Winning EssaysWinners of the Twentieth Annual BERKELEY PRIZE Essay Competition are announced by Professor Raymond Lifchez, Chair of the Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence. This year there is one First Prize, one Second Prize, one Third Prize, and two Fourth Prize Winners. First Place Prize Mr. Wandisile Kona, Bachelor of Architectural Studies student in the Department of Engineering and Built Environment at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa for: “A Cathartic Architectural Language in a Democratic South Africa.” (7500USD) Read Bio | Read Proposal | Read Essay Second Place Prize Ms. Ghina Kanawati, Bachelor of Architecture student in the Faculty of Architecture – Design and Built Environment at the Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon for: “Reconciling a Wounded City: The Storytellers of Beirut.” (6500USD) Read Bio | Read Proposal | Read Essay Third Place Prize Ms. Meriam Soltan, Bachelor of Architecture student in the Department of Architecture and Design in the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon for: “Architectural Preservation in Beirut: A Search for the Future in a Past that Refuses to be Forgotten.” (5500USD) Read Bio | Read Proposal | Read Essay Fourth Place Prize (shared) Mr. Theodor Reinhardt, Bachelor of Arts Joint Major in Architecture student in the Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig, Germany for: “Redesigning Leipzig - How Urban Actions Solve Social Issues.” (4150USD) Read Bio | Read Proposal | Read Essay Fourth Place Prize (shared) Ms. Raksha VH, Bachelor of Architecture student at the School of Architecture in the Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bengaluru, India; and Ms. Swetha Manivannan, Bachelor of Architecture student at the Oxford School of Architecture, Bangaluru for their joint essay, “So-less to Solace: Solving issues across generations.” (4150USD) Read Bio | Read Proposal | Read Essay Additional Help and InformationAre you in need of assistance? Please email info@berkeleyprize.org. |
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