Next month sees the opening of The Architecture Drawing Prize exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum in London. It features drawings by the finalists and category winners of the 2023 Architecture Drawing Prize
31 January – 3 March 2024
Sir John Soane’s Museum
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP
Entry is free - details of opening hours/ planning visit: https://www.soane.org/your-visit.
Louise Stewart, Director of Sir John Soane's Museum says:
“Along with producing his own buildings, Sir John Soane sought to inspire young architects to learn from the built world around them, and did so through using drawings in innovative ways.The Architecture Drawing Prize continues this tradition, showcasing new work that celebrates draughtsmanship, skill and innovation.”
This year’s Architecture Drawing Prize exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum takes the visionary as its theme. The curators are combining selected drawings from the Prize with examples from Soane’s collection to showcase how drawing is at the very heart of expressing innovation and design intent in architecture. A reading table dedicated to exceptional drawings through the history of architecture will enable visitors to contextualise the exhibited contemporary drawings from the Prize.
Other highlights of the exhibition are the 2023 Category winners’ works that are notable for their play on the idea of representation and pictorial conventions. The three winning drawings are:
Hand-drawn category: ‘Grundtvig’ by Ben Johnson – United Kingdom
Digital Category: ‘The Archatographic Map of the Incomplete Landscape on Pedra Branca’ by Eugene Tan - Singapore
Hybrid Category: ‘(Re)membering the See Monster’ by Eldry John Infante - Philippines
The Overall Winner of The Architecture Drawing Prize will be announced on 29 January ahead of the exhibition opening.
Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects who originally set up The Architecture Drawing Prize, comments:
“The annual exhibition at Sir John Soane Museum is what makes this Prize programme so special and we welcome seeing the selected entrants’ work celebrated in London in this way by both our profession and the wider public from around the world.”About The Prize
The Architecture Drawing Prize is now in its 7th year. It is a collaboration between Sir John Soane's Museum, Make Architects and the World Architecture Festival.
The Prize had a record number of entries in 2023, attracting submissions from around the world, representing today’s best and most innovative architectural drawings. The extent to which drawings make a proposition about the possibilities of architecture is an important criterion in the judging process as are technical skill and originality of approach. The 2023 Prize was judged by:
Nikki Bell and Ben Langlands, Artists
Pablo Bronstein, Artist
Paul Finch, Director of World Architecture Festival (Chair of Jury)
Lily Jencks, Co-founder of Lily Jencks Studio, Jencks Squared
Federica Minozzi, CEO Iris Ceramica Group
Narinder Sagoo, Senior Partner at Foster + Partners
Ken Shuttleworth, Founder of Make Architects
Louise Stewart, Head of Exhibitions at Sir John Soane’s Museum
The Architecture Drawing Prize is generously supported by the Italian company Iris Ceramica Group, one of world leaders in the production of high-end ceramic surfaces.
Federica Minozzi, CEO of Iris Ceramica Group and Prize Judge, says:
“We are really honoured to sponsor with the Award for the second year. The Architecture Drawing Prize is a brilliant opportunity to demonstrate the genius of people and the desire to experiment. Hence the importance of it: it assumes a prominent role in reflecting architectural creativity.”
To view the winning and shortlisted 2023 Architecture Drawing Prize / download images please follow this LINK
