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Philip Webb Award

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

This award was established in honor of Philip Webb, SPABs co-founder and architect. This award was intended to encourage and celebrate the sympathetic reuse of existing buildings and sensitive new design in historic context. This is open to students and architects in the early stages who wish to show their understanding of repair techniques, and their engagement with the SPABs principles in fitting the new to the old, as well as their design flair. This year SPAB is partnering with the charity UK Youth to offer its outdoor education centre, Avon Tyrrell, in the New Forest, as a live case study on which entrants can base their scheme. Avon Tyrrell is an intriguing house designed by W R Lethaby, Arts & Crafts architect, a key figure in the early years of the SPAB and Philip Webbs first biographer.

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Age/Grade Level:
    The competition is open to all students at UK Schools of Architecture who have achieved RIBA Part 1 and are currently working towards RIBA Part II. Recent Part II graduates who completed their studies in 2014 or 2015 are also eligible.
  • Financial Need:
    Not Required
  • College:
    The competition is open to all students at UK Schools of Architecture.
  • Major/Career:
    The competition is open to all students at UK Schools of Architecture.

Application Details

  • Judging Criteria:
    Award selection will be based on the applicant's submitted schemes. Schemes on how to optimise the use of Avon Tyrrell (house, site and ancillary buildings) in an imaginative, sensitive and sustainable new way, with scope to design significant new facilities and a scheme to revitalise historic building of the entrants choosing.
  • Transcript:
    Required
  • Resume/Activity List:
    Required
  • Portfolio/Work Samples:
    2x A1-size drawings (mounted on card or lightweight board) Copies of these drawings as digital images (by email / file transfer / disc / USB)
  • Other Materials:
    Entry Form;A concise report setting out details of the scheme, including any relevant visual information and explaining how you approached the project, with reference to the SPABs principles and the outline Brief set by UK Youth;A concise report setting out details of the scheme, including a location plan, survey drawings, photographs and contextual information, and explaining how you approached the project, with reference to the SPABs principles.

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