RIBA Presidents Awards for Research

Past winners

Past winners of RIBA President's Awards for Research have featured their research in articles in the RIBA Journal, details are provided below:

PhD Thesis

2006 – Dr. Rajat Gupta of Oxford Brookes University for his PhD, entitled Investigating the potential for local carbon dioxide reductions: developing a Geographic Information System - based domestic energy, carbon counting and carbon reduction model.

Conflict and carbon, vol. 114, no. 9, 2007 Sept., p. 76, 78, 80.

2007 – Matthew Barac of the University of Cambridge for his PhD, entitled From Township to Town: Urban Change in Victoria Mxenge TT Informal Settlement, Cape Town, South Africa.

Watch this space, vol. 115, no. 1, 2008 Jan., p. 54-55.

University-located Research

2006 – Dr. Wendy Pullan of the University of Cambridge won the award for Outstanding University-led Research with her work, Conflict in Cities: Architecture andUrban order in Divided Jerusalem.

Conflict and carbon, vol. 114, no. 9, 2007 Sept., p. 76, 78, 80.

2007 – Dr. Tatjana Schneider and Professor Jeremy Till of the University of Sheffield won the Outstanding University-located Research with their work, Flexible Housing.

Changing rooms, vol. 115, no. 2, 2008 Feb., p. 72, 74.

Professional Practice-located Research

The RIBA President’s Awards for Research for Outstanding Professional Practice located Research was awarded for the first time in 2007.

2007 – Short and Associates won the Outstanding Professional Practice-Research category for their work Design for the Warming Environment.

Better by design, vol. 115, no. 3, 2008 Mar., p. 67-68.