Celebrating a decade of design competitions
For ten years, RIBAJ and West Fraser have partnered to push the boundaries of creative thinking for construction using SterlingOSB. This year’s collaboration, the Powers of Ten competition was a celebration of that achievement. It challenged architects to reimagine scale – whether through objects, installations, buildings, or urban interventions – all grounded in the expressive potential of SterlingOSB.
An awards evening where scale meets imagination and architecture takes centre stage
What the evening will entail:
- Guest speaker Timothy Brittain-Catlin
- Winner reveal
- Mini exhibition of past winners’ designs
- Networking and celebration
Chaired by Jan-Carlos Kucharek, deputy editor, RIBAJ
“Scale is a word which underlies much of architectural and urban design practice, its history and theory, and its technology.” - Scale: Imagination, Perception and Practice in Architecture (2011)
Featuring special guest Timothy Brittain-Catlin, an architectural historian whose work has redefined how we think about domestic design, cultural identity, and the stories buildings tell. Tim has written and spoken about scale in architecture in thoughtful and nuanced ways.
Timothy is Professor of architecture at the University of Cambridge. In 2020 they launched the University’s Part 2 apprenticeship which has now, in its final first year, admitted more than 120 apprentices in total. He previously taught at the University of Kent and the Architectural Association School of Architecture.
Their books, mostly on the British domestic architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, include:
- Edwin Rickards (2023)
- The Edwardians and their Houses (2020)
- Bleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture (2014)
- Leonard Manasseh and Partners (2010)
- The English Parsonage in the Early Nineteenth Century (2008)
This event, and the Powers of Ten competition, are sponsored by West Fraser.
