RIBA President's Medals Students Award

The RIBA President's Medals are prestigious international awards presented annually to architecture students or recent graduates from 385 higher education institutions located in 70 countries.

The RIBA SIlver Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects to a student or recent graduate of Architecture.

History

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has been awarding the President's Medals annually since 1836, the year when George Godwin was awarded the Honorary Silver Medal for his essay 'Nature and Properties of Concrete, and its Application to Construction up to the Current Period'.[1] Medals are awarded in three categories: the Bronze Medal for best design project at RIBA Part 1 or equivalent; the Silver Medal for best design project at RIBA Part 2 or equivalent, and the Dissertation Medal (written during either Part 1 or Part 2).[2] The judges also award up to three commendations in each category, and the Serjeant Awards for Excellence in Drawing.[3]

As the RIBA’s oldest awards (preceding the Royal Gold Medal, which was formally established in 1848), the RIBA President’s Medals continue to this day to embody the Institute’s commitment to architecture and the education of individuals into understanding architecture's wider social benefits.

Judging

An international jury of distinguished architects, designers and artists select the winners from entries submitted by schools of architecture worldwide. Former judges included Cedric Price, David Adjaye, David Chipperfield, Denys Lasdun, Daniel Libeskind, Ian Ritchie, Michael Hopkins, Simon Hudspith, Eva Jiricna, Will Alsop, Bob Allies, Kazuyo Sejima, Patrick Schumacher, Ken Shuttleworth, Benedetta Tagliabue, Ian Davidson, Bruce McLean, Odile Decq, Lella Vignelli, Farshid Moussavi, Nanako Umemoto, Nathalie de Vries, Eric Parry, Vicky Richardson, Ellen Van Loon, Catherine Slessor, Harriet Harriss, and Julia B. Bolles-Wilson.

Ceremony

The winners receive their awards from the RIBA President at a ceremony that takes place at the RIBA in early December of each year and is attended by over 300 people. Guest speakers have included Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Mark Lawson, Richard MacCormac, Paul Smith, Martha Schwartz, and Alex James.

Exhibition

An exhibition of winning work and of a selection of entries submitted is exhibited at the RIBA HQ in London for two months before touring throughout the UK and internationally. Over the last few years, and after closing in London, the President’s Medals exhibition has been displayed in the UK (Belfast, Bournemouth, Canterbury, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Plymouth) and also travelled internationally to Australia, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Kuwait, India, Ireland, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The touring of the exhibition is made possible by the generosity of art galleries and schools of architecture that partner with the RIBA to display the exhibition.

Winners

Silver Medal:

Bronze Medal:

Dissertation Medal:

References

  1. ↑ "The History". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Prizes 2012". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "A glimpse of the future". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "RIBA Medal Winners". Architect's Journal. 202 (23). 1995.
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