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| 26-year old Finn Wilkie from Glasgow has scooped the most prestigious student architecture award - the RIBA Silver Medal - beating off competition from across the globe |
Finn Wilkie, a student in the Mackintosh School of Architecture at The Glasgow School of Art, has won the Silver Medal in the 2015 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President’s Medals and RIBA President’s Awards for Research it was announced today, 2 December 2015. 26-year old Finn, who hails from Glasgow, won the prestigious award against stiff international competition. The Silver medal is awarded annually for the best design project at Part 2. The 2015 awards committee felt Finn's extremely comprehensive research and highly resolved proposal was of an "extraordinarily high" standard.
Speaking at the award ceremony in London RIBA President, Jane Duncan, said:
“Congratulations to our deserving medal winners who have fought-off tough competition from around the world and truly excelled with their innovative, challenging and thought-provoking projects. It’s an honour to present these awards to the future trailblazers and current innovators of the architecture profession.”
Professor Christopher Platt, Head and Professor of Architecture at the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA added:
“This is the most prestigious student design award in the UK. All of us at the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA are extremely happy to celebrate Finn for his work and success in this remarkable achievement”.
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| Finn Wilkie: Kongresshalle |
The 2015 RIBA Silver Medal went to Finn for‘The Heteroglossic City: A polemic against critical reconstruction in Berlin’ The project (tutored by Robert Mantho) investigated the historical background of Berlin’s highly-controlled planning system before setting out a new strategy for architectural intervention. This was illustrated through the ‘Bauforum’, a platform to explore a more dialogue-focused approach to each particular planning context.
Further information on the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA
Lesley Booth
0779 941 4474
press@gsa.ac.uk
Further information on the Royal Institute of British Architects
Howard Crosskey
+44 (0)20 7307 3761 / +44 (0)75 9091 0341
Howard.Crosskey@riba.org
Notes for Editors
- Finn Wilkie is studying on the Masters by Conversion in Architecture programme at the GSA. After completing his studies Finn is hoping to be able to start his own practice.
- The RIBA President’s Medals are widely regarded as the most prestigious international awards in architectural education. Established in 1836 when the Institute of British Architects awarded the first Silver Medal for the best architectural essay, these are the RIBA’s oldest awards
- Every year, the RIBA invites international architects, academics, designers and artists to join the judging panels. The judges for the 2015 Silver Medal included.
· David Gloster – RIBA Director of Education (Chair)
· Alan Jones – RIBA Vice President Education for 2015-17, and Director of Education
(Architecture) at Queen’s University Belfast
· Alexander Brodsky – Architect and sculptor; RIBA International Fellow
Niall McLaughlin – Niall McLaughlin Architects; winner of the 2015 RIBA Stephen
Lawrence Prize
· Carme Pinós – Estudio Carme Pinós; RIBA International Fellow