Need to catch up on the goings-on in architecture competitions? Archinect highlights some of the most recent news in competition-winning projects, commissions, awards, shortlists, and events on Bustler from the previous week that are worth checking out.
In case you missed them, here's midweek recap #135 with last week's competition headliners:
The AIA awarded a posthumous Gold Medal to architect Paul Revere Williams, the first African-American laureate — it's about time! A trailblazer throughout his career, Williams was the first black architect to join the AIA and to be elected in the Institute's College of Fellows.
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects wins 2017 AIA Architecture Firm Award
SF-based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects won the AIA's highest accolade given to an architecture firm. LSMA was acknowledged for a diverse portfolio that reflects their steadfast dedication to social consciousness and environmental responsibility.
Winners of the 2016 RIBA President's Awards for Research
The Royal Institute of British Architects announced four winners in their most competitive 2016 President's Awards for Research, which distinguishes top architectural research from academics and practitioners.
Winners of the 2016 RIBA President's Medals Student Awards
Outstanding student architecture research and study also got its own recognition in the latest RIBA President's Medals Student Awards. See which projects won big this year.
RIBA shortlists Modern Mews and The Garden House for 2016 House of the Year
Two more projects joined the RIBA House of the Year shortlist: Modern Mews by Coffey Architects and The Garden House by Hayhurst and Co.
Two first-prize winners announced in Lamborghini Road Monument competition
In celebration of their upcoming “Urus” project, Automobili Lamborghini asked architects worldwide to design new monuments to be built in front of their company headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The competition ended with a tie for first place.
Artist Helen Marten wins 2016 Turner Prize
© Helen Marten
Out of a shortlist of four, Helen Marten won the Turner Prize jury's favor for her enigmatic sculptures that reflect “the complexities and challenges of being in the world today”.
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