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UBC student writes 52,438 word architecture dissertation with no punctuation

2015-05-08T13:19:00-04:00

Stewart’s dissertation, titled Indigenous Architecture through Indigenous Knowledge, eschews almost all punctuation. [...] And so what? “There’s nothing in the (UBC dissertation) rules about formats or punctuation,” he insists. A 61-year-old architect from the Nisga’a First Nation, Stewart explains that he “wanted to make a point” about aboriginal culture, colonialism, and “the blind acceptance of English language conventions in academia.”

Winners of the 2014 RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards

2014-12-04T15:32:00-05:00

RIBA announced the 2014 winners of the prestigious President's Medals Student Architecture Awards last night in a ceremony in London. Established in 1836, the RIBA President's Medals are regarded as the world's highest awards in architectural education. The awards program honors the crème de la crème of architecture students for their talent and excellence, and aims to incite global architectural debate.

These are a few of this year's winning projects:

Above - RIBA SILVER MEDAL: Nick Elias (Bartlett School of Architecture - University College London) for ‘PoohTown’

↓ RIBA BRONZE MEDAL: Simon Dean (Kingston University) for "Flow, 1944"

↓ DISSERTATION MEDAL: Jasper Ludewig (University of Sydney) for ‘Made Ground: A spatial history of Sydney Park’

↓ SERJEANT AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DRAWING Part 1: Oliver Riviere (University of Brighton) for ‘The Institute of Concrete Poetry’

↓ SOM Foundation Fellowship Part 2: Mike Lim (Royal College of Art) for ‘Untitled, 2014. Mixed Media’

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From the School Blogs: Dissertation: Wikileaks and Architecture

2011-07-24T16:55:51-04:00

My dissertation for the final year of RIBA Part 1 architectural studies involved a very contemporary topic. It was entitled "Wikileaks and the Architecture of Data-Loss Paranoia" and done under the tutorship of Martin Parker and Richard Coyne. I am glad to say it has been nominated for the 2011 RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards Dissertation Medal (fingers crossed!).