Awards and Bursaries: Visual - Architecture
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Europe
Ralph Erskine Award (Sweden)
Deadline: January
More info:. Created in 1998, this prize (US$ 10,000) is conferred upon an individual, group, or organization for innovation in architecture and urban design with regard to social, ecological, and aesthetic aspects. The efforts of the applicant are to have benefitted primarily the less privileged in society.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Switzerland/International)
Deadline: September
More info: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977 by His Highness the Aga Khan, recognises examples of architectural excellence that encompass contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, restoration, re-use, and area conservation, as well as landscaping and environmental issues.
International Bauhaus Award (Germany)
Deadline: January
More info: The award is presented every other year to young designers, artists and researchers for innovative work on the city, on architecture and design. Conferred for the first time in 2000, the award has advanced to become an internationally acclaimed competition. With its eye on a critical examination of Modernism, the Foundation uses the award to promote, in particular, ideas and projects that identify with the basic values of Modernism while updating them to cater for future needs.
Ireland
AAI Awards
Deadline: see website
More info:The Architectural Association of Ireland (AAI) has now been dispensing annual awards for architectural excellence for more than 20 years, but this time the jury couldn't pick a project that deserved the Downes Medal. Of the 96 entries for the 2007 AAI Awards, the one that came closest to winning the medal was the North Campus at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), by de Blacam and Meagher and Boyd Barrett Murphy O'Connor. But the jury decided not to award it the medal. De Blacam and Meagher is not short of accolades, but it seems almost churlish to deny them and their collaborators on this occasion, especially as the comments made by jury members - all reproduced in the Gandon Editions book - were so positive.
Pacific
Australian Timber Design Awards (Australia)
Deadline: August
More info: Entries are now open for the 2006 Australian Timber Design Awards, an annual event now in its seventh year, which promotes outstanding and innovative use of timber in a range of design and building applications. The competition is open to students, architects, builders, designers, engineers and anyone who has been involved in the production of an outstanding timber structure in the last 3 years.
UK
Brick Awards (UK)
Deadline: July
More info: Sponsored by the Brick Development Association (BDA). Designed to highlight excellence in the architectural, engineering and landscape applications of brick, the Brick Awards are in eleven categories that cover housing, building & landscape, and technical and craft.
LABC National Built in Quality Awards (UK)
Deadline: May
More info:. Each year, throughout the UK, LABC organises Built in Quality Award Schemes that identify good standards of building which can qualify for the National Built in Quality Awards which are held in London.
Lighting Design Awards
Deadline: October
More info: Widely recognised within the lighting industry these awards offer the opportunity to achieve recognition for innovation in lighting design and technology. Everyone from architects and dedicated lighting designers to manufacturers and street lighting engineers are recognised in the awards.
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture
Deadline: see website
More info: The RIAS award was founded in 2002 by the architect Andrew Doolan, whose work included the Point Hotel in Edinburgh. The award is given to the best new building in Scotland, as judged by a jury of assessors. The value of the prize is £25,000, making it the largest prize for architecture in the UK. Initially the prize money came from Doolan, but following his death in 2004 there were doubts as to whether the award could continue. The Scottish Executive have committed £15,000 annually. From 2005 the award has been renamed the "RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture" in his memory.
RIBA awards programme
Deadline: March
More info: The RIBA invites entries for the RIBA Awards for buildings in the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man); RIBA European Awards for buildings in the EU (outside of the UK); RIBA International Awards for buildings in the rest of the world RIBA chartered members and International Fellows are eligible to enter all three categories. Award winners will be eligible for a series of special awards, to be presented at the RIBA Stirling Prize Dinner in London on 14 October 2006. Winners of RIBA Awards and RIBA European Awards will be eligible for the RIBA Stirling Prize and for the Stephen Lawrence Prize. Winners of RIBA International Awards will be eligible for the Lubetkin Prize, a new award for the best building outside the EU by an RIBA member.
World Habitat Awards 2006
Deadline: June
More info:. Established by the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) in 1985, the World Habitat Awards seek to identify practical and innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems around the world. Two awards are given annually, one to a housing project from the global South and one from the North. The awards are open to all organisations worldwide, including central and local governments, NGOs, community groups, research and academic institutions and the private sector. An award of £10,000 will be presented to each of the two winners at the annual United Nations global celebration of World Habitat Day
USA
ACADIA Awards of Excellence
Deadline: July
More info: The Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) seeks nominations for the 2006 ACADIA Awards in four categories:
1. ACADIA Award for Emerging Digital Practice. This award recognizes creative design work that advances the discipline of architecture through development and use of digital media. The award honors extraordinary individuals at the beginning of their careers.
2. ACADIA Award for Innovative Research. This award recognizes innovative research that contributes to the field of digital design in architecture. The prize distinguishes research with the potential to transform contemporary architecture.
3. ACADIA Award for Teaching Excellence. The Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes innovative teaching in the field of digital architecture. Teaching approaches that can be adopted by other educators are recognized in particular.
4. ACADIA Society Award. This award recognizes extraordinary contributions and service to the ACADIA community.
Architectural League's Deborah J. Norden Fund
Deadline: March
More info: The Deborah J. Norden Fund, established in 1995 in memory of architect and arts administrator Deborah Norden, awards a total of up to $5,000 annually in travel/study grants to students and recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural history, and urban studies.
International Architecture Award
Deadline: see website
More info:The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and
Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. announce new distinguished buildings and
urban planning projects selected this year in the Museum's prestigious "International Architecture Awards®"
program for 2007. The program was launched by the Museum in 2005 as a
way in which to honor and celebrate the most outstanding architecture
designed and built throughout the world. The Chicago Athenaeum, established in the historic city where modern
architecture was first realized by Louis H. Sullivan, Frank Lloyd
Wright, and Mies van der Rohe, is the only Museum of Architecture and
Design in the United States and functions internationally as one of the
foremost museums dedicated to both architecture and industrial design.
Leading Edge Student Design Competition
Deadline: March
More info: Seeks to support and enhance the study of sustainable and energy-efficient building practices in Architectural Education. Now in our 13th year, we invite students and instructors of Architecture and Design to use the competition as a framework to explore the use of new materials and strategies for building and the integration of aesthetics and technology for high-performing, cutting edge architecture.
Benjamin Moore HUE Awards
Deadline: May
More info: Recognition is being paid to architects and interior designers whose work consistently is representative of the power and drama of color-professionals who have used color innovatively creatively... therapeutically impressively. Benjamin Moore, a leading color authority for more than a century, invites you to enter the Second Annual Benjamin Moore HUE™ Awards.
New Urbanism 2006 Charter Awards
Deadline: January
More info:. Sponsored by the Congress for the New Urbanism, the annual Charter Awards set the gold standard for urban design and development. Instead of recognizing projects in isolation, the Charter Awards honor exceptional designs that complement, enhance or even repair their built and natural environments. Winning projects serve as powerful examples for future development.
VELUX Award 2006 for Students of Architecture (International)
Deadline: February
More info: The award takes place every second year and is open to students worldwide. The award wants to celebrate and promote excellence in completed study works and to acknowledge students as well as their tutors; therefore the tutors of the projects are awarded alongside their students. The overall award theme is "Light of Tomorrow", reflecting a wish to explore and discuss the role of daylight in architecture. Daylight and sunlight are important factors in how buildings are perceived and in the daily lives of people, their health and comfort at home or at work.
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