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Monday, 22 August 2005 | Elif Sungur
The Architectural Review Awards
The world's leading awards for young architects
Conceived in 1999 by the Architectural Review, and now supported by Buro
Happold, the AR Awards are intended to bring international recognition to a talented new generation of architects and designers up to the age of 45. The awards have attracted entries from more than 80 countries, and from every inhabited continent. Work submitted has ranged from small domestic conversions to large public buildings, and from light fittings to landscapes.
Eligibility
Architects and people in other design professions whose qualifications are recognized by their local accreditation organization, provided that they are 45 or younger during the year 2005. Entries are encouraged from individuals,
groups, partnerships, and those working for larger practices. Those working for larger practices must provide written evidence from their principal in the employing office guaranteeing the work is that of the entrant(s).
The AR Awards for Emerging Architecture celebrate excellence in completed work. Entries can be made for any building, interior, landscape, urban or product design.
Categories will not be chosen beforehand, but decided on by the Jury. Entries to previous awards represented some of the following areas:
- Buildings - new build and refurbishment: offices, shops, schools, houses, housing, industrial, transport, restaurants, recreational, cultural, municipal and religious
- Interiors - new build and refurbishment: similar to building category, in particular restaurants, shops, houses, clubs and galleries
- Urban design
- Product design - light fittings, furniture, cladding, and structural systems
- Street furniture - lights, bus stops, bollards, signs and postboxes
- Landscape - soft and hard
- Bridges
- Temporary or portable structures - exhibition stands
- Theatre works
The age limit of 45 has been chosen on the basis that many emerging architects are unable to realise designs or develop an original vision before that time, either because of the long education and training period, or because of lack of opportunity.
Jury
Peter Davey - Former Editor of The Architectural Review
Annette Gigon - Gigon/Guyer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sean Godsell - Sean Godsell Architects, Melbourne, Australia
Luis Mansilla - Mansilla & Tuñón, Madrid, Spain
Thom Mayne - Morphosis, California, USA
Paul Finch - Editor of The Architectural Review and Chairman of the Jury
Prizes
The total prize money is £10 000 Sterling. The Jury may choose a number of winners and highly commended entries (there were four winners, three highly
commended and eight commended entries in 2003; and five winners,
three highly commended and 11 commended entries in 2004).
Publication
Winners and those highly commended by the Jury will be published in the December 2005 issue of The Architectural Review and on the website:
http://www.arplus.com.
Prize-giving ceremony
The AR Awards prize-giving ceremony will be held in London in late autumn. The winners will be invited by The Architectural Review and Buro Happold to the event.
Lecture series
In spring 2006, winners will be invited to give talks on their work at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London as part of the RIBA's Spring Lecture Series (schedule to be confirmed). The programme of talks will be accompanied by an exhibition of winning entries at the RIBA.
Exhibitions
Winning and other highly commended entries will be exhibited at the prize giving and at subsequent exhibitions (schedule to be confirmed). Winning boards may be reproduced to protect originals.
Other media
Information will be provided on all winning entries to other architectural magazines, newspapers and relevant media worldwide. Please
help by choosing your preferred local media on the entry form.
Providing additional materials for publishing
Additional photography, drawings and other information from winning entrants will be urgently requested for the December publication during the week beginning 3 October.
Entry will acknowledge that The Architectural Review has the right to reproduce materials in whole or part without payment of copyright (where we are made aware of their names, photographers will be acknowledged).
Entry Requirements
The maximum number of entries from any individual or practice is five - with each entry showing only one scheme. As there is a new Jury, work entered for previous awards may be re-submitted on new boards. Incomplete work, unrealised schemes, projects, CD-ROMS, videos, transparencies, models, prototypes and multiple schemes entered on one board will not be accepted.
Entry fee for each project submitted is £50 (US$100 or €75). The maximum number of projects that may be submitted is five. Payment can be
made by cheque or banker's draft, made payable to 'The Architectural Review' and enclosed with your entry. If paying by credit card complete the details on the entry form.
Each entry should be mounted on two A2 sized boards, and must include photography (in either colour or black and white), drawings and, if appropriate, a brief written description in English. The identity and location of the
submission is helpful to the Jury. Maximum board size is 420 x 594mm(approximately 16.5 x 23.4in) - preferably lightweight art board or equivalent.
To ensure anonymity in judging, no names of entrants or collaborating parties may appear on any part of the board. On receipt, each board and entry form will be allocated a number, allowing identification - for extra security please include an international telephone number on the back of the board. Only after the Jury has made its decisions will the identity of the winners be revealed.
Each submission must have a separate entry form. All entrants must be named in the submission. Please indicate whether the contact name is an administrator or part of the design team. Copy the entry form where necessary. Complete the form clearly and enclose in a sealed envelope attached to one board.
Entry deadline
Deadline for receipt of entries is Tuesday 13 September. To ensure timely receipt, it is recommended to use a carrier that guarantees delivery. All entries received will be acknowledged on the website http://www.arplus.com as soon as
possible after the deadline.
Entries should be properly packaged and clearly marked 'AR Awards'.
They should be sent to:
The Architectural Review
151 Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4GB
United Kingdom.
Please ensure that entries are delivered by the closing date. Entries posted on the closing date will be accepted but must be received before 16 September.
Your entry must be marked as NCV (no commercial value) on any courier documentation. The organisers will not accept any courier charges or taxes resulting from delivery. Personal deliveries to the AR editorial offices are accepted during normal working hours.
Entries will not be returned. The organisers assume no liability for loss or damage of entries.
For more information, please visit http://www.arplus.com
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