GIA Student Awards 2021

The GIA Student Awards 2021 were announced in July 2021, celebrating the best of this academic years student work from the two schools of architecture within the chapter area.

Stefans Pavlovskis

Theodora Sideri

Eilish O'Donnell

Natalia Kulesza

Tanja Belkaid

Callum Grimes

Eilidh McGuigan

Mentor Voyatzakis

Euan Clarke

Jessica Mitchell

Jakob Young

Alfie Hollington

Conor McCormack

Magdalena Wloczka

Kacper Ryske

Timothy Khoo

Rachel McLure

Maria Baban

Gabriella Togni

Tiia Partanen

Teh Gie Eng (Ivanka)

The 2021 GIA Student Award Winners are:

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

First Year

JB Wilson Prize: Theodora Sideri

Commendations: Natalia Kulesza, Eilish O'Donnell

Second Year

Award: Callum Grimes

Commendations: Eilidh McGuigan, Struan Morrison

Third Year

Award: Jakob Young

Commendations: Conor McCormack, Alfie Hollington

Fourth Year

Award: Rachel McLure

Commendations: Maria Baban

Fifth Year

Award (GIA Final Year Parchment): Tiia Partanen

Special Award for Outstanding Achievement

Teh Gie Eng (Ivanka)

MACKINTOSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

First Year

JB Wilson Prize: Stefans Pavlovskis

Commendations: Calum Herbert, Connor Tweedie

Second Year

Award: Pippa Cook

Commendations: Tanja Belkaid, Hamid Habibi

Third Year

Award: Mentor Voyatzakis

Commendations: Euan Clarke, Ellie Cunningham, Jessica Mitchell

Fourth Year

Award: Magdalena Wloczka

Commendations: Kacper Ryske

Fifth Year

Award (GIA Final Year Parchment): Gabriella Togni

Commendations: Maisie Tudge, Timothy Khoo

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:

"The judging of this year’s GIA Student Awards comes at the end of the second year (and first full year) of online and remote teaching as a result of the ongoing pandemic, and it is remarkable what the students have again achieved in spite of the obvious hurdles that have been imposed as a result of COVID-19. Once again, the quality of output by this year’s students who have been studying at the two schools of architecture within the GIA chapter has been outstanding and I would personally like to congratulate all the award winners and commendations on their achievement.

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 whose 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 has once again made the judging an enlightening and enjoyable experience, and reinforces the central role that architecture plays in all of our lives, and how it can bring about positive change in our collective physical and social environment."