Application Deadline: Sunday, January 26, 2020.
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) is pleased to announce the 2020 cycle of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 to a talented early-career architect to support expansive, intensive design research. The 2020 Wheelwright Prize is now accepting applications; the deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 26, 2020.
This annual prize is dedicated to advancing original architectural research that is informed by cross-cultural engagement and that shows potential to make a significant impact on architectural discourse.
The Wheelwright Prize is open to emerging architects practicing
anywhere in the world. The primary eligibility requirement is that
applicants must have received a degree from a professionally accredited
architecture program in the past 15 years. An affiliation to the GSD is
not required. Applicants are asked to submit a portfolio and research
proposal that includes travel outside the applicant’s home country. The
winning architect is expected to dedicate roughly two years of
concentrated research related to their proposal, and to return to
Harvard GSD to present a lecture on their findings.
Applicants will be judged on the quality of their design work, scholarly accomplishments, originality or persuasiveness of the research proposal, evidence of ability to fulfill the proposed project, and the potential for a successful project to make an important contribution to architectural discourse.
Requirements:
- Applicant must have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years. (Graduates prior to January 2005 are ineligible.) Holders of multiple degrees may apply, provided they received their professional degrees between January 2005 and January 2020. Applicants need not be registered or licensed.
- Applicants may not have received the Arthur Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship previously.
- Winners of the Wheelwright Prize may not hold other fellowships concurrently.
- The Wheelwright Prize is available to individual entrants only; teams or firms will not be considered.
- Current Harvard GSD faculty, instructors, and staff are not eligible.
- For winners based in the United States, some amount of research must be undertaken outside the country.
- The Wheelwright Prize is intended for independent study and may not be applied to university tuition. However, the grant may be applied to fees for workshops and conferences.
Application
The application process is entirely online. No submissions will be accepted by mail. The 2020 Wheelwright Prize is now accepting applications. Deadline for submissions is January 26, 2020. There is no fee to submit an application.
Applicants must submit the following. (Materials must be in English.)
- Current CV.
- Portfolio (maximum of 10 images); each uploaded file should
contain a single image, not spreads of multiple images. Each image must
be dated and captioned. The jury is looking for personal work that
demonstrates design talent; student projects may be included. If work is
collaborative and/or generated by a firm, the applicant’s contribution
to the work must specifically involve conceptual development and/or
design, and the applicant’s role must be precisely identified. - The portfolio may be supplemented by published articles or
research papers written by applicant. Authored works should appear in
their original format, with publication name and date clearly indicated
(maximum 3, each clipping to be saved as a separate PDF). If original
publication is not in English, please attach an English-language summary
(maximum 2,500 characters) as an addendum to each PDF. If the clipping
exceeds 15 pages, please create a compact PDF (no more than 10 pages)
including a cover, sample pages, and brief summary (2,500 characters) of
the text. - A written description of proposed research project (maximum
6,000 characters). Applicants should articulate the relevance of their
proposed research to the contemporary discipline of architecture. What
are the consequences of the research project? How might it impact
practice? Applicants should describe their proposed methodology and
special insight, ability, and skill to execute your proposal. Strong
proposals will demonstrate how the resources of the Wheelwright Prize
will enable the project to be successful. - List of three professional references (full name, affiliation,
contact information, and relationship to the applicant). Letters are not
required at this time.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Harvard GSD Wheelwright Prize International Competition 2020