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RIBA International Book Awards for Architecture and Construction 2007 – shortlists announced

Date:

17 April 2007

Press office contact:

Lorna Gemmell
T: +44 (0)207 307 3761
E: lorna.gemmell@riba.org

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announces the shortlists for the 2007 RIBA International Book Awards.
 
The annual RIBA International Book Awards aim to highlight the rising influence and standard of architectural writing and publishing. They celebrate the important contribution writing makes to the dynamic activity of creating buildings and transforming the landscape in which we live.
 
The awards are judged in two categories:
The Sir Nikolaus Pevsner International Book Award for Architecture recognises outstanding writing on architecture and architectural practice, the preservation of buildings, historic and theoretical research and analysis.
 
Supported by the British Architectural Library, part of the RIBA Trust, with media partner The Architectural Review.
 
The Sir Robert McAlpine International Book Award for Construction recognises exceptional writing on the construction and restoration of buildings, building design and building methods, and the use of new materials and technologies across the construction industry.
 
Supported by RIBA Bookshops with media partner Building Magazine.
 
Shortlist for The Sir Nikolaus Pevsner RIBA International Book Award for Architecture:

  • Inigo Jones and the Classical Tradition, by Christy Anderson. Cambridge University Press
  • Interpreting the Renaissance: Princes, Cities, Architects by Manfredo Tafuri. Yale University Press
  • Oscar Niemeyer Houses, by Alan Weintraub and Alan Hess. Rizzoli International Publishers
  • Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and the Natural World, by Peter Buchanan. W.W.Norton
  • Sir John Soane and London, by Ptolemy Dean. Ashgate Publishing
  • Subtle Substances: the Architecture of Lina Bo Bardi, by Olivia de Oliveira. Romano Guerra Editora and Gustavo Gili


Shortlist for The Sir Robert McAlpine International Book Award for Construction:

  • Building Renaissance Venice: Patrons, Architects and Builders, by Richard J.Goy. Yale University Press
  • Infrastructure, by Brian Hayes. W.W.Norton
  • Smart Materials in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design, by Axel Ritter. Birkhäuser Verlag
  • Stone Conservation: Principles and Practice, by Ed: Alison Henry. Donhead Publishing
  • Strategies for Sustainable Architecture, by Paola Sassi. Taylor and Francis
  • The Green Building Bible [2 volumes], by Ed: Richard Nichols, Keith Hall. Green Building Press


 
Judges for The Sir Nikolaus Pevsner RIBA International Book Award for Architecture are:
 
David Dernie, Architect and Head of the Manchester School of Architecture; Adrian Forty, Architectural Historian and Professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture (Chair and representative of The Architectural Review); Eva Jiricna, architect and designer; Irena Murray, Architectural Historian and Sir Banister Fletcher Director, RIBA British Architectural Library; Diana Periton, Architectural Historian and Head of Architectural History and Theory at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, the Glasgow School of Art; and Dalibor Vesely, Architectural Historian and Director (Emeritus) of Graduate Studies, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge.
 
Judges for The Sir Robert McAlpine International Book Award for Construction are:
 
Will Alsop, architect; Max Fordham, Principal of Max Fordam LLP, building services engineers (Chair); Alan Powers, author and lecturer; Jeremy Till, architect and Professor of Architecture and Director of Architectural Studies at the University of Sheffield; and Liz Walder, Communications Manager for RIBA London.
 
Winners will be announced at an awards presentation on 23 May 2007 at the Naval and Military Club, London, SW1Y. Winning publishers will receive an RIBA International Book Award plaque and authors will be presented with a cheque for £1,000.
 
Further information can be found at www.ribabookshops.com/awards| and www.architecture.com|
 
The 2008 RIBA International Book Awards will be officially launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2007.

Notes to editors

  • For further press information please contact Lorna Gemmell in the RIBA Press Office on 0207 7307 3761 or lorna.gemmell@inst.riba.org. Judges biographies are available on request.
     
  • RIBA Bookshops is the leading UK supplier of books and contracts to architects, designers and professionals in the construction industry. The RIBA Trust manages the cultural assets of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), including the internationally recognised collections of the British Architectural Library. It is the UK's national architecture centre, delivering the RIBA Awards and RIBA Stirling Prize (live on Channel 4); the Royal Gold Medal; International and Honorary Fellowships; Architecture Week (with Arts Council England and the Architecture Centre Network); a full programme of lectures, exhibitions, tours and other events; and an education programme.
     
  • Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) is considered by many the founding father of the academic discipline of the history of design in England. A German-born art historian, prolific author, and a passionate proponent of Modern Style, Pevsner edited the monumental 46-volume series, The Buildings of England (1951-74) which remains widely influential.
     
  • Sir Robert McAlpine is a leading UK construction company operating in the building and civil engineering industries. Recent projects include The Eden Project, Cornwall; Imperial War Museum, Manchester and Arsenal Football Club's Emirates Stadium, London.
     
  • The Architectural Review is an international magazine about the art of architecture, which is sold in more than 130 countries. It is concerned with finding the best contemporary architecture world-wide, to set it within the contexts of theory, history and technology, and against complementary disciplines such as landscape and urban planning, interior and product design. Founded in 1896, The Architectural Review has always been committed to the broad principle of ecological sustainability, and to the belief that architecture, far from being an autonomous art, is a discipline dedicated to improving people's lives.
     
  • Launched in 1843, Building is the only magazine written for the entire construction industry covering all levels of the specification chain. It is the best-read weekly title in construction and reaches over 125,000 professionals every week with an unmatched blend of news, business information and intelligence. Building leads the way as a benchmark construction title - attracting readers throughout the industry including contractors, clients, housebuilders, architects, quantity surveyors and building surveyors.
     
  • The Royal Institute of British Architects International Book Awards would also like to acknowledge support from: OPX, Trilogy, Quba, Turner graphic and Nielson Book Data. Full details available at www.ribabookshops.com/awards
     
  • For further details on the RIBA International Book Awards, including the 2008 awards, please contact John Morgan at RIBA Bookshops on 0207 496 8364 or john.morgan@ribabookshops.com

 

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