Wed 21 Feb 2018 to Sat 14 Apr 2018
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3BP The Architecture Drawing Prize
Wed-Sun 10am-5pm
The winner of the inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize has been announced, following 166 entries and 38 shortlisted entries from architects, designers, and students from around the world.
The Architecture Drawing prize was created in recognition of the continuing importance of hand drawing, whilst also embracing the creative use of digitally produced renderings. Submissions have been evaluated on the basis of their technical skill, originality in approach, and ability to convey an architectural idea, whether for a conceptual or actual building project. This is in the spirit of many great architects of the past from Palladio through John Soane to Le Corbusier and Cedric Price, who developed the device of drawing in different ways to advance the art of architecture. How is this happening now in our highly visually driven culture and with the many new tools available to us?
As the winner of the category for Hybrid images, Jerome Ng’s drawing Memento Mori: A Peckham Hospice Care Home was selected for the top prize over the winners of the other two categories: Christopher Wijatno’s Deepwater Purgatory in the Digital category, and Dimitris Grozopoulos’ Scenarios for a Post-Crisis Landscape from the Hand-drawn category.
The Senior Curator of Exhibitions and Education Owen Hopkins commented: “In the end, three drawings emerged which we felt demonstrated a perfect unity of both subjects, technique, and media - and these were our winners. The competition has shown that the art of architectural drawing is well and truly alive”.