NOTRE DAME, IN.- For the first time in the Midwest, a collection of thirty-one rarely seen drawings as well as books and models by Italian 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio, from the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, will…
Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey at Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art
NOTRE DAME, IN.- For the first time in the Midwest, a collection of thirty-one rarely seen drawings as well as books and models by Italian 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio, from the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, will be…
Royal Institute of British Architects Award Winners 2011 Announced in London
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2011 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence will be presented to 97 buildings in the UK and Europe (89 in the UK and 8 in the rest of the EU). The…
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Honours Architecture’s Brightest New Stars
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the prestigious RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2010 in association with Atkins. Jonathan Schofield, from the University of Westminster, won the Silver M…
Professor Dean Hawkes Named Winner of the RIBA Annie Spink Award 2010
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Professor Dean Hawkes as the winner of the RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education. The biennial award, established in 2000 by architect Herbert Spink FRIBA as…
Steven Holl to Receive Jencks Award: Visions Built 2010 at the RIBA
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce that American architect Steven Holl is to receive the 2010 Jencks Award: Visions Built. The Jencks Award is given annually to an individual (or practice) that has recently…
Royal Institute of British Architects Announces Shortlists for Five Special Awards 2010
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announces the shortlists for five special awards which honour the UK’s best new school buildings, conservation projects, public spaces and smaller projects; the shortlist for the RIBA…
Angela Brady Elected Next President of the RIBA
LONDON.- Angela Brady has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession. Angela will become President Elect on 1 September 2010 and will take over the …
Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize 2010 Shortlist Announced
LONDON.- Two exceptional museum buildings in Oxford and Berlin, a striking new art gallery in Rome, a skilful live/work development in Shoreditch and two schools: one an inventive and uplifting new build in London, the other a clever extension in Guild…
Exhibition of Rare Architectural Drawings by Andrea Palladio Announced
WASHINGTON, DC.- Late Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) is considered one of the most influential architects in the Western world. His interpretation of ancient Roman architecture as a contemporary style spread throughout Euro…