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Wood Awards open to entries
The Wood Awards is now accepting entries for its 2020 edition. In its 50th year, the competition celebrates excellence in British architecture and product design using wood. There is no entry fee and – with permission from the owner – anyone associated with a building or product completed in the last two years, can submit their application until 22 May. An independent judging panel visits all shortlisted projects. Previous winners have included Foster + Partners, Gianni Botsford Architects (pictured), Barber & Osgerby and Benchmark. Buildings must be located within the UK whilst furniture and other products must have been either designed or manufactured in the UK. Fitted furniture must be located in the UK and there are no restrictions on the size or budget of a project. The Wood Awards shortlist will be announced in July and the winners will be announced at a ceremony held on 25 November at Carpenters’ Hall in London. The shortlisted projects will be on display at the ceremony and during the London Design Festival in September.
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Royal recognition for Grafton Architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Dublin- based Grafton Architects, have been awarded the 2020 Royal Gold Medal for architecture.
Recognising a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty The Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a signifi cant infl uence “either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture”. With an impressive portfolio of projects, Grafton Architects has achieved global recognition most notably for its exemplary education buildings; in 2016 the fi rm won the inaugural RIBA International Prize for the bold new vertical campus building for Lima’s specialist engineering university (UTEC) in Peru. “The scale and scope of Grafton Architects’ infl uence is extraordinary. Their extensive talent and generosity of spirit are an inspiration, not only to me and my fellow architects but to all those who have had the pleasure of engaging directly with them and their work,” said RIBA President, Professor Alan M Jones.
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New CEDIA CPD for design professionals CEDIA has launched a new CPD training course titled Cabling for the Integrated Home. It is designed to educate and guide architects, interior designers and property developers on installing a secure and futureproof cabling infrastructure. “With the growing demand for smart technology in the home, greater reliance is being placed on the complex cabling infrastructure needed to support this.” comments Matt Nimmons, managing director at CEDIA EMEA. “This new CPD is a step in the right direction for design and build professionals to build strong and lasting relationships with home technology integrators from the outset. Our new CPD connects the theory with practicalities of the integrated home, making it a vital resource.” Accredited by both RIBA and the BIID, the CPD will discuss
the defi nition of the smart home, before exploring topics including the internet of things, entertainment, modern building methods, bandwidth and smart home wiring infrastructure.
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LFA reveals winning bench designs The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and Network Rail have revealed the fi ve winning seating designs to be installed in some of London’s largest rail stations. Architecture and design students, recent graduates and emerging practitioners were invited to enter. The competition was conceived to consider how station seating might look better, with winning ideas potentially replicated across stations in the future. The winning designers and teams – Hylemo & Ai Build, United Suburbs, Nick Tyrer and Victoria Philpott, Atelier La Juntana, and Local Collective Studio – received £5,000 each to manufacture their designs, which will be installed in Waterloo, Charing Cross, Victoria, and London Bridge as soon as possible. “The Sitting Pretty competition is a fantastic opportunity to bring extraordinary design into an everyday London environment,” said Tamsie Thomson, director of the London Festival of Architecture. “I’m really looking forward to seeing the benches in position and to see the public response to these brilliant new installations.”
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