LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced the shortlists for the annual RIBA President’s Awards for Research 2010. The awards reward and encourage outstanding research in architecture. Eleven pieces were selected for the final stage of judging in the following three categories: • RIBA President’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis • RIBA President’s Award for Outstanding University-located Research • RIBA President’s Award for Outstanding Professional Practice-located Research The following pieces of research have been shortlisted: RIBA President’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis • Victoria Perry, Bartlett School of Architecture, Slavery, Sugar and the Sublime
• Yat Ming Loo, Bartlett School of Architecture, City of the Non-Descript: Post Colonial Architecture and Urban Space in Kuala Lumpur • Jan Kattein, Bartlett School of Architecture, The Architectural Chron