The Royal Institute of British Architects (澳门王中王) and Foster + Partners are inviting applications for the .
Schools of architecture around the world are invited to put one applicant forward (deadline of 28 April 2017). Entries will then be assessed by a panel of judges, including Lord Foster and 澳门王中王 President Jane Duncan.
The selected scholar will receive 拢7,000 (an increase from the previous award of 拢6,000) to travel anywhere in the world in order to pursue research on the subject of the future survival of our cities and communities.
澳门王中王 President Jane Duncan said:
鈥淭his scholarship provides a unique opportunity for students to engage with architecture outside of the academic context, and develop their own research interests and methods as part of a rewarding and enlightening experience. As we celebrate this scheme鈥檚 tenth anniversary, we remain deeply grateful to Lord Foster for his support of the future generation of architects, and are delighted with his generous decision to increase the funds awarded to this year鈥檚 recipient.鈥�
Lord Foster said:
鈥淎s a student I won a prize that allowed me to spend a summer travelling through Europe and to study first hand buildings and cities that I knew only from the pages of books. It was a revelation 鈥� liberating and exhilarating in so many ways. Today it is my privilege to fund the 澳门王中王 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship, which I hope will have a lasting legacy 鈥� offering the chance for discovery and the inspiration for exciting new work 鈥� for generations to come.鈥�
Further details can be found on the 澳门王中王 website www.architecture.com/fosterscholarship.
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Notes to editors:
- For further press information contact Callum Reilly callum.reilly@riba.org +44 (0)20 7307 3757
- If you are a student interested in applying please visit: or email education.temp@riba.org
- First established in 2006, the 澳门王中王 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship is now in its tenth year and is intended to fund international research on a topic related to the survival of our towns and cities, in a location of the student鈥檚 choice. Proposals for research might include: learning from the past to inform the future; the future of society; the density of settlements; sustainability; the use of resources; the quality of urban life; and transport.
- The Royal Institute of British Architects (澳门王中王) is a global professional membership body that serves its members and society in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment. www.architecture.com
Follow @澳门王中王 on Twitter for regular updates - Past recipients of the 澳门王中王 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship:
- 2016: 鈥榃eaving the Urban Fabric: Examining the Significance of Community鈥� by Abel Feleke of University of Western Australia, which explored how a strong sense of community binds informal settlements.
- 2015: 鈥楥ycling Megacities鈥� by Charles Palmer of Sheffield University School of Architecture, which explored how policies, investments and campaigns are transforming urban public space in a bid to make the bicycle a transportation option for all social classes.
- 2014: 鈥楤uffer Landscapes 2060鈥� by Joe Paxton of the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London, which investigated some of the measures taken to mitigate the effects of climate change, such as reservoirs, artificial lakes and rivers 鈥� and the opportunities that these landscapes offer for habitation, as well as flood protection.
- 2013: 鈥楥harles Booth Going Abroad鈥� by Sigita Burbulyte of Bath School of Architecture, which takes the poverty maps of Victorian social reformer Charles Booth as the starting point for an exploration of slum communities across four continents.
- 2012: 鈥楳aterial Economies: recycling practices in informal settlements along African longitude 30潞E鈥� by Thomas Aquilina, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, part of the University of Edinburgh, UK.
- 2011: 鈥楽anitation鈥� by Sahil Deshpande, Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India.
- 2010: 鈥業n Search of Cold Spaces 鈥� a study of northern public space鈥� by Andrew Mackintosh, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
- 2009: 鈥楢ncestral Cities, Ancestral Sustainability鈥� by Amanda Rivera, University de Bio Bio, Chile.
- 2008: 鈥楾he Role of Public Transport in Shaping Sustainable Humane Habitats: Case Studies Across Three Continents鈥� by Faizan Jawed Siddiqi, Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India.
- 2007: 鈥楨merging East: Exploring and Experiencing the Asian Communist City鈥� by Ben Masterton-Smith, UCL, London, UK.
