US Student Design Awards

US Student Design Awards

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The culmination of the first RSA-US Student Design Awards and recognition of some very talented young Award Winners took place April 27 in New York City. The Award Ceremony was prefaced by a presentation from Kevin Owens, FRSA, design principal for LOCOG/London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Read Kevin’s comments on serving as a judge and [...]

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2013 Eleanore Pettersen Lecture: Architect Sarah Wigglesworth

February 28, 2013, 7:00PM – 8:30PM The Cooper Union The Great Hall, in the Foundation Building 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues New York David Turnbull, FRSA, would like to invite Fellows and SDA participants to attend the 2013 Eleanore Pettersen Lecture featuring Architect Sarah Wigglesworth. Since founding her London-based practice in [...]

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Does the building industry undervalue its intellectual assets?

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Firms of architects and engineers in the building industry are full of talented people who solve complex problems as a matter of routine. So why are their IP portfolios virtually empty? I spent most of my working life in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. I specialised in intellectual property after spells in research and [...]

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RSA-US Student Design Awards Sponsors

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The SDA-US is proud to announce its Founding Sponsors who are all world class industry and thought leaders who recognize the importance of shaping design education to develop the skills needed to tackle the critical social issues of today. Their commitment to our competition is essential in this launch year. We thank them for their trust [...]

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New Finnish Design City

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I’m honored to speak at this Let’s talk Design event Thursday next week, hosted by Marimekko, and moderated by Dan Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief of Surface magazine. It’s part of the yearlong New Finnish Design CITY project organized by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and the Consulate General of Finland in New York. NEW FINNISH DESIGN CITY – LET’S TALK DESIGN! Powered [...]

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Grimshaw Architects Sponsors RSA-US Student Design Awards

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Welcome to our newest sponsor of the US Student Design Awards, Grimshaw Architects, who will offer a paid internship and other valuable sponsorship. Grimshaw’s international portfolio covers all major sectors, and has received over 150 international design awards including the Lubetkin Prize. Grimshaw joins our two major lead off sponsors, Billings Jackson Design and the [...]

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The Cooper Union sponsors RSA-US Student Design Awards

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On June 28, the RSA-US Board of Trustees met at the Cooper Union in New York, the site of the 2013 judging and awards of the first US Student Design Award Program for sustainable and socially inclusive design. RSA-US Chairman Peter Peyser told Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha that “The partnership between the RSA-US and [...]

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Billing Jackson Design Sponsors RSA-US Student Design Awards

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Thanks go out to Billings Jackson Design for becoming major lead-off sponsors of the SDA-US. This award-winning team recognizes the importance of encouraging the next generation of young designers to shape our world for the better. BJD will help to design the architecture brief and will offer a paid architecture internship to one of the [...]

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