The UK Chapter of the American Institute of Architects held its Annual Excellence in Design Awards Ceremony, following a convivial reception in the Courtyard at the Wallace Collection on Tuesday evening, 17^th April. The Goodison Lecture Theatre was at capacity for the presentation of four AIA UK Excellence in Design Awards, five Design Commendations and two Noel Hill Student Travel Awards.

The AIA UK Awards Competition attracted the largest number of submissions in the eighteen year history of the programme, and the Jury was unanimous in it’s view that the entries represented a remarkable level of quality and a wide range of project typologies.

2012 WINNERS

Stanton Williams – University of the Arts for Central Saint Martin’s Campus at King’s Cross, London

Niall McLaughlin Architects – Student Accomodation for Somerville College, University of Oxford

Stephen Marshall Architects – Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon

David Chipperfield Architects – Laboratory Building, Basel

2012 COMMENDATIONS

Henley Halebrown Rorrison – Junction Arts & Civic Centre, Goole

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris  – Angel Building

Edward Cullinan Architects  – BFI Master Film Store, Warwickshire

Casper Mueller Kneer  – White Cube Bermondsey

www.aiauk.org/annual-design-awards/

This research seminar, curated by Blockmagazine, is part of a series focusing on questions of art and space, at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media at the University of Sunderland. Chaired by Rob Wilson, Editor, Block. Organised by space/socialspace at the University of Sunderland.

5pm, Wednesday 7th March
Fine Art–Faculty of Arts, Design and Media, University of Sunderland, Ashburne House, Ryhope Road, Sunderland SR2 7EF

The event is free. Please RSVP to: mail@blockmagazine.co.uk
NB: On the night please come to main reception at the Faculty and you will be directed to the Seminar room.

read more here 

Saturday, 10. December 2011, 5:00pm

This conference Wrocław Contemporary Museum will be discussing the difficulties and challenges that cultural institutions using ‘concrete’ post-war buildings are faced with. Exciting the imagination, quite often delighting with their architecture (sometimes even competing with the works exhibited inside), they bring whole network of meanings and sense into the story of contemporary art.
Semantics of those places can be equally their asset and an undesired heritage, making curatorial work more difficult. On that day we also wish to talk about the best ways to use the exhibition-wise difficult space of Wrocław museum. Hard to arrange, the rooms of Strzegomski shelter require more attention, time, debate.
To participate in our conference we have invited individuals experienced in ‘working’ with bunkers  (Hans-Jürgen Schwalm, Hans Günter Golinski), those who know how to plasticize disobedient objects (Jens Casper, Łukasz Wojciechowski) and who see them as a work of art (Iwona Bigos). Please familiarize yourself with the program and feel welcome to visit the Museum on Saturday, 10th December.

Wrocław Contemporary Museum MWW
The Shelter at 2a Strzegomski Sq.

Model of Strzegomski air-raid shelter created for 8th Art Review SURVIVAL (org. ART TRANSPARENT Contemporary Art Foundation ). Author of the project Jacek Pawlikowski, execution: MCW Studio, photo: Adam Ciach.

View from Bermondsey Street, photopgraph by Paul Riddle

South Galleries, photopgraph by Paul Riddle

Public Corridor, photopgraph by Paul Riddle

9x9x9, photopgraph by Paul Riddle

North Galleries, photopgraph by Paul Riddle

Photograph by Noshe

Concept isonometry

Olafur Eliasson, photograph by Noshe

Santiago Sierra, photograph by Noshe

Photograph by Joosten

Photograph by Joosten

Location at Nash House, the Mall

Strategy drawing

Cinema 1

Studio Cinema 2