and rigorous. Please consider submitting your own work and encouraging students, colleagues and friends to do so too. For more information see below and the Awards page of our website.
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain

To find out more about each award, please click on links below:

James Phillips Travel Prize 2020 _ Deadline: May 4, 2020

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

Background

The James Phillips Foundation is a charity established in 2015 in memory of James Phillips who died, aged 27, on Sunday 27 September 2014.

James was a partner at Make Architects, and studied architecture at the University of Kingston. The day after he died would have been his first day on Westminster’s Part 3 course. His brother Daniel completed his Part 1 BA Architecture here, and is now studying on the MArch.

James cared about architecture, photography and travel, and for his MA ‘Common Ground: An analysis of public space on an International basis’ he travelled to 24 countries to document – and photograph – their most significant public spaces.

The Prize

In 2016 The James Phillips Foundation very generously set up a travel prize of £1000 per annum for a Westminster architecture student in memory of James.

The only conditions are that the prize money must be used to facilitate travel, and that the goal of that travel should be photographed and archived on The James Phillips Foundation web-site within 6 months of the award being made[1].

Applications & Judging

The prize is open to all students enrolled on an Architecture course at the School of Architecture + Cities at the time of application, although the travel can be undertaken after graduating. Students should make a proposal of maximum 300 words + images demonstrating:

How the travel will enable investigation of: either a subject beyond the normal academic requirements of their course, or a specific study for their course that would otherwise be unaffordable (e.g. dissertation, extended essay, studio project).
Why they have chosen a particular destination, or destinations, and what aspect of ‘common ground’ they plan to investigate – and how.
A draft travel schedule (in addition to the 300 words)
How they use photography to enhance their work

Proposals will be judged against the following criteria:

To what extent the proposed travel research will document and enhance knowledge of some aspect of common ground or public space.
Feasibility of the proposed travel
Quality of the proposal

Timetable

Notification of Prize: Monday 7 April
Proposal deadline: Monday 4 May submit to School Administrator: Saroja Boolkah S.Boolkah@westminster.ac.uk
Announcement of Winner: Friday 19 June (OPEN Awards Evening)

[1] In the current exceptional conditions, this time limit has been extended to 12-months

RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursaries _ Deadline: May 15, 2020, 5pm

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

The aim of the RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursaries is to provide long-term financial support to architecture students who demonstrate talent and commitment to their studies who might struggle to cover the costs of living and course-related expenditure. The schemes have been made possible by generous donations to the RIBA from the Walter Parker Trust, the Rosenberg Memorial Fund and the Ayyub Malik Trust; as well as monies raised through the RIBA Education Fund.
RIBA website

Applications for the 2020 RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursaries are now open.

RIBA Part 1 Bursary

To be eligible to apply for a RIBA Part 1 Bursary, students must currently be enrolled in the first year of a RIBA Part 1 course in the UK. Recipients of these bursaries will receive a maximum of £6,000 distributed in £1,000 termly instalments throughout the second and third years of study.

RIBA Part 2 Bursary

To be eligible to apply for a RIBA Part 2 Bursary, applicants must be in the process of applying for a RIBA Part 2 course in the UK beginning in September 2020. Applicants do not need to have their place confirmed at the time of application, but if successful, proof of enrolment will be required before the bursary payment is made. Recipients of these bursaries will receive a maximum of £6,000 distributed in £1,000 termly instalments throughout the two-year course.

The application deadline for both bursary schemes is 5pm Friday 15 May 2020.

For the full details on the application process and to download the application form and guidance notes, please visit the website here.

Call for entries: RIBAJ Eye Line 2020 Competition_Deadline: Monday, June 8, 23:59

Posted on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 by Mirna Pedalo

KEY DATES

Deadline: Monday 8 June 2020, 23:59.

Judging: end June.

Winners and commendations announced: August issue of RIBAJ and online.

Exhibition opens: August/September.

Correspondence: eyeline.ribaj@riba.org

It’s back! The 2020 edition of Eye Line, our international free-to-enter competition for drawing and rendering skills, is now open for entries. As ever we ask for images in two categories – student and practitioner – that brilliantly communicate architecture, in any medium or combination of media. It’s the pure art of architecture we’re interested in: ‘New Imagined Worlds’ is the subtitle this year.
We are especially pleased this eighth year of Eye Line to be partnering with Delta Light, the international architectural lighting company. Themselves committed to the art of architectural illustration, they are kindly hosting our judging event.
We are looking for images of all kinds, from hand-drawn concept sketch to technically proficient layered render. For us, ‘drawing’ includes any method by which the power of an architectural idea is communicated. This includes depictions of existing buildings as well as works of the imagination.
Practitioners and students enter in different categories:
• Student category – images made by those in architectural education or who are submitting images made before final qualification.
• Practitioner category: images made by those fully qualified and working in practice, whether for real-life projects or to explore ideas and experiences.
We will exhibit winners and commendations at the RIBA following a winners’ party there, and will publish them in print and online. And our colleagues at the RIBA’s Drawings and Archives Collection, based in the Victoria and Albert Museum, will inspect our winners for potential inclusion in the collections.
Last year’s practitioner winner was Ed Crooks for his series of pen-and ink fantasias on Lutyens’ Castle Drogo commissioned by the National Trust: student winner was Theo Jones from the Bartlett with his series ‘Unfolding Julian Assange’s Home of Diplomatic Containment’ made in Photoshop and Illustrator. Commendations in all media ranged from sparse elegant line drawings via watercolour on cardboard.
Every year we are gratified by the originality, wit and talent represented in Eye Line: a truly international, free-to-enter award conducted online. Practitioners and students – show us your best drawings!
Hugh Pearman, The RIBA Journal

For more details and how to apply please go to: https://www.ribaj.com/culture/enter-eye-line

Featured image: RIBAJ