SAHGB Award Programme 2022 – nominations now open
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain is pleased to announce the launch of its 2022 Award Programme.
Our awards programme is open and inclusive wherever possible, celebrating diversity of approach in histories of the built environment broadly conceived. You do not need to be a member to nominate or be nominated. We are looking for work that is innovative, ambitious and rigorous in the history of the built environment. Previous winners of our awards and prizes have gone on to have esteemed careers in architectural history and heritage.
Heritage Research Award – Nomination period open; submission deadline 31 August 2022
The SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award recognises and celebrates the quality of architectural-historical research produced by colleagues in heritage and conservation practice, as private consultants and in non-departmental public bodies. Winning work will receive a newly commissioned medal, and have their research published on the Society’s website and magazine. The winners of the 2021 award were Ben Clark and Nick Wright (Donald Insall Associates), An architectural history of the Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick. https://www.sahgb.org.uk/heritage-research-award
Hawksmoor Essay Medal – Nomination period open; submission deadline 15 August 2022
Awarded to the author of the best essay submitted in competition (unpublished research, up to 10,000 words). Aimed at PhD and early career researchers in architectural history and heritage studies (broadly conceived). Comes with a prize of £400 and publication in Architectural History. The 2021 winner of the medal was Rosanna Barraclough (University of Cambridge), Architectural identity, patronage and legacy in Joseph Bonomi the Elder’s country houses and estates c.1781-1808. https://www.sahgb.org.uk/hawksmoor-essay-medal
Dissertation Prize – Nomination period open. See the SAHGB website for further details on deadlines
This prize celebrates the outstanding work in architectural history being carried out by postgraduate students on taught Masters-level courses in UK universities. The prize awards innovative and critical thinking in and around the subject of Architectural History, broadly conceived, which supports the Society’s aim to help create ‘a bigger discipline’. Nominations are invited from course leaders, tutors and Directors. The inaugural 2021 prize was won by Filippos Toskas (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture), Icebreakers and the Switchboard: Telephone lines as counter-publics in 1970s London. https://www.sahgb.org.uk/dissertation-prize
Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion – nominations closed 24 June 2022
The most prestigious prize in the discipline, awarded annually since 1959 to a monograph that makes an outstanding contribution to the study or knowledge of architectural history. For academics, heritage professionals, and architects. Joint winners of the 2021 award were Fabio Barry, Painting in Stone, Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment (Yale University Press) and Sugata Ray, Climate Change and the Art of Devotion, Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna 1550-1850 (University of Washington Press). https://www.sahgb.org.uk/adh
Colvin Prize – nominations closed 24 June 2022
Awarded annually to the author or authors of an outstanding work of reference of use and value to architectural historians and the discipline of architectural history, across a range of formats. For established academics, heritage professionals, architects, and large or ongoing research and publication projects. The winner of the 2021 prize was Alec Hamilton, Arts & Crafts Churches (Lund Humphries). https://www.sahgb.org.uk/colvin-prize
The winners will be announced at the Society’s Annual Lecture and Awards Ceremony – the date for this event will be confirmed shortly.
To find out more about the SAHGB Award Programme https://www.sahgb.org.uk/awards2022
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain brings together all those with an interest in the history of the built environment – academics, architects, heritage experts and the wider public. As the leading body in the field, we believe that appreciation of architectural history plays a vital role in understanding our culture, past and present. With the help of our members, we publish new research, organise a broad range of events, provide educational opportunities and advance the understanding of the built histories of all periods and places, in Britain and beyond.
Please contact the SAHGB at info@sahgb.org for further information.