The Overall winner of 2023 and the hybrid category winner is ‘(Re)membering the See Monster’ by Eldry John Infante. It renders the transformation of a defunct oil platform and welcomes discussions that go beyond a structure’s physicality.
“We were impressed by this skilful and detailed drawing which has been digitally manipulated to create a very dynamic and varied composition. One of the drawing’s particular strengths is the way in which it uses a variety of visual languages, all of which convey information about how buildings work.”
Louise Stewart, head of Exhibitions at Sir John Soane’s Museum and Prize Judge.
2023 hand-drawn category winner. ‘Grundtvig’ by Ben Johnson.The 2023 winner of the hand-drawn category is ‘Grundtvig’ by Ben Johnson. The ink drawing is inspired by the 1920s Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen made using six million bricks.
“As a jury, we are inspired by Ben Johnson’s work and the way he has created a compelling art form from hand drawings of buildings. The execution of the Grundtvig Church drawing is so controlled and precise that it becomes a meaningful expression of how Ben experiences architecture.”
Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects originally set up The Architecture Drawing Prize.
2023 digital category winner. ‘The Archatographic Map of the Incomplete Landscape on Pedra Branca’ by Eugene Tan.
Eugene Tan was selected as the 2023 digital category winner. His drawing ‘The Archatographic Map of the Incomplete Landscape on Pedra Branca’ explores the vulnerability of our planet, more specifically in Singapore.
“This beautiful, skillful, and complex drawing expands the usual range of representational possibilities offered by maps. Through this drawing, Pedra Branca, a tiny outlying island of the archipelago becomes a signifier for the limited land supply of Singapore, and its fragile ecology within the complex geo-political environment of the South China Sea.”
Artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, have been on The Architecture Drawing Prize as judges since 2017.
The hybrid category shortlist also included:
Liverpool Capriccio 2200 C.E. by Tim Wheeler
The Urban Anthro-Scape: Above by Alexander Jeong
The hand-drawn category shortlist also included:
The Glasgow School of Art Fire (triptych) by Alan Dunlop
Trees and rocks, the shapeshifter by Alexander Warncke
St. Stephen Walbrook by Luka Pajovic
The digital category shortlist also included:
The Bucolic Palimpsest by Ziad Haddad
Transcultural Journey on the Orient Express by Chi Wai Vincent
Gall-E: Interpolating Arts, Space, and Display in the Age of AI by Tom Chan
The Architecture Drawing Prize judges for 2023 are Nikki Bell and Ben Langlands, Artists; Pablo Bronstein, artist; Paul Finch, Director of World Architecture Festival (Chair of Jury); Lily Jencks, Co-founder of Lily Jencks Studio, Jencks Squared; Federica Minozzi, CEO of Iris Ceramica Group; Narinder Sagoo, Senior Partner at Foster + Partners; Ken Shuttleworth, Founder of Make Architects; Louise Stewart, Head of Exhibitions at Sir John Soane’s Museum.
Sir John Soane’s Museum in London will exhibit both the winning and shortlisted drawings from 31 January to 3 March 2024.
