Raymond Moriyama. Photo courtesy of the RAIC.
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the RAIC Foundation have announced the three winners of the 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize Scholarships.
They are: Osman Bari, University of Waterloo; Alykhan Neky, Ryerson University; and Tanya Southcott, McGill University.
Each has won a $5,000 scholarship for writing an illustrated 1,000-word essay on the following topic: Please describe the moment?the circumstances, the nature of the event?when you decided to become an architect, or when you knew that your decision to become an architect was the right one.
The Moriyama RAIC International Prize Scholarships are presented in conjunction with the $100,000 Moriyama RAIC International Prize. The prize winner will be announced on September 19 at a gala in Toronto, where the scholarship recipients will also receive their cheques. The RAIC received 180 eligible entries in both English and French from students enrolled in Canada?s 11 accredited schools of architecture as well as students at Laurentian University, the RAIC Centre for Architecture at Athabasca University, the RAIC Syllabus Program and the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM).
?These essays involve a return to some of the authors’ formative experiences,? says RAIC President Ewa Bieniecka, FIRAC. ?Travel, work opportunities, and education make incredibly strong impressions, as each entrant begins to understand the diversity that exists in this wo...