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Every year, the MacDowell Colony's prestigious arts fellowship welcomes more than 300 artists from across the U.S. and worldwide to produce original works. Out of 846 applications, a diverse group of 86 artists were awarded $10,000 MacDowell Fellowships for a summer residency. Located in a... View full entry
The University of Pennsylvania's School of Design launched the new Witte-Sakamoto Family Prize and Award in City and Regional Planning, thanks to a $1.25 million gift from PennDesign alumnus William Witte and his wife Keiko Sakamoto. In conjunction with the prize, a new professional award for... View full entry
It's already time for another edition of MAD Architects' 2018 Travel Fellowship. Established by Ma Yansong in 2009, the competitive program sponsors current university architecture students for overseas travel to conduct field work and further research into an architectural topic of their... View full entry
The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) announced the students selected to participate in this year's CRIT Scholar fellowship program. The fellowship program is supported by the AIA and in partnership with several prominent architecture firms. Recipients receive a $1,000 grant for... View full entry
United States Artist (USA) has announced their family of 45 fellows for 2018. Their areas of disciplines range from art and architecture, to literature and writing, to name a few, and are awarded an unrestricted $50,000 to pursue any range of curiosities, proclivities and/or trajectories the... View full entry
Today, RIBA announced the 2018 cohort of RIBA Fellows, who will serve as “ambassadors for architecture”, says RIBA President Ben Derbyshire. The 15 elected RIBA Chartered Members were commended for their significant contributions to the architecture profession. Current UK or International... View full entry
Do you dream of reading and writing for three month in a London glass house? Designed by Lord Rogers in 1968, the Wimbledon house was gifted to Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2015 and now host the participants of the Richard Rochers Fellowship. Full release follows: Open to... View full entry
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design has established a new $50,000 fellowship as well as an international medal of excellence thanks to a generous $1.25 million donation courtesy of alumna Lori Kanter Tritsch (MArch '85). "PennDesign has been home to so many visionary architects,”... View full entry
Marble~ish was developed as part of the research from the 2016/17 Harry der Boghosian Fellowship at Syracuse School of Architecture. Conducted by Maya Alam in collaboration with her students “~ISH: Stages Before the Real” is an installation exploring questions concerning the in-between: site... View full entry
Wimbledon house in London, UK, designed by Lord Rogers in 1968, was gifted to Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2015 to provide both a residence for the Richard Rogers Fellowship, and GSD's new venue for lectures, symposia, and other events. Restored by British architect Philip... View full entry
For many artists, getting away from it all is necessary in the creative process. The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire offers this remote environment in their arts fellowship, which attracts hundreds of applications from artists working in architecture to non-fiction writing to music composition. Out of 706 applications for the summer fellowship, 69 artists representing seven disciplines — including five up-and-coming architects — were awarded. — Bustler
Edward MacDowell's Log Cabin Studio. Photo courtesy of The MacDowell Colony.This year's MacDowell Fellows in Architecture are: Ellie Abrons, David Eskenazi, Antonio Furgiuele, Rosalyne Shieh, and Mabel Wilson. See the rest of the 2017 list of fellows on Bustler. View full entry
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design awarded its coveted 2017 Wheelwright Prize to Chilean architect Samuel Bravo for his proposal “Projectless: Architecture of Informal Settlements”.
Bravo will travel to dozens of sites in South America, Asia, and Africa to ultimately develop strategies that integrate vernacular, collective practices with the modern architectural project.
— Bustler
In his Wheelwright proposal, Samuel Bravo focuses on traditional architectures and informal settlements, revisiting the topic of “architecture without architects”, as described by Bernard Rudofsky in the 1964 Museum of Modern Art exhibition.An alumnus of the Pontifical Catholic University of... View full entry
The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation recently awarded the 2017 China Prize to three graduate students, who each received a $5,000 fellowship for travel and research outside of China. The recipients are (click their names to see their portfolio submissions):Yue Wu - Tongji... View full entry
As many recent surveys have noted, the design world has been slow to incorporate people from historically under-represented communities into its ranks, particularly in leadership positions. While a variety of causes lead to this, and greater efforts are required to address it, we are committed to using our resources to contribute to and catalyze that change in design. — Center for Urban Pedagogy
At a time when inclusion is as crucial as ever in the architecture community and beyond, the non-profit Center for Urban Pedagogy in Brooklyn is encouraging designers from historically under-represented communities in the design profession to apply to their inaugural Change in Design Fellowship... View full entry
The Martin Architecture and Design Workshop, aka MADWORKSHOP, has announced an open call for 2017 design fellowships. The proposals should comprise “innovative and life-saving design solutions in the areas of product and fashion design”. Specifically, projects should address either the... View full entry
