In partnership with Make Architects and Sir John Soane?s Museum, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced the call for entries for the second edition of The Architecture Drawing Prize, with submissions open until September 7, Launched in 2017, the prize is conceived to celebrate and showcase the significance of drawing as a tool in capturing and communicating architectural ideas.
2017 Hand-drawn winner – Scenarios for a Post Crisis Landscape by Dimitrios Grozopoulos Gillespies, UK
The Architecture Drawing Prize embraces the creative use of digital tools and digitally-produced renderings, while recognizing the enduring importance of hand drawing. The organizers invite entries of all types and forms: from technical or construction drawings to cutaway or perspective views ? and anything in between. Drawings may, by varying degrees, be entirely speculative or relate to real projects. Entries are welcomed by architects, designers and especially students from around the world. The inaugural prize in 2017 attracted 166 entries from across the globe, with sixty percent of the shortlisted entries submitted by entrants aged 30 and under. In order to attract even more student entries in 2018, the organisers continue to offer a reduced entry fee of £50 for all entries by students and those under 30.
Entries are now being accepted across three categories: 1) hand drawing; 2) digital drawing; and 3) hybrid drawing, combining the two. Submissions will be evaluated on the...