Winners of the RIBA President's Medals 2005 Announced

Winners of the RIBA Presidents Medals 2005 Announced
The winners of the President's Medals Student Awards 2005 in association with Atkins were announced in a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

These prestigious Awards promote excellence in the study of architecture, rewarding talent and encouraging architectural debate world-wide.

The Awards are supported by iGuzzini, the SOM Foundation and Paul Davis & Partners Architects.

Yew Choong Chan from the University of Westminster won the Silver Medal for his project "V.En. (Vertical Energy), Lea Valley, London' and Luke Pearson from the Bartlett School of Architecture won the Bronze Medal for the project "Collingwood's Vessel: a Retirement Home for Elderly Fishermen".

Jessica Hrivnak from the University of Cambridge, won the Dissertation Medal for her work "Is relative Sustainability Relevant? A Discussion of 'In the Park' as a 'Sustainable' Restaurant".

The design projects for the RIBA President's Medals submissions were initially shortlisted by a panel of advisors comprising John Cherrington (Atkins), Farshid Moussavi (Foreign Office Architects) and Simon Allford (Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and RIBA Vice-President for Education) as Chair, and then judged by architects involved in both teaching and practice.