Omrania|CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design

Dear friends and colleagues,

After a successful launch in 2008, Omrania and Associates and the Center for the Study of the Built Environment have expanded their Student Award beyond Jordan to include all Arab countries. The Award, which is given to the most outstanding architectural graduation projects submitted, aims at recognizing quality in the teaching of architecture in the Arab world, and at encouraging students in schools to excel in their design performance.

Submission

This consists of the student's submission for his / her final-year graduation design project. No additional work may be done to the project except for re-formatting it onto 2 sheets. The submission deadline is August 31, 2009, and submissions will be accepted beginning on August 1, 2009.

Full information about submitting is now available on the CSBE website: www.csbe.com.

Jury

Projects will be evaluated by a highly-distinguished, independent jury. This year's jury members are:

· Farrokh Derakhshani, Director, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva, Switzerland (Mr. Derakhshani's participation is made possible through the kind support of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture)

· Saleh Al Hathloul, Advisor, Arriyadh Development Authority; former Deputy Minster for Town Planning, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

· Khalid Nahhas, Senior Architect and Founding Associate Director, Symbiosis Designs, Amman, Jordan

Prizes

The Jury will select the top three projects. These will be awarded the following prizes:

· First Prize of 3,500 USD

· Second Prize of 2,500 USD

· Third Prize of 1,500 USD

The winners will be invited to receive their prizes in an Award ceremony to be held in Amman, Jordan.

The projects will be displayed in an Award exhibition that follows the ceremony. The winning projects also will be published in the CSBE website and in other print and online professional publications.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Award, one needs to have been during the 2008 - 2009 academic year a final-year student for a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Architectural Engineering at a university located in a country belonging to the Arab League. Applicants should have successfully completed and defended their final-year architectural design graduation project before the Award's submission deadline.

Further information

· To obtain full details, please visit the CSBE website (www.csbe.org)

· Regular updates on the Award also are available on Facebook [The Omrania|CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design]

· For any specific inquiries, please send an email to award@csbe.org