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RIBA President's Awards for Research 2009 – call for entries

Date:

03 March 2009

Press office contact:

Mina Vadon
T: +44 (0)207 307 3761
E: mina.vadon@riba.org

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for entries for this year's RIBA President's Awards for Research. The deadline for submissions is 15 June 2009.

This is the fourth year of the awards, which are presented annually to reward and encourage outstanding research in architecture.

Entries are invited in the following three categories:

  • PhD Thesis: for the best PhD Thesis from any school of architecture in which the department has a course validated by the RIBA
  • University-located Research: for  the best  completed research project   carried out in any school of architecture in which the department has a course validated by the RIBA  
  • Professional Practice-located Research: for  the best completed research project initiated by an RIBA member or RIBA Chartered Practice


Entries will be judged on their contribution to architecture,  which is assessed using the criteria of  originality, significance  ,   rigour   and communication  and the winning entries must be regarded as   making  an exceptional contribution to architectural knowledge. The judges may also award commendations to one or more other shortlisted submissions in each category. The judging panel, composed of practitioners and academics, is appointed by the RIBA Research and Development Committee and approved by the President of the RIBA.


Sunand Prasad, President of the RIBA, said:

"Knowledge is any profession's most precious asset. Research is what underpins knowledge, keeps it sharp and helps our anticipation of the future. Through these awards the RIBA recognises both excellence in research and the capacity of research to unite the study and practice of architecture; to strengthen links between students and the profession."


This year's awards follow the success of the RIBA President's Awards for Research 2008. The winner for the Outstanding PhD Thesis was Marcos Cruz of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, for his thesis entitled The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture. Murray Fraser from the University of Westminster with Joe Kerr from the Royal College of Art won the RIBA President's Award for Research for Outstanding University-located Research with their work, Architecture and the 'Special Relationship': The American Influence on Post-War British Architecture. The Award for   (deleted this " Research for  ")  Outstanding Professional Practice-located Research was won by the ZEDfactory, for their work The ZEDbook.

 

Notes to editors

1. For further press information contact Mina Vadon in the RIBA Press Office on 020 7307 3761; mina.vadon@inst.riba.org|

2. The deadline for submissions is 5pm, Monday 15 June 2009. Winners will be notified in November 2009.

3. The call for submissions and the entry forms are available to download at http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAPresidentsAwardsForResearch/RIBAPresidentsAwardsForResearch.aspx |

4. The judging panel is appointed by the RIBA Research and Development Committee and approved by the President. As well as a certificate and a citation, there will be the opportunity to feature the winning research under each of the three categories in the RIBA Journal and on the RIBA website.

5. 2009 marks the 175th Anniversary of the RIBA. To celebrate this milestone the Institute has planned a programme of special events which look back with pride on some of the most significant achievements of the past while also looking forward to the years ahead.  We aim to use our position as the home of architecture in the UK to engage an even wider audience in the vitally important architectural issues which have such a large influence on the way we live and work both now and in the future.  Our programme for the year includes major loans to the Palladio 500 exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts and our collaboration with the Barbican centre to bring the highly-acclaimed exhibition; Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture to London.  We are also running a national schools competition in collaboration with Construction Skills to design a new parliament building which coincides with the 175th anniversary of the current Barry/Pugin Palace of Westminster.  Our major annual events such as the RIBA Stirling Prize, the Royal Gold Medal and Annual Lecture will also be given special prominence during the year. In raising our profile for our anniversary year we hope to demonstrate better the breadth of our activities and convey our passion for good design and designers, in the built environment. For further information go to www.architecture.com/175|

 

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