AJ Writing Prize
AJ Writing Prize 2012
This year we asked this question: Do Architects have a duty to anyone but their client?
[AJ WRITING PRIZE] Introduction
I made a deal with God, said the priest. I prayed he let me live long enough to see my church completed
[AJ WRITING PRIZE] Winner: J Schützer-Weissmann
It’s almost impossible for architects to design for the client’s needs only, nor should they try
[AJ WRITING PRIZE] Runner-up: Gemma Owen
‘Each material is what we make of it’ said Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Tadao Ando seems to have taken his advice
[AJ WRITING PRIZE] Shortlisted: Daniel Elsea
The red house is not perfect, but the grace of humanism is visible in the gleaming oak staircase
[AJ WRITING PRIZE] Shortlisted: Poppy E McNee
It’s clear that if we want to keep on winning contracts we are going to have to go beyond our training
[AJ WRITING PRIZE] Shortlisted: Dominic McAndrew
A rich man came to ask me to bring art under his roof… I immediately threw out his furniture
[AJ WRITING PRIZE] Shortlisted: Rossella Scalia
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