Win an architect

The brief

After two years celebrating cultural projects in the North, Studio Wignall & Moore are launching a competition to seek out the most innovative client briefs and architectural proposals which enhance, showcase and celebrate culture outside the Capital.

This starts with you. Whether you’re a business in need of a new premises, the owner of a heritage asset in need of restoration or an arts organization looking to make a splash.

Studio Wignall & Moore is offering the chance to win a design concept worth up to £10,000. This will include a full site study, client workshop, planning investigation, design drawings and 3D visualisation of your project. In short, they will act as your advisors to develop your design and bring tangible detail to your plans.

Four runners up will also benefit from a site visit and design consultation, where you can bounce your ideas off the Studio Wignall & Moore team to help move your project closer to realisation. Briefs aligning with Studio Wignall & Moore’s expertise in art, craft and heritage will naturally stand out.

Entries will be judged by a jury of prominent industry voices who will select the winning brief from a shortlist of the five most exciting briefs. This year there is an exceptional panel of judges, including:

• The Guardian’s Architecture and Design critic – Oliver Wainwright
• Baroness Blake of Leeds – Judith Blake
• Executive Director Pegasus Group – Chris Calvert
• Director, England North, The National Lottery Heritage Fund – Helen Featherstone

How to enter

All you need to do is submit the following via email:

• A brief description of your idea or project, including its location and proposed site.
• Any visual material to help us better understand your brief, for example photographs, indicative images and sketches.
• Background information of what the project means to you and how it will enhance, showcase or celebrate what
  culture outside the Capital has to offer.

The competition closes on 31 July 2023 at 18h00 (GMT). All email entries must be received before this time. Winner and runners up announced September 2023.

Following the announcement, Studio Wignall & Moore will make contact with the winner and runners up to arrange
dates for the visits and initial consultations.

For more information, potential entrants can visit https://www.wignallandmoore.com/myproject/ or contact us at myproject@wignallandmoore.com