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August 2008

Art Center College of Design has received six awards in the 2008 international Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition, the only U.S. design school to receive awards this year. Four awards were given in the student category for products ranging from mobility for the disabled, to furniture, to a malaria healthcare system. Art Center also received awards in ecodesign and interactive product experiences.

Art Center continues to lead the field in the "Schools" category. Over the past five years, Art Center has received 13 awards, comparable to the total number won by the second place corporation and tied for third place for design firms. This year's awards bring the total to 47 awards received by Art Center since 1991. Additionally, Art Center alumni are consistently on the design teams of the top ranked corporations and design firms.

"These awards are indicative of the high level of professionalism that all of our students seek to attain in their work," stated C. Martin Smith, Chair of Art Center's Product Design Department. "Using a high level of mechanical innovation, they have created beautiful objects that emphasize design strategy, sustainability and compelling form - which leads to great design that is also socially and culturally relevant."

A complete description of the award-winning designs by Art Center students and faculty are listed below. In addition to the awards, Art Center also had seven additional finalists in the student category.

The awards, sponsored by BusinessWeek, are presented annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) in three categories: corporations, design firms and schools.

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August 2008

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announced the recipients of funding schemes supporting architectural research.

The schemes are managed by the RIBA Education Department and assessed by subcommittees and working groups of the RIBA Education Trust Funds Committee. The combined support offered by the schemes came to a total of £55,000.

The following research prizes were awarded:

Modern Architecture and Town Planning Trust award went to Mark Swenarton (£5,000 for the project "The housing programme of the London Borough of Camden under SAG Cook"), Pedro Alonso (£4,990 for "Social and industrial culture of Soviet large-concrete panel factories in Chile and Cuba"), and Nicholas Warner (£5,000 for "Somers Clarke and the revival of mudbrick architecture in Egypt")

Historical Research Trust award went to Max Gane (£2,750 for the project "Breuer in Bristol"), and Alan Calder (£2,250 for "William Flockhart 1853-1913 Architect to the Nouveaux Riches")

The RIBA LKE Ozolins Sudentship went to Henrik Schoenefeldt (£12,900 per academic year for a maximum of 3 years) for his PhD studies at the University of Cambridge on "Transformation of the Horticultural Glasshouse Prototype for Human Habitation"

The RIBA Goldfinger Scholarship was awarded to Krisztina Csuport (£12,500 for an academic year) for an MArch in Energy & Environmental Studies at Mackintosh School of Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art

The RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship (of £10,000) was awarded to Stefanie Rhodes, Bo Tang, and Shamoon Patwari for their joint project "Art, Urbanism, Architecture: Cultural space-making in Bosnia"

The RIBA also awarded the RIBA ICE McAslan Bursaries (£20,350) in June 2008, and approximately £10,000 from the RIBA Education Fund (for students in financial hardship) in the first half of the year, bringing the total given to support students and research in architecture in 2008 to approximately £85,000.
David Gloster , RIBA Director of Education, said
"The quality and volume of entries we received this year reminds us all of the high standard of architecture students and researchers in our schools and is telling of how necessary these awards are. Ensuring that deserving students, looking to improve the field of architecture both in the UK and abroad, are able to proceed with their work and studies is not only satisfying but wholly worthwhile."

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