The Royal Institute of British Architects (澳门王中王) has today (Thursday 7 March 2019) opened applications for the 2019 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship.
Applications are welcomed from students enrolled in schools of architecture around the world. A 拢7,000 grant will be awarded to one winner, which will be decided by a panel of judges including Lord Foster and 澳门王中王 President Ben Derbyshire.
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 the privilege of the Norman Foster Foundation to support 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�
澳门王中王 President Ben Derbyshire said:
鈥淭he Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship is an exceptional annual gift which gives young, aspiring architects the opportunity to research critical challenges to the survival, and future, of cities around the world. We are extremely grateful to the Norman Foster Foundation and Foster + Partners for their generous donations. This year we will be inviting 278 schools of architecture across the globe to join the 98 institutions validated by the 澳门王中王 to nominate their talented students, and I would encourage all eligible to apply for this exciting opportunity.鈥�
The deadline for submissions is 17:00 on Friday 26 April 2019. Further details can be found here.
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Notes to editors:
1. For further press information contact Abigail.Chiswell-White @riba.org +44 (0) 20 7580 3811
2. If you are a student interested in applying you can find out more information here.
3. First established in 2006, the scholarship, supported by the Norman Foster Foundation and Foster + Partners, is now in its twelfth 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. Past 澳门王中王 Norman Foster Scholars have travelled through the Americas, Europe, Africa, South East Asia, the Middle and the Far East, and Russia. 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.
4. The list of higher education institutions invited to nominate students is selected by the 澳门王中王 and can be found here. As in previous years, this list will include all institutions that offer qualifications validated by the 澳门王中王 or are recognised by the Commonwealth Association of Architects. In addition, a large number of schools listed under other recognition systems (such as the European Directive for Recognition of Professional Qualifications in the EU, or the National Architectural Accreditation Board in the US) are also being invited to take part in the scheme.
5. Past recipients of the 澳门王中王 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship:
2018: Steven Hutt - University of Greenwich, UK - 鈥楨ast of Eden鈥�
2017: Chloe Loader - University of Lincoln, UK - 鈥楨merging Cities: Sustainable Master-Planning in the Global South鈥�
2016: Abel Feleke - University of Western Australia - 鈥榃eaving the Urban Fabric: Examining the Significance of Community鈥�
2015: Charles Palmer - University of Sheffield, UK - 鈥楥ycling Megacities鈥�
2014: Joe Paxton - Bartlett (UCL), UK - 鈥楤uffer Landscapes 2060
2013: Sigita Burbulyte - Bath University, UK - 鈥楥harles Booth Going Abroad鈥�
2012: Thomas Aquilina - University of Edinburgh - 鈥楳aterial Economies: Recycling Practices in Informal Settlements Along African Longitude 30鈥�
2011: Sahil Bipin Deshpande - Rizvi College of Architecture, India - 鈥楽anitation: A Case Study across Eight Metropolises鈥�
2010: Andrew Mackintosh - Robert Gordon University, UK - 鈥業n Search of Cold Spaces鈥�
2009: Amanda Rivera 鈥� University of Bio Bio, Chile - 鈥楢ncestral Cities, Ancestral Sustainability鈥�
2008: Faizan Jawed Siddiqi - Rizvi College of Architecture, India - 鈥楾he Role of Public Transport in Shaping Sustainable Humane Habitats鈥�
2007: Ben Masterton-Smith - Bartlett, UK - 鈥楨merging East: Exploring and Experiencing the East Asian Communist City鈥�
6. 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. Follow for regular updates.
