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RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 Bursaries_Deadline: 12pm Friday, April 19, 2019

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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is now open for applications for the 2019 RIBA Part 1 Bursary and RIBA Part 2 Bursary.

Full details of the eligibility criteria and application process can be found here.

RIBA Part 1 Bursary

To be eligible to apply for a RIBA Part 1 Bursary, students must be enrolled in the first year of an RIBA Part 1 course in the UK. Recipients of these bursaries will receive a maximum of £6,000 distributed in £1,000 termly instalments throughout the second and third years of study. Successful part-time applicants will receive the same maximum amount in payments proportionate to the length of studies. The deadline for receipt of applications is 12pm on Friday 19 April 2019.

RIBA Part 2 Bursary

To be eligible to apply for a RIBA Part 2 Bursary, students must be in the process of applying for an RIBA Part 2 course in the UK beginning in September 2019. Proof of enrolment will be required before the bursary is paid to successful applicants.

Recipients of these bursaries will receive a maximum of £6,000 distributed in £1,000 termly instalments throughout the course of the Part 2. Successful part-time applicants will receive the same maximum amount in payments proportionate to the length of studies. The deadline for receipt of applications is 12pm on Friday 12 April 2019.

Reminder that the RIBA Student Support Fund, Spring 2019 application cycle is still open and current Part 1 and Part 2 students ARE eligible to apply.

Full details about this scheme are available here.

The deadline to apply is 12pm on Friday 29 March 2019.

Featured image: RIBA website – courtesy of Jordan Green, past recipient of a RIBA Part 2 Bursary

Competition for Students: COINS Grand Challenge “Building the Future”_Deadline: 12th of April

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The COINS Grand Challenge is a global competition to uncover students, innovators and leaders with ideas that have the power to positively impact the built environment, and our society. We are searching for viable ideas that use a new or emerging technology to radically reduce costs, to increase efficiency or to improve sustainability, quality or compliance during construction or throughout the built life cycle.

To win cash prizes and gain exposure to influential leaders, all your students need to do is write an essay or create a short video to please describe their idea and its potential impact, and enter it on the Grand Challenge application website.

Entries should be submitted before 12 Apr 2019. Apply here: https://coins.secure-platform.com/a/

Take a look at some of the 2018 Grand Challenge finalists and their winning ideas and get inspired to submit and complete your application.

Finalists travel for free…

If selected as a finalist, undergrads will present their idea to the judging panel in Manchester, UK on Wednesday 12th June 2019. And COINS will get them there expenses paid.

ADAM Architecture Travel Scholarship_ Deadline: April 30, 2019

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ADAM Architecture is inviting students to apply for its annual Travel Scholarship.

The award, increased this year to £2,000, supports overseas research in architecture, architectural technology and urban design.

The closing date is 30th April 2019.

Judges will be looking for a significant piece of original research work, and an outstanding contribution to architectural knowledge. The award is not focused on traditional architecture and the judges are stylistically neutral in their evaluation of the proposals.

The scholarship is open to students enrolled at a UK or International University or School of Architecture, studying RIBA Part I and up to 3 years after Part II qualification, studying a CIAT accredited degree or post-graduate course, or equivalent qualification.

For further details and how to apply go to: https://www.adamarchitecture.com/travel-scholarship.htm

Open Call: “The Digital X Workshop” by Norman Foster Foundation; Deadline: 4th of November

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The Norman Foster Foundation is awarding ten scholarships to participate in the upcoming Digital X workshop to be held at the Norman Foster Foundation headquarters in Madrid, Spain, 18–22 February 2019.

The Digital X workshop, mentored by Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder and former director of MIT Media Lab, will comprise a team of granted scholars drawn from the diverse backgrounds of the digital world, design and architecture.

What happens when the natural world and the artificial world become one and the same? What societal and anthropological changes are triggered when direct brain communications occur among humans, and between humans and machines? The Digital X workshop will focus on this kinship, that of architecture and the digital world, how the two play together now, and how they will change the world together, going forward, discussing things that, outrageous today, will be commonplace tomorrow.

Grants will cover all transportation, accommodation and meals related to the week-long event in Madrid. Scholars will engage with an interdisciplinary Academic Body formed by mentors ranging from the fields of electronics and software engineering to social sciences and art.

Those interested in applying please download the application form here.

Deadline is November 4, 2018 24:00 CET.

RIBA Student Support Fund open for applications! Deadline: Friday, 9th of November, 12pm

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The RIBA Student Support Fund is now open for the Autumn application cycle.

The purpose of the RIBA Student Support Fund is to alleviate financial hardship for students of architecture enrolled in RIBA Part 1 and 2 courses in the UK.

Applications are welcomed from students who have encountered recent financial barriers during their studies, and would benefit from assistance in order to successfully complete their course.

The fund runs in the Autumn and Spring term, and applicants can apply for up to £3,000 in each application cycle.

The deadline for receipt of applications in this Autumn application cycle is 12pm Friday 9 November 2018.

More information about the fund and details of how to apply are available here.

AIA UK Student Charrette 2018, Roca London Gallery, 27 October 2018, 9am-6pm, Deadline for Registration: Wednesday 24 October, 6pm

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AIA UK Student Charrette 2018

When: 27 October 2018, 9am to 6pm

Where: Roca London Gallery, Station Court, Townmead Rd, London SW6 2PY

The annual AIA UK Student Charrette offers UK students the opportunity to take part in a juried day-long event hosted by the Roca Gallery.

CALLING ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS!

£10 per student (includes lunch and refreshments, and reprographic services throughout the day)

The Charette is a CAD-free event, and students are asked to present drawn, modelled and collage proposals only. Students may bring their favourite drawing medium and tools with them. AIA UK will also be providing additional materials to support students, including drawing materials and reprographic services.

Students can self-assemble in teams of 8 or sign up individually and be assigned to a team on the day.

Deadline for Registration Extended: Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 6pm

One team per university per course.
Registration is strictly limited to 80 students in total.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aia-uk-2018-student-charrette-tickets-49951133184?utm_source=Universities&utm_campaign=47e997bc9d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_06_03_45_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e23dbaf630-47e997bc9d-425607793

Generously hosted by Laufen and Roca London Gallery.

Jury Members:

Carsten Hanssen, Atelier 27 Architects, Paris.
Dr. Patrick Lynch, Lynch Architects, London.
Dr. Stephen Gage, University of Reading.

International call for ideas to re-imagine Grosvenor Square in London_Deadline 26th October

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Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has opened an international call for ideas to re-imagine Grosvenor Square in London.

We are calling on urban visionaries, whether individuals, groups or companies, to submit ideas – strategies, projects, experiments and solutions – to reinstate Grosvenor Square as one of London’s leading squares. The best ideas will form the detailed brief for a design competition next year in preparation for delivery.

We would love to hear from you.

An independent panel of experts convened by Grosvenor and chaired by Yana Peel, CEO, Serpentine Galleries, will oversee the call. The panel will offer challenge and insight to help us shape our thinking and select the ideas we wish to develop further.

Grosvenor Square should be a defining public space for London. However, from our research we know it has a low profile and that as a more welcoming and engaging space it would better reflect the capital’s character and appeal to a broader range of locals, visitors and Londoners.

Following our public polling last year, and with the return to Grosvenor of management responsibilities for the square, we see a chance to gather the best ideas from around the world.

The call’s simple brief can be found here and a short overview of our call here. To find out more, visit cornertocorner.london or watch the short film here.

The results of last year’s crowdsourcing for ideas and poll of Londoners can be viewed here.

This professional call for ideas closes on 26 October 2018.

London Festival of Architecture: “Here Lies Geoffrey Barkington” by Patrick McEvoy is one of the winners of City Benches competition

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Here Lies Geoffrey Barkington by Patrick McEvoy, Jubilee Gardens

Geoffrey Barkington was a Square Mile dog whose final resting place is within Jubilee Gardens, Houndsditch. Houndsditch marks the route of a ditch outside part of the London Wall, first dug in Roman times, and known for the disposal of deceased dogs. Several dog skeletons were discovered here in 1989 during construction works. Geoffrey’s gravestone was made with the help of Solid Geometry, Tarmac, Kilnbridge, University of Westminster and Prewett Bizley Architects.

Call for abstracts: RIBA Research Matters 2018, Sheffield, October 18th-19th_Deadline 31st July

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Plans are currently underway for the 2018 RIBA Research Matters conference, with this year’s event to run over two days in Sheffield, co-hosted by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University.

As you may already be aware, the Research Matters conference has been developed to provide early career stage researchers an opportunity to present their work in a format similar to that of a peer-refereed conference, but without the usual preparatory processes of submission, selection, and rewriting. Research Matters aims to support PhD students and early career researchers in the development of their work. The event adopts the rigour of an academic conference but with papers to be presented in a constructive, supportive and non-confrontational atmosphere.

This year, we have decided to include shorter, PechaKucha-style sessions in the programme to encourage those with less developed research work to present. We intend to open these sessions up to local practices and more established researchers to present their work. We see this as a good opportunity to facilitate potential collaborations between practice and academia, and to support the development of relationships with the practice research community.

We kindly ask you to promote this event to your post-graduate students and staff, as well as to any practices who you think may be interested. Please encourage submissions for both the paper and the pecha kucha presentation slots.

At this stage, applicants for the paper presentation will need to submit:

  1. their contact details
  2. a paper title
  3. an abstract of no more than 500 words, covering:
  • what the research is seeking to find
  • why the research is being conducted
  • what the current stage of work is
  • what the research methods being employed are
  • any findings to date

For the PechaKucha slots, simply a name and a theme will suffice for now. Booking and venue information will follow shortly and attendance at the event is free.

Please email your submissions or any queries to research@riba.org by 31st July, 2018.

 

Featured image Sheffield Hallam Students Union, credit Ken Kay / RIBA Collections via RIBA

Allies and Morrison: Paid undergraduate work placements available

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Award winning architectural practice, Allies and Morrison are recruiting a number of paid undergraduate work placements, which will be for a minimum of 6 weeks.

These opportunities are linked to the development of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, so they are particularly keen to here from applicants who live and study in the Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest.

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust are working with the London Legacy Development Corporation to promote these opportunities far and wide.

Overview:

Students should enjoy architecture, be inquisitive and communicate well. You will have lots of energy and enthusiasm and a ‘can-do’ attitude. A team player with a passion and pride in what you do. You must be proficient in IT, interested in CAD and able to learn quickly.

Opportunities are available for:

  • Students going to University this year
  • 1st, 2nd or 3rd Year student of architecture
  • Or a recent Graduate

When applying:

Featured image by Allies and Morrison.