Wednesday 4 December 2013

2013 WCCA Travel Award


Reproduction of the Sistine Chapel in the Ōtsuka Museum of Art © Chris Bisset


Chris Bisset (Architectural Association) was selected as the winner of the 2013 WCCA RIBA Student Travel Award from an extremely high standard of applications. 

Chris used the £2000 prize to travel to Japan to investigate the strong historical tradition of copying in Japanese culture. Focussing on the little known but extraordinary Ōtsuka Museum of Art, where over 1,000 reproductions of masterpieces from Western art have been reproduced, Chris considered the museum within the broader context of Japanese attitudes towards preservation and suggested that the West’s universal desire for the original may in fact be its own peculiarity.

Chris will present his findings at a free talk at the RIBA on Tuesday 28th January 2014 on The Tradition of Copying in Japan – Repoduction in the Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Please come along to find out more and how to apply for the 2014 award.

Tuesday 28th January 2014, 6.30pm to 8.30pm at RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD. Attendance is free but booking is essential, contact Tom Symonds at ribalondon@riba.org or telephone 020 7307 5352

For more information please visit the RIBA website http://www.architecture.com/RegionsAndInternational/UKNationsAndRegions/England/RIBALondon/Education/RIBAWCCAStudentTravelAward.aspx#.Up9CoWRdWA0

The RIBA WCCA Travel Award has been offered annually since 2008 by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects in cooperation with the RIBA. The award is made in memory of Stuart Murphy, the Chief Planning Officer of the City of London, and past Master of the WCCA.

The Award provides a travel grant of up to £2,000 to a student or a group of students enrolled in a RIBA-validated Part 2 course in a School of Architecture in the greater London area. Winners present their work at the RIBA and are also requested to produce a report for the RIBA and WCCA collections.

Thursday 19 September 2013

Tuesday 16 July 2013

The WCCA Student Drawing Prize 2013


Part 2 Prizewinner 2013  - Jessica Tettelaar, University of Westminster




Part 1 Prizewinner 2013 - Petya Nikolova, University of Greenwich




Part 2 Runner Up 2013 - Laura Davies, The Cass, London Metropolitan University




Part 1 Runner Up 2013 - Oscar Plastow, Kingston University

Sunday 14 July 2013

a new blog author....


Anne Markey
has become the latest author to the Student's page of the WCCA's web-site.

Jaki Howes, heretofore Master of Students, has relinquished her post in preparation for her elevation to MASTER of the worshipful company for the year 2013 - 2014.  Stepping up to the crease, the new Master of Students has taken up the new means of communications; WCCA web-site, Facebook page and Twitter feed - below.

Anne, you are most welcome!

http://wccastudents.blogspot.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Worshipful-Company-of-Chartered-Architects/180219755344997

https://twitter.com/WCCAwebmaster

Information on activities for the WCCA's student body will now lurk on every tablet, i-phone, android apparatus etc, even on the CAD screen in the office.  Only a few clicks away!  The student's page even has a version for i-phones - automatically reformatted for the smaller screen.

Details and points-of-contact to Master Anne
are

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Wednesday 13 March 2013

The Rome Prize


Rome Prize in Architecture
2013–14
The prestigious Rome Prize in Architecture is an exciting opportunity for a young architect to spend three or six months in Rome, and be a member of a vibrant residential community of architects, artists and researchers. It provides an extraordinary opportunity to study the contemporary architecture of Rome, as well as its historic context.
The Prize offers accommodation in a residential studio and board, a research grant, a group exhibition each three months, and participation in a range of interdisciplinary activities, including a vibrant architecture programme.
Closing date for applications: 
Tuesday 16 April 2013
 
For further details and application forms, please visit
or contact The Registrar, The British School at Rome,
at The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace,
London, SW1Y 5AH; E  bsr@britac.ac.uk
The British School at Rome is a centre of interdisciplinary research excellence in the Mediterranean supporting the full range of arts, humanities and social sciences. Our highly competitive and prestigious awards have provided many leading architects, artists and scholars with a stepping stone for their subsequent careers.

123089 Rome Prize in Architecture Posters