Tag: Tszwai So

Tszwai So takes part in Architecture on Stage : New Architects | Thursday, December 9, 19:00-21:00 (GMT) at the Barbican

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In the second of two special evenings, Architecture on Stage presents four of Britain’s best emerging practices.

One of these is Spheron, founded by Tszwai So (Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Cities ) and Samuel Bentil-Mensah. Spheron has a particularly rich portfolio of community projects including the Belarusian Memorial Chapel (featured image), which it completed in 2017.  This new build wooden chapel was commissioned by the Holy See of Rome for the Belarusian Diaspora Community in London to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

For more information and to book tickets please go here.

Architecture on Stage series is organised by Architecture Foundation.

Featured image: Belarusian Memorial Chapel by Spheron, via Architecture Foundation

UNOVIS Centenary Panel Discussion, Thursday, February 20, 6.30pm, Robin Evans Room, Marylebone Campus

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When: Thursday, February 20, 18:30

Where: Robin Evans Room, M146 , Marylebone Campus

Founded by artist Kasimir Malevich in Vitebsk, ‘Champions of the New Art’ (UNOVIS) was an influential group of pioneering artists and architects central to the early twentieth century Russian avant-garde. Brief presentations by four different speakers, each with a different take on the significance of UNOVIS, will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Tszwai So:

Panelists:

  • Richard Difford
  • Prof. Christina Lodder
  • Dr. Katie McElvanney
  • Dr. Victoria Watson

Call for entries: Eye Line 2019_Deadline: Monday, 10th of June

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It’s Eye Line time! RIBAJ’s free-entry annual award for celebrating excellence in architectural drawing.

This international award is a proven opportunity for exposure and career advancement – for both practitioners and students.

Winners and commendations will be exhibited at the RIBA for a month and will be published in The RIBA Journal and online at RIBAJ.com. Our colleagues at the RIBA’s world famous Drawings and Archives Collections (DAC), based in the V&A Museum, will study the winners for potential inclusion in the collections. ​You will also be invited to the winners’ event at the RIBA attended by leading architects.

Judges are Patty Hopkins, founding partner of Hopkins Architects; Wen Quek, partner, Cullinan Studio; Anne Desmet RA, artist; Tszwai So of Spheron Architects, last year’s winner; Neil Spiller, architect, academic and editor of AD magazine; and Hugh Pearman, editor of the RIBA Journal.

There is no distinction between ‘hand drawing’ and computer rendering skills but you can find out all the entry details in the RIBA Journal article.

Key dates

Deadline: Monday 10 June, 23:59

Judging: end June.

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

Exhibition opening: August.

Correspondence: eyeline.ribaj@riba.org

 

Featured image: last year’s winner Tszwai So (Spheron Architects, SA+C DS2.6 tutor)