2021 Noel Hill Award Winning Team

Photo: A college of the Mackintosh School of Architecture presentation.

It was a busy day for the Student Charrette jurors this year, as they met at the Building Centre in early November before that event to judge this year's Noel Hill Award submissions. The award is presented annually to a Part 2 student that has undertaken outstanding and original research during their studies. It is not limited by topic or location and offers £3,000 to enable students to further pursue and develop their interests. 

Relaunched this year, the award attracted numerous entries, each of which consisted of two A3 pages and a short video presentation. Students presented their proposals for the continuation of research carried out during the course of their Part 2 studies, looking to win the £3,000 prize - one of the largest student architecture prizes in the UK.  To learn more about the Award and the requirements see Noel Hill Award — AIA UK.

A team of four students from the Mackintosh School of Architecture were selected as the winners for their proposal to further develop a community-building workshop in the Govanhill area of Glasgow. The jury was struck by the participatory design initiated by the group, who showed resourcefulness and creativity in driving forward their community project during the pandemic. The AIA UK is happy to support their return to site for continued engagement - hosting new workshops, building further installations using recycled materials, and conducting post occupancy evaluations to gather feedback on their interventions.  

Congratulations to the winning students: Lily Whitehouse, Kasia Antoszyk , Kester Samsom and Zoë Hyatt. We look forward to seeing how their research progresses over the coming year. Their completed research will be presented at the Chapter’s 2023 Excellence in Design Awards and will be published in a future newsletter. 

Written by: Nicholas Kehagias, AIA, RIBA