RIBA President's Medals Students Award

The RIBA President's Medals are prestigious architecture awards granted to graduating students of architecture worldwide.

History

The RIBA has been awarding the President's Silver Medal since the 1850s.[1] It was changed to its current format in 1984 and the awards are given annually.[2] Two graduating students from each school of architecture are nominated from Part 1 or Part 2 Architecture degree. Over 270 schools of architecture, from 60 countries were invited to apply by the RIBA.[3] The medals are awarded in three categories, the Bronze Medal for best design project at Part 1; the Silver Medal for best design project at Part 2 and the Dissertation Medal.[4] There are also up to three commendations in each category. The three winners will then present their work and answer questions.[5]

Judging

An international jury of distinguished architects, designers and artists select the most outstanding design portfolios from work submitted by schools of architecture world-wide. Former judges included Cedric Price, Sir Denys Lasdun, Daniel Libeskind, Ian Ritchie, Sir Michael Hopkins, Eva Jiricna, Will Alsop, Bob Allies, Ian Davidson, Bruce McLean, Odile Decq, Lella Vignelli, Farshid Moussavi, Nathalie de Vries, Eric Parry and Julia B. Bolles-Wilson.

Ceremony

The winners receive their awards from the RIBA President at a ceremony that takes place at the RIBA in early December of each year and is attended by over 300 people. Guest speakers have included Richard Rogers, Mark Lawson, Richard MacCormac, Paul Smith, Norman Foster, Martha Schwartz and Alex James.

Exhibition

An exhibition of winning work and of a selection of entries submitted is exhibited at the RIBA HQ in London for two months before touring throughout the UK and internationally. Over the last few years, and after closing in London, the President’s Medals exhibition has been displayed in the UK (Belfast, Bournemouth, Canterbury, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Plymouth) and also travelled internationally to Australia, Bulgaria, Chile, Kuwait, Ireland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The touring of the exhibition is made possible by the generosity of art galleries and schools of architecture that partner with the RIBA to display the exhibition.

Winners

Silver Medal.


Ben Hayes. 2013

SunBloc. 2012

Kibwe Tavares. 2011

Jonathan Schofield. 2010

Nicholas Szczepaniak. 2009

James Tait. 2008

Steve Westcott. 2007

Gillian Lambert. 2006

Yew Choong Chan. 2005

Hani Fallaha. 2004

Artur Ferreira Viveiros. 2003

Kristina Lundvall. 2002

Alexis Kyriakides. 2001

Ole Scheeren & Henrik Rothe. 2000

Matthew Springett. 1998

Mouzhan Majidi. 1987


Bronze Medal

Howard Robertson won the Bronze medal in 1928 for his permanent exhibition for the Royal Horticultural Society

References

  1. ↑ "The History". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "RIBA President's Medals". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Waite, Richard. "RIBA President’s Medal winners revealed". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Prizes 2012". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "A glimpse of the future". Retrieved 27 April 2012.

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