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Wheelwright Prize 2013
Result
Gia Wolff, Brooklyn-based architect, wins $100,000 travel grant for her proposal Floating City: The Community-Based Architecture of Parade Floats.
Overview
$100,000 traveling fellowship for early-career architects.
| Category | Award / Competition Result |
| Type | International, Fellowship, Early-career architects |
| Genre | |
| Country | United States |
| RegDeadline | 15 February 2013 GoogleCal iCal |
| 28 February 2013 GoogleCal | |
| Eligibility | Architects who have graduated from a professionally accredited degree program in the past 15 years. (Graduates prior to 1998 are ineligible.) |
Description
Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the launch of the Wheelwright Prize, a $100,000 traveling fellowship awarded annually to talented early-career architects worldwide proposing exceptional itineraries for research and discovery. With an open application process (deadline February 28, 2013), the Wheelwright Prize recognizes the importance of field research to professional development, and reinforces Harvard GSD’s dedication to fostering investigative approaches to contemporary design.
Jury
TBA
Prize
$100,000
Winners are expected to spend a minimum of 6 months (cumulative) outside their countries of residence in order to conduct their proposed research. Research and travel must commence within 12 months of receiving the Wheelwright Prize and must be completed within two years of receiving the prize.
Entry Fee
None
Entries
Portfolio
Timetable
A winner will be named on May 15, 2013.
Organizer
Harvard GSD
Official Website
http://www.wheelwrightprize.org/