Student reminder – RIBA Council elections closing Tuesday 23rd of July at 5pm

Voting in the 2019 Council elections is closing on Tuesday 23 July at 5pm, and RIBA is keen to encourage as many members as possible, particularly students, to make use of their votes.

Candidates statements and more information can be found on www.architecture.com/elections or through the direct voting link www.ersvotes.com/riba2019.

Voting emails containing nominal links and passcodes have been dispatched on behalf of RIBA by the Electoral Reform Services, from onlinevoting@electoralreform.co.uk.

Competition for Students: COINS Grand Challenge “Building the Future”_Deadline: 12th of April

The COINS Grand Challenge is a global competition to uncover students, innovators and leaders with ideas that have the power to positively impact the built environment, and our society. We are searching for viable ideas that use a new or emerging technology to radically reduce costs, to increase efficiency or to improve sustainability, quality or compliance during construction or throughout the built life cycle.

To win cash prizes and gain exposure to influential leaders, all your students need to do is write an essay or create a short video to please describe their idea and its potential impact, and enter it on the Grand Challenge application website.

Entries should be submitted before 12 Apr 2019. Apply here: https://coins.secure-platform.com/a/

Take a look at some of the 2018 Grand Challenge finalists and their winning ideas and get inspired to submit and complete your application.

Finalists travel for free…

If selected as a finalist, undergrads will present their idea to the judging panel in Manchester, UK on Wednesday 12th June 2019. And COINS will get them there expenses paid.

Traditional Architecture Group Student Award £1,000_Deadline 30th September 2018

The RIBA’s Traditional Architecture Group (TAG) will be awarding a prize at the end of the year to encourage classical and traditional architecture in students projects.

A prize of £1,000 will be awarded for the best classical or traditional scheme designed by a student studying architecture at a university in the UK.

The rules are as follows:

1. The applicant must be a student (or recent student) studying architecture at a university in the UK.
2. The applicants can only submit one scheme.
3. The work must have been designed and drawn after 1st January 2017.

Work is to be emailed to info@ftanda.co.uk titled TAG BEST SCHEME COMPETITION by 30th September 2018.

Entries must include:

1. Full name of applicant,
2. Name of University / school,
3. Address of applicant (email and/or postal),
4. Phone number of applicant

From these, a winner will be selected by members of the TAG committee. Discretionary commended schemes will also be chosen by the committee. The prize will be given out in November at a TAG awards evening or as part of the Georgian Group Award, to be confirmed.

For further queries, contact Francis Terry on info@ftanda.co.uk

Call for Entries: RIBAJ Eye Line 2018 _ Deadline: Tuesday 12th June

We want to see your best architectural images. This year there’s a new category for practitioners and a link with the RIBA’s world-famous Drawings Collection

Eye Line, the RIBA Journal’s acclaimed an­nual award for architectural image-making skills, is now open for 2018 entries. Once again we are delighted to be in partnership with ar­chitectural visualisation experts AVR Lon­don. As ever, Eye Line is free to enter online.

Key dates:

Deadline: Tuesday 12 June, 23:59

Judging: 28 June

Winners and commendations announced: August issue of RIBAJ and online

Exhibition opening: September

Correspondence: eyeline.ribaj@riba.org

To enter the competition and for detailed info please go to: https://www.ribaj.com/culture/enter-eye-line

 

Featured image from RIBAJ: Commended 2017, Frigidarium, Deimante Bazyte.

Prix W 2018: Competition for Students and Young Architects – Deadline 16th April

Prix W 2018: Competition for Students and Young Architects

For 12 years, the Wilmotte Foundation has promoted the positive interaction between architectural heritage and contemporary design through the W Award, dedicated to students and young architects.

For this 8th edition, the Willmotte Foundation is pleased to ask the participants the opportunity to give a fresh start to the Fort de Villiers, located in the Parisian inner ring. They will have to use the “architectural grafting” and turn it into a complex dedicated to innovation, sport and culture. The projects will have to be in line with the organization of the Paris 2024 Olympics but not limited to it.

The best projects, selected by an international jury, will be remunerated, exhibited in Venice at the Gallery of the Wilmotte Foundation, and published in a book dedicated to the competition.

All information related to this competition can be found on www.prixw.com

The submission deadline is April 16, 2018.

Featured image: Gallery of the Wilmotte Foundation in Venice.

The Philip Webb Award 2017

The Philip Webb Award is an annual award for recent graduates and Part II students at UK Schools of Architecture.

2018 competition will be held in 2018 for current Part II students, and recent graduates of UK Schools of Architecture who completed their studies in 2016 or 2017.

The students are invited to propose a scheme: “to revitalise a building which has been decayed or neglected, but which can be repaired and adapted for a sympathetic new use.”

The submission period for entries will open on 20 July and close at 5pm on 14 September 2018.

Read more here.

Featured images (from left to right): (2017 Third Place) Kate Nicholson; (2017 Winner) Marta Ascenso; (2017 Second Place) Alanah Honey.

Student Competition “The Merck Crystal Pavilion” – Deadline: Friday, 27th October

Merck, in association with World Architecture Festival and the Architectural Review, is launching a competition for architecture students registered with any architectural school in the world.

The aim of the competition is to encourage thinking about developments in dynamic glass manufacture which relates to efficiency in energy performance, and in the possibilities of using liquid crystal technology as part of display/artistic/communications initiatives. See the full entry criteria here.

All finalists will be invited to present their projects to our esteemed judges at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Berlin on 15-17 November.

Find out more: https://themerckcrystalpavilion.worldarchitecturefestival.com/

JCT Student Competition “What Inspires You About Construction? “- Deadline: Wednesday 14th March 2018

Enter the JCT Student Competition 2018 and tell us what inspires you about construction. You could win £1000!

You can base your answer on any of the following elements:

  • Describe a public building, which could be local to you or a famous international landmark, and explain what aspects of the building or its construction you find inspiring.
  • Choose and talk about an element of the building or construction process – be it aesthetics or design, a building’s function, any innovative or creative features, sustainability and a building’s positive environmental impact, social impact, or another feature of the construction industry that is of interest to you.

You can use any format:

  • article or essay
  • video
  • photographic presentation or slideshow
  • poster or graphic design
  • any other format!

Find out more: https://corporate.jctltd.co.uk/initiatives/education-students/jct-student-competition-2018/

Eye Line 2017 Competition: Deadline 12th June

Organised by RIBAJ in partnership with the architectural visualisation expert AVR, the Eye Line competition is celebrating its fifth year anniversary. This prize is all about architectural drawing, not the project – originating in any medium or combination of media, from anywhere in the world! The entries are welcome from both students and practitioners, so make sure you get your best work out and apply now!

Deadlines:

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES – Monday 12th June

Judging and shortlisting – Thursday 29th June

Winners and commendations announced in special issue of the RIBAJ – August

Exhibition and Celebration party at the Anise Gallery – September

To find out more about the rules and information required, and to download the entry from, please go to: https://www.ribaj.com/culture/eye-line-2017-get-drawing

Featured image: Corina Tuna from The Cass school ‘Living on Forest Fringes, Nepal’ – Eye Line 2016 third winner, taken from RIBAJ website.