In partnership with
Make architects and
Sir John Soane’s Museum, the
World Architecture Festival today announces the launch of a new prize for architectural drawing. The prize will recognise the continuing importance of hand drawing, whilst also embracing the creative use of digitally produced renderings.
Entries are now being accepted across three categories: 1) hand drawing; 2) digital drawing; and 3) hybrid drawing, combining the two. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their technical skill, originality in approach and ability to convey an architectural idea, whether for a conceptual or actual building project.
Shortlisted entries will be announced in October, with commended entrants receiving a delegate pass to attend the World Architecture Festival. The overall winner and a further two category finalists will be announced at WAF, which takes place in Berlin, 15-17 November 2017.
The winning and shortlisted entries will then be featured in an exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London from 21 February – 16 April 2018.
Jeremy Melvin, Curator of the World Architecture Festival (WAF), commented: “WAF is delighted to team up with Make, a leading firm of architects, and Sir John Soane’s Museum with its wonderful collections and commitment to scholarship, to explore how architects use drawings to develop and communicate ideas. As Reyner Banham put it, drawing is what distinguishes architecture from other perfectly respectable ways of making buildings, and perhaps because of the proliferation of drawing techniques, it remains the essence of the discipline.”
The Architecture Drawing Prize will be judged by artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell; Farshid Moussavi of Farshid Moussavi; and Narinder Singh Sagoo of Foster and Partners; alongside Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects; Owen Hopkins of the Sir John Soane’s Museum; and Jeremy Melvin of the World Architecture Festival.
