On Thursday 19th of June the staff and students of Liverpool School of Architecture gathered for the annual prize-giving to celebrating the fantastic achievements of our students.
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Graham Saunders Memorial Prize
The Graham Saunders Memorial Prize is awarded each year in recognition of a student’s contribution to the life of the school. This year the prize was awarded to Harry Kitto in recognition of his hard work for ASOC (the School’s Architecture Society) and in his roles as a student ambassador at Open Days and admission events.
Liverpool School of Architecture and Open Eye Gallery
This year Liverpool School of Architecture and Open Eye Gallery organised a competition in response to Stephen McCoy’s exhibition Proximity. Students were asked to capture people’s stories, personalities and explore their connection with the places they live. The photographs were displayed at the Open Eye Gallery’s digital exhibit, and are now on show in the School’s main entrance. The winner chosen by the curator of the Stephen McCoy exhibition was Holly Carter.
Liverpool Architectural Society Student Awards
The Liverpool Architectural Society student awards. The LAS is one of the oldest architectural societies in the world and is the Merseyside Branch of the RIBA. The winners have been chosen by members of the society from a shortlist provided by the BA3 and MArch5 studio tutors. The judges considered the winning projects best dealt with all aspects of design from macro through to micro with strong research backgrounds.
Daniel Barber and Siobhan Twomey from the LAS presented the winners with their awards.
Liverpool Architectural Society BA Student Awards
The shortlisted BA3 students were: Anika Kohli, Christos Tsalatsanis, Keping Zang, Lola Faiz, Nathan Pope, Yagmur Yukselgungor
Winner: Keping Zang for her project ‘Empathy Exchange’ (Empathy)
Liverpool Architectural Society MArch Student Awards
The shortlisted MArch5 projects were: Inclusive by Design, Patterns of Mobility, Project Galena, Pulse of the Periphery, Urbanism in Flux
Winners: Aaron Griffin-Keogh, Kai Green, Rhys Bennett for their project ‘Pulse of the Periphery’
Supervising tutor: Katerina Antonopoulou
Swedish Wood Student Architect Award
For the 5th year running, Swedish Wood generously sponsored student prizes at LSA. From a shortlist of projects decided by studio tutors, Swedish Wood chose the projects in BA3 and MArch, which best demonstrated beauty, innovation, sustainability in the use of timber in design and construction.
The BA shortlisted students were: Albin Limerick, Celeste Cashman, Ella Chapman, Harry Turner, Owen Rees, Yang Yang
Swedish Wood decided to award the BA prize to Owen Rees for his project ‘Scalene Shift’ (Practice North)
The MArch shortlisted projects were: Grafting Futures, Interlude, To Grow a House
Swedish Wood decided to award the MArch prize to Hanim Bakar, Rashmi Jayasinghe and Max Dresler for their project ‘Grafting Futures’
Supervising tutors: Soumyen Bandyopadhyay and Mary Shepperson
SHEPPARD ROBSON Jicwood Prize
For many years, Sheppard Robson has awarded the Jicwood Prize to students demonstrating an unique architectural viewpoint in BA3 and MArch5. The judges from Sheppard Robson were looking for thoughtful projects, well rooted in the local context, balancing a strong narrative with an effective technical response.
The shortlisted BA3 students were: Catherine Shi, Celeste Cashman, Harry Turner, Jack Bagley, Louis Shepley, Lucy Woodward
Winner: Harry Turner for his project ‘Enhancing Morecambe’s Waterfront for People and Wildlife’ (AHUWA)
The MArch shortlisted projects were: Doll House, Interlude, Reclaiming the River, Space of Appearance.
The winners were Alice Woodcock, Lauren Heatherington, Natasha Mallin for their project ‘Reclaiming the River’ Supervising tutor: Joy Burgess
John Rankin Awards
The John Rankin Awards are made for the best sketch designs prepared to prescribed programmes in BA2 and BA3. The awards were chosen by the studio tutors.
This year the BA2 staff have awarded the John Rankin awards to Biddy Davies for ‘Three Trees House’ and Emilia Yates for ‘Wondrous Place’.
In BA3 the best sketch schemes were prepared by Aisling McGonigle for her project ‘Woven Ground’ (Project Home) and Lucy Woodward for her project ‘The Patch’ (Practice North).
BA3 Alumni Book Prizes
Best background project research: Tata Luo for his exceptional research into the ‘Eldonian Village – The Reclaiming’ (Empathy)
Outstanding hand-rendered drawing: Yang Yang for his project ‘Bridging the Gap pavilion’ (Empathy)
Outstanding computer generated image: Anika Kohli for her project ‘Via Delle Radici – Path of Roots’ (RE-Heritage)
Outstanding landscaping/contextual response: Jack Bagley for his project ‘Littlewoods Exchange’ (Studio 5)
Best model in BA3: Harry Turner for his project ‘Enhancing Morecambe’s Waterfront for People and Wildlife’
(AHUWA)
Endowment Prizes
Endowment Prizes are awarded due to generous gifts from former staff and students of the School.
BA3 Endowment Prizes
The David Inman fund prize is kindly donated by the Sainsbury Trust in memory of a graduate of the School, David Inman. It is awarded to students with the best Performance in Environmental Science in BA3. The winners were Eloise Young, Samantha Wood and Yuxuan Ding
David Thistlewood was Professor of History of Art and Architecture at LSA until his death in 1998. The Thistlewood Dissertation Prize is awarded for an outstanding piece of written work each year in the BA. This year two students share the prize. The winners were Hind AlBlooshi for her essay ‘Brushwick as a Medium: Exploring Urban Transformation Through Frederick Kitler and David Harvey’ and Lucy Reynolds for her essay ‘Exploring space: An Architectural Journey’.
The Anthony Minoprio prize is awarded to the BA3 student with the best rendered drawings for their 3rd year project The winner of the prize was Nathan Pope for their project ‘Helios’ (Project Home)
The Sikorski Memorial Prize remembers the Polish School of Architecture which was established in Liverpool to offer sanctuary to a group of architects from Poland in world war 2. It is awarded to 3 students in BA3 for outstanding interior design The winners were James Kwok for his project ‘The Living Spine’ (Project Home), Jingyi Feng for her project ‘The ComponWents’ (Studio 5) and Katie Davidson for her project ‘Artisanal Hub’ (Practice North)
MArch 4 Endowment Prizes
The Norwest Holst prize is awarded to the MArch4 student who has excelled in Practice Management and Law. This year the winner was Maria Lookmanji.
The Building Management Prize is awarded to the student with excellent performance in Sustainable Construction and Management. The winner was Maria Lookmanji.
The P S Tyson prize is awarded to the students who demonstrate the best engagement with technology design work in 4th year. The winners were Leo Dearden, Olivia Neagus, Sam Read & Sam Rigby for their project ‘The People’s Prototype’.
MArch 5 Endowment Prizes
The Tarn Dissertation Prize is awarded to students for their outstanding disserations in MArch5. This year, the prize was awarded to two students. Gei Ai Tang for her dissertation ‘Optimising Thermal Comfort: Passive Cooling Strategies in Traditional Straits Chinese Shophouses for Sustainable Living in George Town’ and Iasmina Salop for her dissertation ‘Investigating the impact of communism and post-communism on the identity and culture of Timișoara (România) Through the Orthodox Church 1936 – 2007’
The Frank Horton prize is awarded to the best example of work incorporating ‘Intriguing Connections’ in Architectural Design. The winners were Alice Woodcock, Lauren Heatherington and Natasha Mallin for their project ‘Reclaiming the River’.
Supervising tutor: Joy Burgess
The Sikorski Memorial Prize is awarded to students for outstanding interior design in their final MArch projects.
The winners this year were:
Adithi Kalburgi, Bowei Liu and Henry Omotosho for their project ‘Space of Appearance’.
Supervising tutor: Marco Iuliano
Jonathan Coles, Julia Szegho and Thomas O’Loughlin for their project ‘Urbanism in Flux’
Supervising tutor: Katerina Antonopoulou
Competition Entry Selection for Architects Journal Student Prize
Each year a BA3 project and MArch5 project are nominated for submission for the Architects Journal Student Prize parts 1 and 2 respectively. It is expected and encouraged that all entries will address issues of sustainability.
This year the BA3 nominee was Jie Zhu for her project ‘Herbarium facilities for Jamestown, Ghana’ (AHUWA)
This year the MArch5 nominees were Abbey Brady-Hoyle, Conor Quinn, Ellie Platt, Tom Lockley
for their project ‘Inclusive by Design’
Supervising tutor: Johanna Muszbek
Competition Entry Selection – RIBA dissertaton and Presidents Medal
Each year a MArch dissertation is nominated for submission for the RIBA Presidents Dissertation. This year the nominee was Rhys Bennett for his dissertation ‘Comfort and Class: Appraising Thermal Comfort across the Social Hierarchy of Georgian Society. A Case Study of No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath’
Each year 2 BA3 projects are nominated for submission for the RIBA Presidents Bronze Medal – part 1. This year the nominees were Catherine Shi for her project ‘Beneath the Cathedral’ (Empathy) and Louis Shepley for his project ‘Path to Paradiso’ (RE:Heritage).
Two Thesis projects are nominated for submission for the RIBA Presidents Silver Medal – part 2. This year the MArch nominees were:
Alice Holmes, Isabel Piercy, Ryan Farrell and Sean Davies for their project ‘Patterns of Mobility’
Supervising tutor: Johanna Muszbek
Aaron Griffin-Keogh, Kai Green and Rhys Bennett for their project ‘Pulse of the Periphery’
Supervising tutor: Katerina Antonopoulou
Professor Robert P Nicholls Bursaries
Every year, the School is able to award a number of bursaries due to a generous gift from an alumnus of the School, Professor Robert P Nicholls. He is Professor Emeritus at the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia. Students are asked to submit expressions of interest which are considered by senior academics in the school. This year the Professor Robert P Nicholls support grant was awarded to Sophie Wheeler.
This year the Professor Robert P Nicholls travel bursary was awarded to Victoria Mowforth who plans to visit Japan to consider ‘How does Japan’s architecture use natural materials to create different types of experiential space?’.
The Lionel Stirgess awards and prizes
The Lionel Stirgess awards and prizes are made possible due to a legacy gift from valued alumnus and noted architect, Mr Lionel Stirgess, who passed away September 2022. In addition to the Lionel Stirgess student support award, there are two design awards – the Lionel Stirgess Architecture and Landscape Design award and the Lionel Stirgess Drawing award, with BA and MArch prizes. The winners of these awards have been chosen by the Directors of Studies from our BA, MArch and Post-graduate programmes.
Lionel Stirgess Student Support Award
This year the Lionel Stirgess student support award was awarded to Rebecca Reed.
Lionel Stirgess Architecture and Landscape Design
This year those nominated for the BA prize were Alex Meredith, Catherine Shi, Jie Zhu, Klaudia Klukowska, Leyang Ma, Ruby Newton.
The winner this year was Jie Zhu for her project ‘Herbarium facilities for Jamestown, Ghana’ (AHUWA)
Those projects nominated for the MArch prize were Inclusive by Design, Patterns of Mobility, Project Galena, Pulse of the Periphery and Urbanism in Flux.
The winners this year were Aaron Griffin-Keogh, Kai Green and Rhys Bennett for their project ‘Pulse of the Periphery‘
Supervising tutor: Katerina Antonopoulou
The Lionel Stirgess Drawing Award
This year those nominated for the BA prize for the Lionel Stirgess drawing award were Adam May, Camille Cottereau, Catherine Shi, James Kwok, Louis Shepley and Xingjian Wan.
The winner was Catherine Shi for her project ‘Beneath the Cathedral’ (Empathy)
The projects nominated for the MArch prize were Patterns of Mobility, Pulse of the Periphery and Urbanism in Flux.
The winners were Alice Holmes, Isabel Piercy, Ryan Farrell and Sean Davies for their project ‘Patterns of Mobility’
Supervising tutor: Johanna Muszbek
Labid Al Fakhri Scholarship
This year we launch the Labid Al Fakhri Scholarship – this is a special prize to honour the memory of Labid, who was a student here at the LSA, graduating in 1941. Labid went on to have a very successful career across the Middle East, developing his own practice in Dubai and beyond. The award is to fund a student from Iraq or Iraqi heritage to complete their studies at LSA in the BA or MArch programme. We were very pleased that Patricia Al Fakhri was able to join to present the award. The inaugural award was made to Safea Al-Rawi.
Emma Holt Travel Scholarship
Every year, 3 final year BA students who have demonstrated excellence in design studio are awarded the Emma Holt Travel scholarship. This year the winners were Catherine Shi, Nathan Pope and Tata Luo.
Charles Reilly Medal
Our final prize is the Charles Reilly medal, which is awarded to an outstanding thesis project in MArch5. The winners were Iasmina Salop, Magdalena Lenczuk, Michelle Fernandez and Regan Lee for their project ‘Project Galena‘
Supervising tutors – Soumyen Bandyopadhyay and Mary Shepperson.