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澳门王中王 reveals winners of 186th President鈥檚 Medals

The Royal Institute of British Architects (澳门王中王) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual awards for the world鈥檚 best student architecture projects, the 2022 President鈥檚 Medals, now in its 186th year.

06 December 2022

The 澳门王中王 Silver Medal for the best design project produced at 澳门王中王 Part 2 or equivalent, is awarded to Annabelle Tan at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, for 听

A Journey through Past, Present and Post-Tropicality is an investigation into notions of 鈥榯ropicality鈥 in the context of Singapore. Spanning 4.2 km, Annabelle鈥檚 scheme is a socio-ecological continuum linking a threatened forest to a national nature reserve. It includes housing, educational spaces, and areas for civic engagement听made from regenerative materials produced听along the site.听

Commendations in the 澳门王中王 Silver Medal category:听

  • Nadir Qazim Mahmood (Manchester School of Architecture) for 听
  • Dario Biscaro (Royal College of Art) for 听
  • Oliver Reynolds (London Metropolitan University) for 听

Left: 鈥楢 Journey through Past, Present and Post-Tropicality' (澳门王中王 Silver Medal Winner) - Annabelle Tan. Right: 鈥極ut of the Closet, Into the Garden鈥 (Bronze Medal Winner) - Mary Holmes.

The 澳门王中王 Bronze Medal (for the best design project produced at 澳门王中王 Part 1 or equivalent) goes to Mary Holmes (University of Cambridge) for 听

Mary proposes the queering and retrofitting of two rows of terraced houses in the heart of a suburb in Harlow. In this context, mutual support and collectivity听are centred to create an enduring queer space.听

The judging panel of the 澳门王中王 Bronze Medal awarded a High Commendation to by Inka Eismar (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture) and Commendations to:听

  • Chon Kei Lam (University of Melbourne) for 听
  • Felix Wilson (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture) for 听

The 澳门王中王 Dissertation Medal is also awarded to Annabelle Tan (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL) for

Commendations in the 澳门王中王 Dissertation Medal category go to:听

  • Mohsin Ali (Manchester School of Architecture) for 听
  • Thomas Faulkner (Architectural Association) for 听
  • Kieran Ka Ming Tam (University of Cambridge) for 听

Recognising the importance of climate action in the development of architectural design proposals, the 澳门王中王 has awarded the 澳门王中王 Awards for Sustainable Design for the fourth year. At Part 1, the award went to Inka Eismar (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture) for . At Part 2, it went to Annabelle Tan (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL) for 听

The Serjeant Awards for Excellence in Drawing have been awarded to Nathan Tipping-Stevenson (Falmouth University) for at Part 1, and Nadir Qazim Mahmood (Manchester School of Architecture) for at Part 2.听

Starting from top row, left to right: Mohsin Ali, Dario Biscaro, Inka Eismar, Thomas Faulkner, Mary Holmes, Kieran Ka Ming Tam, Chon Kei Lam, Nadir Qazim Mahmood, Oliver Reynolds, Annabelle Tan, Nathan Tipping-Stevenson, Felix Wilson.

澳门王中王 President Simon Allford said:听

鈥淭his year鈥檚 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals celebrate the talent and work of architecture students from around the world. The record number of entries this year address contemporary topics with immense social and environmental significance. As ever the range, scope and scale of their inquiry is extremely impressive.听听

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the tutors and schools of architecture who have fostered and encouraged such promising minds. I look forward to seeing how they develop these speculations on architecture and life in the years to come.听

We have been running these awards for many decades and opened them up to the wider world of non-validated schools when I was VP for education over a decade ago. As well as being a celebration of this year's student preoccupations, the work now adds to our quite extraordinary archive of a long history of student inquiry.听

On a personal note, I fondly remember awaiting the result of our Silver Medal nominated project with my partners at AHMM over 30 years ago - we were unplaced but of course we consoled ourselves with the fact we were involved!鈥澨

ENDS

Notes to editors:听

  1. Media contact: Ryan.Johnston@riba.org
  2. Images from this year鈥檚 winners can be downloaded 听
  3. The 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals were established in 1836 and are the 澳门王中王鈥檚 oldest awards. features all nominations made since 1998. The site includes a comprehensive visual archive of tens of thousands of images and statements produced by students, as well as photographs and films of the judging of entries, the awards ceremonies, and interviews with the winners.听
  4. In 2022 the 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals had the highest ever number of entries in their 186-year-old history: 347 entries nominated by 100 schools of architecture located in 27 countries.听
  5. 澳门王中王 Future Architects is our community for future and emerging architects, designed to support, inspire and provide a voice during the transition from study to practice. Follow us on for advice and information about studying architecture, exclusive events and opportunities.听
  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 @澳门王中王 on Twitter for regular updates.听
  7. This year鈥檚 judging panels included:听

Silver Medal:

  • Chair: Tracy Meller 鈥 Senior Partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners; Honorary Professor of Architecture at the University of Nottingham, UK听
  • Anupama Kundoo 鈥 Founding Director of Anupama Kundoo architects (with studios in Berlin, Germany, and Pune and Pondicherry, India); Professor of Architecture at the Potsdam School of Architecture, Germany; and Head of Urban Design at Auroville, India听
  • Nicholas Lobo Brennan 鈥 Co-founder of Apparata Architects; Associate Professor of Tectonics at Kingston University, UK听
  • Thandi Loewenson 鈥 Architectural Designer and Researcher; Tutor of Architecture at the Royal College of Art, UK听
  • Ken Okonkwo 鈥 Associate Director at Haworth Tompkins architects; visiting Architecture Critic at the University of Sheffield, UK听
  • Sofie Pelsmakers 鈥 Environmental Architect, Educator and Researcher; Associate Professor at the Faculty of Built Environment of Tampere University, Finland, and Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield, UK听

Bronze Medal听

  • Chair: Tracy Meller 鈥 Senior Partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners; Honorary Professor of Architecture at the University of Nottingham听
  • Victoria Farrow 鈥 Practising Architect; Course Leader for the BA Architecture at Birmingham City University听
  • Adam Nathaniel Furman 鈥 Artist and Designer; trained as an Architect听
  • Smith Mordak 鈥 Director of Sustainability and Physics at Buro Happold; Practising Architect, Engineer, Writer, and Curator听
  • Stephen Slaughter 鈥 Practising Architect; Chair of Undergraduate Architecture at Pratt Institute in New York, USA听
  • Ramsey Yassa 鈥 Practising Architect; Founding Director at NOOMA Studio听

Dissertation Medal

  • Chair: Lesley Lokko 鈥 Founder & Director of the African Futures Institute in Accra, Ghana听
  • Thomas Aquilina 鈥 London-based architect and academic听
  • Kuukuwa Manful 鈥 PhD candidate at SOAS University of London听
  • Samir Pandya 鈥 Assistant Head of the School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster听
  • Tanja Poppelreuter 鈥 Lecturer in the History and Theory of Architecture and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies at the University of Salford听
  • Huda Tayob 鈥 Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Manchester听

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