GIA Student Awards 2020
The GIA Student Awards 2020 were announced in July 2020, celebrating the best of this academic years student work from the two schools of architecture within the chapter area.
The 2020 GIA Student Award Winners are:
MACKINTOSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
First Year
TL Watson Prize: Olivia Bunyan, Katie Smith, Leon Moonie, Morgan McComb
Commendations: Calvin Brown, Amrit Kaur, Lance Soleta, Zhihan Zhang; Luke Martinez, Theodore King, Ari Angelovai; Katrina Hoffman, Inese Verebe, Peter Gillies and Dimitar Zamfirov
Second Year
Award: Thomas Whiting
Commendations: Antoni Ruszkiewicz, Mentor-Petros Voyatzakis, Jessica Mitchell
Third Year
Award: Kacper Ryske
Commendations: Rachel Crooks, Linda Ledina, Pauls Rietums
Fourth Year
Award: Sandy Vile
Commendations: Rebecca Hodalova, Jackson Deans
Fifth Year
Award (GIA Final Year Parchment): Andrew Law
Commendations: Ahyoung Lee, Dana Cherepkova
Special Award for Outstanding Achievement
Year 1 Collab Programme
Holmes Miller Prize (Best 3rd Year Student)
Linda Ledina
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
First Year
TL Watson Prize: Eilidh McGuigan
Commendations: Wiktoria Rozewska, Struan Morrison, Eliza Bicane
Second Year
Award: Jakob Young
Commendations: Alfie Hollington, Dona-Maria Ivanova, Vanesa Umurska
Third Year
Award: Catherine Campbell
Commendations: Charles Iain Tulley, Dunya Rahem, Fatema Hassan
Fourth Year
Award: Eugenia Kakli
Commendations: Tiia Partanen
Fifth Year
Award (GIA Final Year Parchment): Euan Andrew Campbell & Alexandra Adams
Commendations: Ethan Kennedy
Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s awards judging took place online over June and July, with the date for the awards ceremony to be confirmed in due course.
GIA President Phil Zoechbauer said:
"Once again, the diversity of this year’s entries exemplifies the creativity of the students studying at the two schools of architecture within the GIA chapter. This year's awards come amidst the backdrop of the ongoing pandemic and the students and staff of both universities should be congratulated on their resourcefulness and on the quality of the completed work, with projects again pushing the boundaries and raising the bar in their architectural ambitions and responses.
Judging such a diverse list of projects is never easy and I would like to personally thank all of this year’s GIA judges who gave up their time to review the work of the students of each of the schools of architecture, and who’s contribution is essential to ensure the awards process is fair and informed by a range in opinions from different backgrounds of the profession.
Finally thank you to the students: their talent and creativity makes the judging an enlightening and enjoyable experience, and leaves me feeling confident that the profession will be in good hands in the years ahead."