RIBA President's Awards for Research

RIBA President's Awards for Research

 
NEWS! The following projects have been shortlisted for the RIBA President's Awards for Research 2010:
 
Outstanding PhD Thesis
  • Victoria Perry, Bartlett School of Architecture, Slavery, Sugar and the Sublime
  • Yat Ming Loo, Bartlett School of Architecture, City of the Non-Descript: Post-Colonial Architecture and Urban Space in Kuala Lumpur
  • Jan Kattein, Bartlett School of Architecture, The Architectural Chronicle - Diary of an Architectural Practice
  • Nikolaos D. Karydis, University of Bath, Early Byzantine Vaulted Construction in Churches of the Western Coastal Plains and River Valleys of Asia Minor
 
Outstanding University-located Research
  • Ralf Brand, University of Manchester, The Urban Environment - Mirror and Mediator of Radicalisation?
  • Albena Yaneva, University of Manchester, An Ethnography of Architecture
  • Kester Rattenbury and Murray Fraser, University of Westminster, Archigram Archival Project
 
Outstanding Professional Practice-located Research
  • CJ Lim and Ed Liu, Studio8 Architects, Smartcities and Eco-warriors
  • Andrew Waugh, Waugh Thistleton Architects, Stadthaus, Murray Grove
  • Dawson Stelfox, Consarc Design Group, Stone by Stone - a guide to building stone in the Northern Ireland environment
  • Aedas R&D | Computational Design and Research, Open Framework for Spatial Simulation: the computation of design knowledge for architectural and urban spaces
 
The winners will be announced in November 2010.
 
This awards scheme was established by the Royal Institute of British Architects' Research and Development Department to reward and encourage outstanding research in architecture carried out by PhD students, academics and practitioners.
 
The awards promote and champion high-quality research and encourage its dissemination and incorporation into the knowledge base of the profession. They contribute to raising the profile of architects, practitioners and academics engaged in outstanding research, and raise awareness of the need for research across the profession to foster innovation and strategic thinking. 
 
The awards are given in three categories: PhD, University and Practice-located Research. To find out more about the eligibility criteria, and how to apply, please see the downloads below.
 
RIBA President's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis
PDF Call for Submission - PhD Thesis Award| 
File size: 117kB
RTF Application Form - PhD Thesis Award|
File size: 405kB
 
RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University-located Research
PDF Call For Submission - University-located Research Award|
File size: 120kB

RTF Application Form - University-located Research Award|
File size: 415kB
 
RIBA President's Award for Outstanding Practice-located Research
PDF Call For Submission - Practice-located Research Award|
File size: 95.5kB
RTF Application Form - Practice-located Research Award|
File size: 413kB

For more information please email research@inst.riba.org| or call 020 7307 3714.
 
Programme for 2010:  
Call for submissions February 2010
Submission deadline Friday 7 May 2010, 5pm
Notification of short listed entries June 2010
Notification of winners November 2010
Award ceremony Wednesday 1 December 2010


If you are thinking about entering in 2011, please email research@inst.riba.org| to express your interest.
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