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RIBA announces 2016 President's Awards for Research winners

RIBA President’s Medal for Research winner: “Asmara – Africa’s Modernist City: UNESCO World Heritage Nomination”. Depicted: Tagliero - Former Fiat Garage. Photo © Edward Denison.

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”. Above: Africa Cinema. Photo © Edward Denison.

Cities and Community: Dr Irit Katz, University of Cambridge, UK | Project: “The Common Camp: Temporary Settlements as a Spatio-political Instrument in Israel-Palestine”. Above: A makeshift structure made of reused doors (2013). Photographer: Irit Katz.

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”. Image © PLP Architecture.

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

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”. Above: Africa Cinema. Photo © Edward Denison.

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”. Above: Africa Cinema. Photo © Edward Denison.