We are delighted to announce that Piotr Smiechowicz - a July 2019 graduate of the LSBU architecture programme - has been awarded a RIBA Silver Medal Commendation in the RIBA President's Medals international design competition; Piotr is a student of MArch: Master of Architecture Studio 23 (co-led by Professor Lilly Kudic and Luke Murray), and his project receiving this award is called MoonCatcher.
The President's Medals is the oldest competition for students of architecture in the world, with an impressive history spanning 185 years; it is considered to be both the most prestigious, and the most demanding competition in which to succeed, and we would like to send Piotr congratulations on behalf of all the architecture team, the School of the Built Environment and Architecture, and LSBU as a whole. This is a great achievement, and builds on the very strong record LSBU architecture has established for success in the President's Medals.
Piotr received his Commendation from RIBA President Professor Alan Jones on Tuesday 3 December 2019, at the RIBA headquarters (66 Portland Place, London W1) immediately after Lord Foster, principal and founder of the internationally renowned practice, Foster+Partners. The announcement of Piotr's success (and that of our university) has been made in the RIBA Journal; 25,000 copies of which will be sent to RIBA members today.
Given that over 400 schools of architecture were invited to participate in the competition, Piotr's success is really remarkable. His work will be exhibited at RIBA HQ from Tuesday 3 December 2019 until early February 2020, after which it will travel extensively throughout the UK - and then embark on a global tour.
SBEA colleagues who were in attendance at the Medals ceremony at Portland Place, included Lilly Kudic (Head of Architecture), together with Professor George Ofori (Dean of SBEA), Luke Murray (Associate Head of Architecture), Onur Ozkaya (course director, BA[Hons] Architecture), and Federico Rossi (course director, MSc Digital Architecture and Robotic Construction).
