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Stephen Lawrence Prize 2023
30 November 2022
RIBA announces new-look Stephen Lawrence Prize and student mentoring
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced revised eligibility for the Stephen Lawrence Prize and an associated student mentoring opportunity.
Stephen Lawrence Prize Changes
Now in its 25th year, the annual Stephen Lawrence Prize was founded by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation and Baroness Doreen Lawrence in 1998, in memory of Stephen Lawrence, an aspiring architect who was tragically murdered in a racist attack in 1993.
From 2023, the Stephen Lawrence Prize will celebrate new talent by exclusively recognising projects led by an early career project architect, typically someone who has qualified within five years prior to the project?s completion date. Previously, the prize was awarded to the best projects with a construction budget of less than £1 million. In addition to this significant eligibility change, an architecture student, chosen by the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation, will join the jury selecting the winning scheme, and go on to be mentored by the winning project architect.
Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE said:
?Since 1998, the Stephen Lawrence Prize has done important work in recognising remarkable architecture ? and as we approach the 25th edition, it seemed the right time to revisit the focus. Finding ways to increase diversity and inclusion are crit...