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Congratulations to Kacper Sehnke from BA Architecture DS3.2 on winning 2023 RIBA President’s Bronze Medal and RIBA Award for Sustainable Design at RIBA Part I

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On December 14, at the 2023 RIBA President’s Medal Ceremony, Kacper Sehnke from BA Architecture DS3.2 was announced as the winner of this year’s RIBA President’s Bronze Medal (awarded for the best undergraduate project).

Kacper’s outstanding project The Council for Ecosystem Restoration was chosen from 147 entires from across the world. In addition, Kacper’s project was awarded the prestigious RIBA Award for Sustainable Design at RIBA Part I.

In the words of Harry Charrinton, the Head of School of Architecture + Cities:

“Kacper’s two awards reflect his remarkable creativity and endeavour. They also embody the wit and care of his tutors, and as well as acclaiming Kacper’s work, congratulations are owed to the staff who helped him get there. Among others these include, most immediately, his Design Studio 3.2 tutors, Eric Guibert and Bruce Irwin who set the brief and tutored his project throughout. The outstanding Technical & Environmental Studies team led by Will McLean, Pete Silver and Scott Batty. The BArch Course Leader Paolo Zaide and Year Leaders Jane Tankard, Natalie Newey and Richa Mukhia, who have raised the bar, and, together with his personal tutors Nick Beech and Elantha Evans, nurtured Kacper’s talent and confidence throughout the course.”

Pride Breakfast with Architecture LGBT+ | Saturday, July 1 from 10:30 to 13:00 (BST) on the Learning Platform, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster

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When: Saturday, July 1, 2023 from 10.30am to 1pm (BST)

Where: Learning Platform, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS

The School of Architecture + Cities is delighted to host this year’s Architecture LGBT+ Pride Breakfast together with the RIBA.

It will take place at 10.30am-1pm, Saturday 1 July, on the Learning Platform.

Please book your ticket here.

All staff and students are welcome.

UoW + London Festival of Architecture: Hamza Shaikh “Drawing Attention: Architecture in the Age of Social Media” | June 8, 2023 at 6.45pm (BST) in MG14, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster

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When: Thursday, June 8, 6.45pm-7.45pm

Where: MG14, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS

The School of Architecture + Cities is excited to host its alumnus Hamza Shaikh, who will be speaking about his recently published and timely book on architecture and social media.

Drawing Attention – Architecture in the Age of Social Media by Hamza Shaikh is a new book published by RIBA which provides practical drawing guidance from leading figures around the world.

In the context of huge changes occurring in the profession of architecture as well as the education system, Shaikh’s book sets the tone for a new era of architectural dissemination. “New tools, media, interfaces and ideas are emerging through social media; our new digital common for inspiration and communication. Students now go to Instagram for drawing guidance as universities tend not to explicitly teach artistic expression – arguably the most useful skill for visionaries and creative professionals. However this book provides step-by-step insights into a huge variety of drawing styles and methods to help people gain confidence in their creative potential”.

Join Hamza Shaikh at the University of Westminster for an in-depth dive into the journey of writing his book and understanding the exciting but unknown future of architects in the age of social media.

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For more information and to book your free ticket please go here.

Congratulations to Prof Kester Rattenbury on receiving the 2022 RIBA Annie Spink Award

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On Monday, December 6, Professor Kester Rattenbury received the biannual 2022 RIBA Annie Spink Award at the RIBA President’s Medals Awards ceremony.

“The prestigious biennial prize is awarded to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of architectural education, in a school of architecture anywhere in the world that offers courses validated by the RIBA. 

Rattenbury is an architectural teacher, critic, writer and academic, who has taught design studio for 30 years: first at the University of Greenwich; then since 2000 at the University of Westminster in London. Here she ran the experimental studio DS15 with Sean Griffiths and also devised and spearheaded the research group EXP (Experimental Practice) with its leading projects the Supercrit series and the Archigram Archival Project – which was rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. She was made FRIBA in 2005 and Professor at Westminster in 2014. ”

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Read more here.

Featured image: Kester Rattenbury by Clare Banstead (source: RIBA website)

RIBA Scott Brownrigg Award for Sustainable Development | Deadline: Friday, June 24 at 5pm

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The RIBA Scott Brownrigg Award for Sustainable Development provides £5000 funding for research to address environmental and ethical issues and enhance the quality of life of communities across the globe.

The award is open to individuals or teams of architecture graduates and practitioners for projects lasting between three and 12 months. At least one candidate in the team should:

  • – have successfully completed a RIBA-validated Part 1 course or with candidate course status in the UK or abroad, and
  • – be enrolled, or have been granted a place of study, in a RIBA-validated Part 2 or 3 course or with candidate course status in the UK or abroad by the beginning of the period covered by the award, or
  • – have graduated from a RIBA-validated Part 2 or 3 course or with candidate course status in the UK or abroad

For more information please go here.

Featured image via RIBA.

MAIA Technical Study Lecture: “Reflections on light” by Professor Dean Hawkes | Tuesday, March 1 from 14:30 to 16:00 (GMT) at M416 and online

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When: Tuesday, 1st of March, 2.30pm – 4pm

Where: M416, Marylebone Campus, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS and online

Link to join: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/5c1973fe40fa4b74acfc946a1f26c354

Dean Hawkes is emeritus professor of architectural design at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, and an emeritus fellow of Darwin College, University of Cambridge.  He taught and researched at Cambridge from 1965 to 1995, when he was appointed to the chair of architectural design at Cardiff.  He was a founder member of the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies at Cambridge and was its Director from 1979 to 1987.  His research is in the field of environmental design in architecture.  His books include The Environmental Tradition (1996), The Selective Environment (2002), The Environmental Imagination (2008, 2nd edition 2019) and Architecture and Climate (2012).  His buildings, in partnership with Stephen Greenberg, received four RIBA Architecture Awards.  In 2010 he was awarded the RIBA Annie Spink Award in recognition of his significant contribution to architectural education.

RIBA Student Support Fund | Deadline: Friday, December 3, 2021 at 12pm (GMT)

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The RIBA Student Support Fund is now open for the Autumn 2021 round of applications!

Students enrolled in RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 courses in the UK and experiencing financial hardship can apply for a bursary of up to £3,000. Guidance notes and application details are available on the RIBA website.

The deadline to apply is 12pm on Friday 3 December 2021.

By the end of December, RIBA will have supported approximately 100 students and researchers by allocating just over £290,000 in scholarships, bursaries, and grants, the highest amount ever awarded by the RIBA in a calendar year. Read more about the recipients of this year’s funding on the Scholarships and Bursaries pages of RIBA’s website.

RIBA Research Opportunities | Various deadlines

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This year’s RIBA President’s Awards for Research call for papers is now open.  We are inviting submissions from academics, practitioners and collaborative groups from all disciplines engaging in architectural & built environment research (completed after January 2020).  This year’s annual theme is ‘Education’ and the submission deadline is 5 July 2021. 

The 2021 RIBA Research Fund is now open for applications. We welcome applications to support all research topics as long as the subject matter and final outputs are relevant to the advancement of architecture and associated disciplines and professions. Applications are welcome from individuals or teams from architectural practices and academia at any stage of their research careers. The maximum amount that applicants can apply for is £10,000, and the deadline is 23 July 2021.

RIBA and Architects Declare have launched an open call for evidence and research around six key themes on climate action. Submissions will be selected for a report, culminating in its discussion at the Built Environment Summit, which will be held virtually and in London the week before COP26. Applications to contribute to the report and/or conference due 1 June 2021; expression of interest to sit on the Expert Advisory Panel due 25 May 2021. All details available here.

Featured Image: Mike Althorpe and Abigail Batchelor: Revolutionary Low Rise, 2018. Image by Andrew Hopper/Awut Atak © Karakusevic Carson Architects via RIBA.

Royal Gold Medal Ceremony 2021 | Sir David Adjaye | Wednesday, May 26, 17:00-18:30 (BST)

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Join the online presentation of the 2021 Royal Gold Medal to Sir David Adjaye OBE, live from Accra, Ghana and London, UK.

Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence ‘either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture’.

Sir David Adjaye has achieved international attention for an exceptional body of work over 25 years. Drawing on his cited influences including “contemporary art, music and science to African art forms and the civic life of cities”, his completed projects range from private houses, exhibitions and furniture design, through to major cultural buildings and city masterplans. From the start of his career he has combined practice with teaching in schools of architecture in the UK and the USA, including professorships at the universities of Harvard, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Princeton.

As a student, he won the 1990 RIBA Bronze Medal. He was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to architecture, following an OBE in 2007.

His practice, Adjaye Associates, was founded in 2000 and today has studios in Accra, London and New York, with projects across the world.

The event will begin with the presentation of the Royal Gold Medal to Sir David Adjaye, followed by an In-Conversation with Lucy Tilley, Associate Principal, Adjaye Associates. The event will end with an audience Q&A, allowing viewers to submit their questions to Sir David Adjaye.

50% discount for students.

For more details on the event and booking please go to Eventbrite.

RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursaries open for applications | Deadline: Friday, May 28, 5PM GMT

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The eligibility criteria:

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. Successful part-time applicants will receive the same maximum amount in payments proportionate to the length of studies.

RIBA Part 2 Bursary

To be eligible to apply for a RIBA Part 2 Bursary, students must be in the process of applying for a RIBA Part 2 course in the UK beginning in September 2021. Proof of enrolment will be required before the bursary is paid to successful applicants. 

Recipients of these bursaries will receive a maximum of £6,000 distributed in £1,000 termly instalments throughout the course of the Part 2. Successful part-time applicants will receive the same maximum amount in payments proportionate to the length of studies.

The deadline to apply (for both bursaries) is 5pm on Friday 28 May 2021.

For more information on how to apply please visit here.