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.

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.

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.

Entry

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: 

Travelaward2014@gmail.com

Enquiries:

Anne Markey

WCCA Master of Students

a.markey@londonmet.ac.uk

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.

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.