RIBA announces 2016 President's Awards for Research winners

2016-12-06T18:34:00-05:00

The Royal Institute of British Architects announced today four winners of the 2016 President's Awards for Research, which recognizes top-quality architectural research from academics and practitioners...This year's competition received 75 applications from 14 countries on five continents, making it the most competitive to date...

The winning research projects this year are:

History and Theory: Dr Edward Denison, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK; Medhanie Teklemariam and Dawit Abraha, Asmara Heritage Project, Eritrea
Project: “Asmara – Africa’s Modernist City: UNESCO World Heritage Nomination”

Cities and Community: Dr Irit Katz, University of Cambridge, UK
Project: “The Common Camp: Temporary Settlements as a Spatio-political Instrument in Israel-Palestine”

Design and Technical: Dr Michael Ramage and Dr Rob Foster, University of Cambridge, UK; Simon Smith, Smith and Wallwork, UK; Kevin Flanagan and Ron Bakker, PLP Architecture, UK
Project: “Supertall Timber: Design Research for the Next Generation of Natural Structure”

Learning from Projects: David Roberts, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK
Project: “Make Public: Performing Public Housing in Ernö Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower”

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