COMPETITIONS & AWARDS

Pratt Foundation/ISS Institute Overseas Fellowships
Four fellowships are being offered for those working in the environment and heritage industries across Australia. The fellow’s study program may be a course of study, visits to, or placement in a firm, or with an individual, educational institutions, professional associations and/or government agencies, generally for two to three weeks. Each successful applicant receives a maximum of $8,000 towards costs such as airfares, accommodation, course fees and materials. Applications close at 4pm on June 30. More information: issinstitute.org.au

Prize for Young Leaders in Environment and Climate Change Issues
Entries are now invited for the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Young Leaders in Environmental Issues and Climate Change. Sponsored by the British Council, the prize is awarded to an Australian aged 21-30 for scientific or technological leadership in responding to the challenges that threaten our environment and our climate. The winner will receive a $10,000 study tour to the United Kingdom. Entries close May 2. Information on the prize, criteria and how to enter is available at australianmuseum.net.au/eureka

Design for Lockwood


The new ‘Design for Lockwood’ competition will officially be launched during the 2008 RAIA National Architecture Conference. Join Lockwood for drinks and canapés at the RAIA bar (Form & Function) on Friday April 11 at 5.30pm, when Lockwood will also give each conference delegate the chance to 'unlock' their luck at winning one of five very exclusive prizes, as part of the Lockwood Key Challenge.

Lockwood is a supporting corporate partner of the RAIA.

2008 COLORBOND® steel Student Biennale - finalists
Congratulations to the finalists of this year’s RAIA & COLORBOND® steel Student Biennale. The finalists selected to submit for stage 2 are: Hideto Chijiwa, Kate Ferguson, Mathew George, Daniel Griffin, Khang Yong Loh, Jade Myers, Sam Perversi-Brooks, Augustine Savage, Clancy White and Dylan Wood.

Hideto Chijiwa	Der Bau – Inkerman Street Housing Project	Deakin University
Kate Ferguson	Justice Complex, Cathedral Square, Hay Street, Perth	Curtin University of Technology
Mathew George	Birth, Survival, Destruction and Rebirth – Darwin Civic Centre	Deakin University
Daniel Griffin	On the Ground [Maternity Hospital + Epigenetic Research Facility_Jenin_West Bank 2050]	RMIT University
Khang Yong Loh	Kelantan Tarbiyah Islamiah Centre	Curtin University of Technology
Jade Myers	The Urban Dislodgement	University of Queensland
Sam Perversi-Brooks	Stockholm Syndrome	RMIT University
Augustine Savage	RMIT Design Hub Building	RMIT University
Clancy White	Mt Herschel Resort Rottnest Island	University of Western Australia
Dylan Wood	Badhu Riverhouse: A Community Cultural Centre	University of Newcastle

The finalists’ designs were selected from a diverse range of projects submitted by 159 students from 16 Australian universities by the jury of: Victorian architect and academic, Professor Des Smith; 2002 RAIA Gold Medalist and Queensland academic, Professor Brit Andresen; Sydney architect, Paul Berkemeier and SONA representative Joshua Morrin.

Judging of stage 2 submissions and selection of the winner of the $8,000 COLORBOND® steel Biennale Prize will take place in Canberra in April 2008. Finalists’ designs will later tour Australian architecture schools/programs as part of the 2008 Student Biennale Travelling Exhibition, which will be launched at the Shine Dome in Canberra on 24 July 2008.

More information is available at architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=7093

The Student Biennale is the profession’s recognition of quality in design by students of architecture. It is proudly supported by RAIA principal corporate partner, BlueScope Steel.

2007 COLORBOND® steel Awards – on exhibition
BlueScope Steel will be showcasing the COLORBOND® steel award winners for outstanding use of steel in architecture, from the RAIA’s 2007 architecture awards program. Visit the Steel Direct exhibition stand in Form & Function to view these excellent projects and appreciate the exceptional talent of Australian architects.

BlueScope Steel is the principal corporate partner of the RAIA.