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Royal Academy Architecture Awards Ceremony

Thursday 15 September 2022 6.30 - 8pm

The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts

£15, £9 Please note your ticket will include a small drinks reception before the talk

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Join us to hear members of the 2022 Jury including Farrokh Derrakshani, Cornelia Parker RA, and Peter St John RA discuss the awards. Plus be the first to hear the winner of the 2022 RA Dorfman Award.

In light of the death of Her Majesty The Queen, this event has been cancelled. The winner of the Royal Academy Dorfman Award will be announced in the coming weeks. We will be in touch with ticket holders over the coming days. Alternatively, you can contact us on 0207 300 8090 or tickets@royalacademy.org.uk to arrange a refund.

In this special event, the four finalists of the 2022 Royal Academy Dorfman Award will present their diverse practices and explain how they approach building. Expect conversations about the importance of collaboration, sustainability, communication, and community in locations from rural India to central London.

Following their presentations, members of the 2022 Jury including Farrokh Derakhshani, Cornelia Parker RA and Peter St John RA will discuss their approach to this year's awards and how they thought about selecting the winners.

The event will conclude with the announcement of the winner of the RA Dorfman Award, followed by the presentation of the £10,000 prize. The RA Architecture Prize Medal will also be presented to the family of Renée Gailhoustet.

This event will be followed by a drinks reception.

RA Dorfman Award Finalists:

Apparata (United Kingdom)
APPARATA is an architectural practice founded in 2015 by Astrid Smitham and Nicholas Lobo Brennan. Based in London, they are known for their community work emphasising collective life and the construction of buildings as a critical practice.

Dot Architects (Japan)
Dot Architects is a practice based in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 2004 by Toshikatsu Ienari and Takeshi Shakushiro, they have since evolved into an office of seven with a focus on the impact architecture has on the natural and social environment.

Semillas (Perú)
Semillas is a non-profit organization founded in Perú in 2014 by Marta Maccaglia. Consisting of an interdisciplinary team, Semillas develops architectural projects in marginalized contexts, mainly in the settlements of Lima and the rural areas of the Peruvian Amazon.