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Royal Academy Dorfman Prize Ceremony

Thursday 31 October 2024 6.30 - 10pm

Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington Gardens or digital livestream

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The Royal Academy Architecture Awards are generously supported by the Dorfman Foundation

With additional support from Antigone Theodorou & Stefan Bollinger

Celebrate the 2024 RA Architecture Prize programme in style and be the first to find out the winner of the RA Dorfman Prize.

The Royal Academy Dorfman Prize brings together architects from around the world who represent the future of architecture. These diverse practices from Germany, Morocco, Switzerland and Ukraine tackle some of the most pressing issues in architecture today - from rebuilding after war, to challenging legislation. Be the first to hear the winner of the £10,000 prize at this special announcement event.

Following the prize ceremony, in-person ticket holders can join us for an evening of music and film inspired by the four 2024 RA Dorfman Prize Finalists.

2024 RA Dorfman Prize Finalists

bplus.xyz (b+) is a collaborative architecture practice that operates at the intersection of theory and practice, using different media and formats.They understand architecture as an open process, and view buildings as part of larger systems that require a systemic approach. Approaching legislation as a design tool, rather than an obstacle, b+ architects have “dissected” their own methodology for years. They are shortlisted for the Dorfman Prize as a celebration of their dedication to the subversion of traditional private practice.

Salima Naji was born in Rabat, Morocco. She studied art and later architecture in Paris, and holds a PhD in anthropology. Her multidisciplinary studies come together in a practice that combines aesthetics, technical skills, economy of materials and the desire to understand and involve local communities. Since 2017 she has been managing the large-scale rebuilding of the historical city of Agadir, following an earthquake in 1960. Naji's architecture acts as a campaign for building conservation with an environmental focus. Her work is not only beautiful, but anthropological and highly intellectual. She has set the standard for work in this field.

TEN studio has been building and adapting TEN with various organizational formats and open design tools for creative collaboration since 2015. They create amazingly clear, almost graphic architecture, with a consistent thread of social engagement running through their work. The studio translates a refined and conceptual architectural vocabulary into urban practice, providing alternative methods of low-energy construction, with an emphasis on radical reuse.

Livyj Bereh have been providing help from the very beginning of the war in Ukraine. They are based in Kyiv and initially began their work on the left bank of the Dnipro River, from which they derive their name (Лівий берег / Left bank). They return to one of the main principals of architecture as a practice: sustaining a community’s sense of itself. Their work embodies a gesture that gives hope to the people who live in these areas. To provide architecture that defies the destruction of neighbourhoods, especially in a moment that is about erasure, is of deep importance.

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The Royal Academy Architecture Awards are generously supported by the Dorfman Foundation

With additional support from Antigone Theodorou & Stefan Bollinger