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17 September 2015
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Monday, 17 August 2015
The 2015 Student Drawing Prize
The Jonathan and Victoria Ball Award
Schools of Architecture in the Greater London area are invited in the summer term each year to nominate one student each on their RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 courses for the Company's annual student drawing prize.
The 2015 prize winners are shown here.
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| Part 2 Prize Winner - Natalie Gall, University of Greenwich Marion's Fireplace Hand drawn with pen and ink on tracing in layers then printed onto cartridge |
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| Part 1 Joint Prize Winner - Gleb Sheykin, Architectural Association Facade Terminus, Berlin Mixed media combining scanned hand drawn lines reworked using digital techniques |
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| Facade Terminus - Detail |
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| Part 1 Joint Prize Winner - Brad Sumner, Kingston University St. Bride's, Fleet Street Watercolour |
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE WCCA STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD 2015
The Stuart Murphy Award
Background
The WCCA Travel Award has been offered annually since 2008 by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects with the support of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The Award provides an international travel grant 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. The objective of the Award is to allow a student or a group of students to conduct research on the topic and in the location of their choice. It is hoped that the research will enrich the Award holder’s studies in the field of Architecture contributing to the development of their course work as well as to the advancement of architectural knowledge.
Award details
One or more awards of up to a total of £2,000 are made to a student or a group of students.
The travel, which must take place outside the UK, will be concluded in no longer than 2 months and will take place during the summer holidays following completion of the first year of a Part 2 course and prior to enrolling in the second year of the course.
The successful applicant/s will be asked to produce a report of the project; this can be but does not have to be part of a dissertation. Awardees will be asked to produce one bound copy of the final report which will be kept in the RIBA British Architectural Library.
Eligibility
Applicants must be enrolled in the first year of a RIBA-validated Part 2 course in a School of Architecture in the Greater London area.
The eligible Schools are: Architectural Association, Kingston University, London Metropolitan University, London South Bank University, Royal College of Art, University College London, University of East London, University of Greenwich and University of Westminster.
Entry
To apply for the award please download and complete the application form.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 6pm on Monday 1st June 2015.
Interviews will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday 9th June 2015.
Please return completed applications to:
Enquiries
Anne Markey - WCCA Master of Students
WCCATravelAward2015 Application
Friday, 9 January 2015
2014 Travel Award Presentations at RIBA
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| Tower of Shadows, Chandigarh Photo by Matt Loosley |
The Winners and Runners Up of the Company's 2014 Stuart Murphy Travel Award will present their travels and research on Tuesday 3rd March 2015, 6.30 to 8.30pm, at RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD.
Matt Loosely of Westminster University, the winner of the award, travelled to India last summer to document post independence modernist architectural ruins encountered through a series of photographs. Matt's photographs and his travel blog can be found at http://mloosley.tumblr.com/
Runner up Guy Rochez of the Royal College of Art travelled around Italy exploring the 'Theatre of Food' and joint runner up William Burgess of The Cass, London Metropolitan University visited the Gothic religious buildings of Northern Europe.
Come along and find out more about the 2015 Travel Award, attendance is free but booking is essential, contact travelaward2014@gmail.com to reserve a place or to enquire about the 2015 Award.
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects' Stuart Murphy Travel 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 the first year of a RIBA validated Part 2 course at 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.
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Welcome Peter Murray - 'author'
Welcome to the WCCA Students web-page.
All future contributions gratefully received!
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| Peter G S Murray |
Saturday, 20 September 2014
A new student is appointed to the Company
Samuel David EVANS
was introduced to the court by his mentor
Yasmin Shariff.
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was introduced to the court by his mentor
Yasmin Shariff.
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| Samuel David Evans - 20 Sept 2014 |
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
The 2014 Student Drawing Prize
The Jonathan and Victoria Ball Award
Schools of Architecture in the Greater London Area are invited in the summer term each year to nominate one student on a RIBA Part 1 course and one student on a Part 2 course for the Company's annual student drawing prize. The 2014 prize winners and runners up in each category are shown below.
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| Part 1 Runner Up - Dan Rymer Trenholme, University of Greenwich |
The Stuart Murphy Travel Award 2014
The 2014 Winner, Matt Loosley, is travelling around India to document the modernist architectural ruins encountered through a series of photographs. Matt's trip will inform his Masters thesis on the "Modernist Ruins of India", so called because although the buildings still stand and some are in use their future is under threat. Matt is recording his findings on a blog at http://mloosley.tumblr.com and he will also present them in a lecture at RIBA in the New Year.
William Burgess will travel overland to Northern Europe to photograph the Gothic religious buildings of Northern Europe, "Between the Cathedral and the Wild Sea" and Guy Rochez will visit Italy to explore "The Theatre of Food", focusing on the experiential relationship between space, locale and food.
The Stuart Murphy Travel Award has been offered annually since 2008 by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects with the support of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The award provides an international travel grant to a student or group of students enrolled on a RIBA validated Part 2 course in a school of architecture in the Greater London area. Applications for next year's award will be invited following presentations by all three 2014 prize winners at RIBA in the New Year - keep an eye out for details here.
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| Canterbury Cathedral by William Burgess |
Friday, 27 June 2014
Student Practice Visit to Farrells
Farrells, the practice founded by Sir Terry Farrell, kindly hosted a practice visit by the Master, the Clerk, a group of Company students and their Mentors and the Master of Students earlier this month, June 2014.
Partner Max Farrell gave us an introduction to the history of the practice and discussed the Farrell Review with us. We were also given a guided tour of their studios in a former wartime aircraft factory which was followed by the presentation of three current projects in the practice by their young project architects and team members.
The projects ranged from a refurbished Art Deco building plus new residential tower in East London through a large mixed use development on the site of the old Lots Road power station that once powered the London Underground to a huge transport infrastructure and master plan for Old Oak Common in West London.
We also discussed the challenges of working internationally particularly in China where the practice has had the opportunity to develop schemes of a scale unimaginable in Europe.
Partner Max Farrell gave us an introduction to the history of the practice and discussed the Farrell Review with us. We were also given a guided tour of their studios in a former wartime aircraft factory which was followed by the presentation of three current projects in the practice by their young project architects and team members.
The projects ranged from a refurbished Art Deco building plus new residential tower in East London through a large mixed use development on the site of the old Lots Road power station that once powered the London Underground to a huge transport infrastructure and master plan for Old Oak Common in West London.
We also discussed the challenges of working internationally particularly in China where the practice has had the opportunity to develop schemes of a scale unimaginable in Europe.
Photograph supplied by Farrells
Friday, 28 February 2014
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE WCCA TRAVEL AWARD 2014
The Stuart Murphy Award
Background
The WCCA Travel Award has been offered annually since 2008 by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects with the support of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The Award provides an international travel grant 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. The objective of the Award is to allow a student or a group of students to conduct research on the topic and in the location of their choice. It is hoped that the research will enrich the Award holder’s studies in the field of Architecture contributing to the development of their course work as well as to the advancement of architectural knowledge.
One or more awards of up to a total of £2,000 are made to a student or a group of students.
The travel, which must take place outside the UK, will be concluded in no longer than 2 months and will take place during the summer holidays following completion of the first year of a Part 2 course and prior to enrolling in the second year of the course.
The successful applicant/s will be asked to produce a report of the project; this can be but does not have to be part of a dissertation.
Eligibility
Applicants must be enrolled in the first year of a RIBA-validated Part 2 course in a School of Architecture in the Greater London area.
The eligible Schools are: Architectural Association, Kingston University, London Metropolitan University, London South Bank University, Royal College of Art, University College London, University of East London, University of Greenwich and the University of Westminster.
To apply for the award please download and complete the application form.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 6pm on Monday 28th April 2014
Shortlisted applicants will need to be available to attend an interview.
Please return completed applications to:
Enquiries:
Anne Markey
WCCA Master of Students
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Travel Award 2013 talk at the RIBA
The photo below is of the Master, Jaki Howes, handing a cheque to Chris Bisset, from the Architectural Association school of architecture, at the RIBA on Tuesday, 28 January, 2014.
Chris had just given an excellent presentation on 'The tradition of copying in Japan' - the subject of his journey - to an audience comprising about seventy people. He was a worthy winner of the WCCA's Stuart Murphy Travel Award - probably the best candidate so far.
The WCCA Travel Award for 2014 will be administered by Anne Markey, the company's Master of Students.
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
The new Master of Students is admitted to the WCCA Court
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| 'Master of Students' Ann Markey at the moment of her investiture - 18 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....
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
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Wednesday, 13 March 2013
The Rome Prize
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Saturday, 15 December 2012
a social after the Carol Service
After the WCCA carol service at St. Lawrence Jewry, next to the Guildhall, Student Jenni White (rhs) and her three friends have a Xmas cocktail at the top of the Heron Tower.
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| thanks for the photo, Jenni... |
Monday, 10 December 2012
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Mies in Berlin - FormZ - model 2
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| Ludwig Mies in 1934 - Berlin |
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| roof on ... |
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| roof off ... |
Gericke House Project, Berlin Wannsee, 1932
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Mies in Berlin - FormZ - model 1
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| roof on... |
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| roof off... |
Exhibition House and Apartment for a Bachelor, German Building Exhibition, Berlin 1931
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