Chloe Dalby wins Serjeant Award for Excellence in Drawing
Congratulations to Chloe Dalby who has won the prestigious Serjeant Award for Excellence in Drawing at Part II in this year’s Royal Institute of British Architects President’s Medals.
Chloe won the coveted prize for her work Earth’s Breath: Wind and Wild which explores what an ecologically routed mode of practice might look like and the tools and techniques that might be deployed to rethink our energy future. It also interprets the role of the architect not simply to build, but to empower and entice the wider community, through clear, powerful narratives, imagery, and mapping.
The Serjeant Awards for Excellence in Drawing are presented in memory of Denis Serjeant, a founding member of the RIBA Student Prizes Group. Chloe received her prize at the awards ceremony at the RIBA headquarters in London on 14th December.
Chloe Dalby completed the work as part of her Masters in Architecture at Newcastle University for which she was awarded a Distinction and is now working towards qualifying as an Architect.
“After seven years in architectural education, it feels amazing to have something as special as this to celebrate that time and all the hard work and effort that has been put in. I am utterly thrilled to have been chosen as the winner out of such a wide, global field of excellent President’s Medals nominees. My deepest thanks extend to my tutors, Prue Chiles and Polly Gould, and Newcastle University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape for all the advice, guidance and support that has helped me receive this prestigious recognition from the RIBA.”
Chloe Dalby