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Tuesday
7 February 2012

Class of

Each year BD searches out the best rising talent from completing Part II students.

We ask each of the UK's architecture schools to nominate their top students of the year,
drawn together a panel of distinguished judges, and then give you a lowdown on the best!


BD’s Class of 2009 awards the UK’s top six graduating students



Each year, BD asks every architecture school in the country to nominate its best graduating diploma student for consideration in our annual awards. We received 20 submissions this year, which our jury whittled down to the six presented here.

Class of 2009: Alastair Parvin



Sheffield diploma student Alastair Parvin's work proposes the establishment of an Experimental Agriculture Belt.

Class of 2009: Colin Wharry



London Met diploma student Colin Wharry's work was considered one of the best by BD's Class of 2009 jury.

Class of 2009: Paolo Scianna



University of Kingston diploma student Paolo Scianna's work was considered one of the best by BD's Class of 2009 jury.

Class of 2009: Greig Penny



Scott Sutherland diploma student Greig Penny's work was considered one of the best by BD's Class of 2009 jury.

Class of 2009: Tom Greenall



RCA diploma student Tom Greenall's work was considered one of the best by BD's Class of 2009 jury.

Class of 2007: Where are they now?



Every year BD holds its 'Class of' awards to identify the brightest upcoming architectural talent. With 2008's winners unveiled, Emily Cadman looks up a few of last year's winners to see how they've fared. It's normal when writing round-ups to look for commonalities or themes, but looking at how the careers ...

BD’s Class of 2008 is going places



From exotic spots such as Istanbul and Rome to more domestic locations such as Sheffield and Whitstable, the ambitions of BD’s five graduating diploma student award winners were scattered far and wide this year. Ellis Woodman, BD’s buildings editor, looks at what marked them out Each year, BD asks every architecture ...

Class of 2008: Damjan Iliev



  Damjan Iliev of the University of Westminster, impressed the judges with his immaculate computer renderings which gave a powerful sense of fluid spatiality.   Damjan Iliev   This year Marcus Cruz and Marjan Coletti’s unit was concerned with the notion of “trade” as the term applies to economic, cultural and intellectual transactions. The unit’s investigations ...

Class of 2008: Ross Perkin



[caption id="attachment_478" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="Section showing internal and external cinemas inserted into the historic fabric."][/caption] Ross Perkin of the University of Edinburgh project explores ideas of porosity, allowing light to leak from the cinema spaces into the surrounding streets. Perkin’s scheme is also located on a site loaded with substantial Roman archaeology. In ...

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