Bartlett students and staff shortlisted for five RIBA research awards

The awards promote and champion high-quality research and encourage its distribution and incorporation into the wider profession. They also raise the profile of those architects and academics engaged in research.

RIBA President Angela Brady said: "Our President’s Research Awards group has shortlisted 16 very promising pieces of research across a range of categories from an exceptional number of applications. This is always a challenging but enjoyable process and I know the panel are looking forward to reading the research work over the coming months."

Bartlett students and staff shortlisted are as follows:

RIBA President's Award for Outstanding Master's Degree Thesis

Amy Thomas of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL: 'Mart of the World': An architectural and geographical history of the London Stock Exchange

RIBA President's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis

Nicholas Beech of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL: Constructing Everyday Life: An architectural history of the South Bank in Production, 1948-51

Edward Denison of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL: Architecture and the Landscape of Modernity in China up to 1949

William Tozer of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL: A Theory of Making: Architecture and Art in the Practice of Adolf Loos

RIBA President's Awards for Outstanding University-located Research

Jonathan Hill of the Bartlett School of Architecture: Weather Architecture