Who is Boonserm Premthada" Here's a look at five significant projects by the Thai architect, founder of Bangkok Project Studio, who won the Royal Academy's Dorfman Award for 2019.
Born and raised in Bangkok, Premthada founded his architecture studio in 2013, after completing his architectural studies at Chulalongkorn University the year before.
Bangkok Project Studio is lauded for its use of local construction methods and collaborations with local craftspeople.
Premthada was selected to win the second Dorfman Award, which honours "international talent that represents the future of architecture", ahead of three other finalists.
Ian Stanton, chair of the jury, said Premthada's work demonstrates "an extraordinary empathy, originality and poetic qualities". Here are five of his most significant projects to date:

Kantana Institute, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 2011
Handmade bricks form the eight-metre-high, staggered walls of the Kantana Film and Animation Institute.
Deep apertures in the walls offer nooks for sitting and relaxing, while also helping to bring fresh air inside the building's facilities, which include lecture rooms, a workshop, a library and a canteen.

Code House, Bangkok, Thailand, 2011
Code House is a retrofit and extension of an old townhouse located in the heart of the Bangkok, which Premthada designed to demonstrate how old and new architecture can be "combined harmoniously".
Elements of the original structure are preserve...