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Research project on Chinese self-builders is awarded President’s Medal

By 2022-01-26T07:00:00

Highway House, Wooden House © John Lin

Source: John Lin

Four other research projects also honoured by RIBA

The RIBA has announced the winners of the 2021 President’s Medal and Awards for Research. The medal and awards are conferred on projects considered to be the best research in the fields of architecture and the built environment ib the previous year.

The 2021 President’s Medal for Research was awarded to John Lin and Sony Devabhaktuni from the University of Hong Kong for their project As Found Houses, which explores experiments from self-builders in rural China.

Three projects have also been given President’s Awards for Research in the categories of Education, Cities and Community and History and Theory. They are:

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