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World Architecture Festival Architecture Drawing Prize 2021
11 July 2022
Architecture Drawing Prize 2022
30 June 2021
Entries for The Architecture Drawing Prize 2021 are now open!
In partnership with Make Architects and Sir John Soane’s Museum, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced the call for entries for the fifth edition of The Architecture Drawing Prize, sponsored by Gleeds. Launched in 2017, the Prize was established to celebrate and showcase the art and skill of architectural drawing.
In the spirit of work by great architects of the past, from Palladio and John Soane to Le Corbusier and Cedric Price, The Architecture Drawing Prize is a platform for reflecting on and exploring how drawing continues to advance the art of architecture today.
It embraces the creative use of digital tools and digitally produced renderings, while recognising the enduring importance of hand drawing.
The organisers invite entries of all types and forms – from conceptual to technical or construction drawings, cutaways or perspective views and anything in between.
‘ReReading Metropolis’ by Chenglin Able – Winner in the 2020 Digital category:
drawing : Chenglin Able
‘Dear Hashima’ by Marc Brousse – Winner in the 2020 Hand-drawn category:
drawing : Marc Brousse
‘Apartment #5, a Labyrinth and Repository of Spatial’ by Clement Laurencio – Winner in the 2020 Hybrid and Overall category:
drawing : Clement Laurencio
‘Airplane Tower’ by Victor Hugo and Cheryl Lu Xu – Winner in the 2020 Lockdown Prize category:
drawing : Victor Hugo and Cheryl Lu Xu
The Architecture Drawing Prize 2021
Categories
Entries are welcomed from architects, designers and especially students from around the world in the following categories: Hand drawn, Digital, and Hybrid (combining the two). Submissions across the three categories will be evaluated on the basis of their technical skill, originality of approach and ability to convey an architectural idea. Drawings can be entirely speculative or relate to real projects.
Lockdown Prize
For the second year running, there will also be a special prize focused on the global lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, chosen from all the entries. The Lockdown Prize will be focused on a drawing completed during lockdown or a drawing relating to the changes that Covid-19 will bring to architecture.
Judges
This year’s judges are
artists Ben Langlands & Nikki Bell;
Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects;
Lily Jencks, founder of LilyJencksStudio and JencksSquared;
Louise Stewart, curator at Sir John Soane’s Museum;
Narinder Sagoo, senior partner at Foster + Partners;
artist Pablo Bronstein;
Robin Brodie Cooper, Equity Partner at Gleeds,
and Paul Finch, programme director of the World Architecture Festival.
Paul Finch commented: ‘The universal language of drawing has a special significance in current circumstances and we look forward to celebrating excellence once again.’
‘Choate Colony Hall’ by Jeff Stikeman – Shortlisted in the 2020 Hybrid and Overall category:
drawing : Jeff Stikeman
‘Mechanical Theatre of Smash Palace’ by Jono Yoo – Shortlisted in the 2020 Hybrid and Overall category:
drawing : Jono Yoo
The entry deadline for submissions is 17 September 2021. The winners and shortlist will be decided in October, and displayed at World Architecture Festival in Lisbon from 1 to 3 December. Winners will receive complimentary tickets to the event, which will include a panel discussion featuring some of the award judges. A selection of winning and other entries will be the subject of an exhibition at the Soane Museum in early 2022.
More than 80 percent of the shortlisted entries for 2020 were submitted by entrants who are students or under the age of 30. This year, the organisers will hold the 2020 entry prices with a standard submission costing £198 and a reduced rate of £24 for all entries by students and under-30s. There is also a multiple entry discount offered when submitting three or more projects. Entrants should use the code STANDARDMULTI10 or STUDENTMULTI10 at the checkout to save 10%.
‘Polymorphous Spatical Monosodium Glutamate’ by Matthew Poon – Shortlisted in the 2020 Hand-drawn category:
drawing : Matthew Poon
‘Construction as Heritage’ by Joshua Bristow – Shortlisted in the 2020 Hand-drawn category – A Case for Discrete Industry:
drawing : Joshua Bristow
Louise Stewart, curator at Sir John Soane’s Museum, adds: “Sir John Soane’s Museum is delighted to host the fifth annual exhibition of works from The Architecture Drawing Prize. The Prize highlights the ways in which drawing remains central to architectural practice and is a key driver in the creative process. With its range of digital, hand- drawn and hybrid works, the exhibition will offer a powerful insight to the discipline of architectural drawing today.”
Ken Shuttleworth founder of Make Architects, comments: “We’re genuinely excited to see The Architecture Drawing Prize start its fifth year. I’m so pleased that the Prize has provided a level of meaning and connection during the lockdowns for those involved and I’m especially delighted at its continuing role in providing a platform and profile to many hugely talented young artists and architects.”
‘Entombment of fear exterior kyra swee yew yong’ by Swee Jong – Shortlisted in the 2020 Digital category:
drawing : Swee Jong
‘Fetching a Bucket of Steam’ by Jack Ingham – Shortlisted in the 2020 Digital category:
drawing : Jack Ingham
‘Here Everywhere Orchard’ by Hans Villamayor – Shortlisted in the 2020 Digital category:
drawing : Hans Villamayor
‘The Theatre of Fictions’ by Shahar Cohen and Jerram Rosen – Shortlisted in the 2020 Digital category:
drawing : Shahar Cohen and Jerram Rosen
Robin Brodie Cooper, an Equity Partner at Gleeds, the 2021 sponsor of the prize, commented: “When Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects asked us to be one of the lead sponsors for the Architectural Drawing Prize Gleeds saw this as an opportunity to give something back to the young and dynamic generation in the Architectural community that create the most imaginative drawings which will eventually lead to the great designs of buildings in the future.”
For full details on how to enter the Architecture Drawing Prize visit:
https://thedrawingprize.worldarchitecturefestival.com
Instagram @architecturedrawingprize
World Architecture Festival 2021 Architecture Drawing Prize image / information received 300621
Previously on e-architect:
WAF 2020 Architecture Drawing Prize
World Architecture Festival call for entries to The 2020 Architecture Drawing Prize
Jerome Xin Hao Ng, ‘Metabolist of a Dementia Nation’, the winner of the Hybrid category 2019
World Architecture Festival 2020 Drawing Prize
Anton Markus Pasing, City in a box: paradox memories, overall winner of the 2019 Architecture Drawing Prize
WAF 2019 Architecture Drawing Prize
World Architecture Festival 2019 call for entries to The 2019 Architecture Drawing Prize
Li Han, ‘The Samsara of Building No. 42 on Dirty Street’, overall winner of the 2018 Architecture Drawing Prize:
image : Li Han, courtesy of WAF
World Architecture Festival 2019 Drawing Prize
Drawing of the Year Competitions
Architectural Drawing Competitions – selection:
Drawing of the Year 2021 – Archisource
Drawing of the Year 2021 Archisource Competition
Archue International Architecture Drawing Competition
International Architecture Drawing Competition
Drawing of the Year Competition 2017
Drawing of the Year 2017 Competition
Drawing of the Year Competition 2016
Drawing of the Year 2016 Competition
Eye Line Architecture Drawing Competition
image : Tuan Jie Hu
Eye Line 2016 Competition
”Passages” – Competition for architectural drawing
Architecture Drawing Competition – spaceimage : Henning Larsen Foundation
Architectural Drawings
Alan Dunlop Architect
image courtesy of architect
Edinburgh School of Architecture First Year Student Projects
image courtesy of Daniel Lomholt-Welch
Second Year Student Projects at Edinburgh School of Architecture
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