ACE Awards
The ACE Awards are designed to celebrate the successes and diversity of architectural and artistic projects in religious buildings throughout Britain. ACE gives three biennial Awards including its international Book Award. Each Award is worth £3,000.
Awards events
Related events will be held this autumn:
Stephen Cox in conversation with Robert Willis (Dean of Canterbury), Stephen Bann (Professor of Art History at the University of Bristol) and Christopher Irvine (Canon Librarian at Canterbury Cathedral). 12 Sep, 7.30pm at Canterbury Cathedral.
Peter Doll (Team Vicar of Abingdon) and Yasmin Shariff (Partner at Dennis Sharp Architects), chaired by Peter Newby (Priest of St Mary Moorfields, London), discuss transitory communities and the contribution religious architecture can make to stabilising their world. 25 Oct, 2.30pm at St Bede's Basingstoke.
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Winners and short-lists 2007
The winners of the 2007 ACE Awards for Religious Art and Architecture were announced on 23 October at a reception at the Church of All Hallows on the Wall, in the City of London. Sir John Tusa presented the Awards and chaired the evening's proceedings.
ART AWARD
The panel for the ACE Award for Art in a Religious Context were unanimous in their decision to award the prize to two artists, Stephen Cox for St Anselm's Altar at Canterbury Cathedral and Rose Finn-Kelcey for Angel at St Paul's Bow Common.
Stephen Cox, St Anselm's Altar
The Award's criteria this year invited entries for temporary installations in religious spaces as well as permanent commissions. Given the diversity of projects entered the panel felt it was appropriate to commend two works which exemplify the permanent and the temporary. £3,000 was split between Mr Cox and Ms Finn-Kelcey whilst Canterbury Cathedral and St Paul’s Bow Common were also awarded £500 each.
Rose Finn-Kelcey, Angel
BOOK AWARD
The ACE / Mercers’ International Book Award (£3,000) was awarded to Jules Lubbock for his book on Storytelling in Christian Art; From Giotto to Donatello, published by Yale University Press. This was praised for its clarity of prose as well as the depth and detail of research and illustration.
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
The ACE / RIBA Award for Religious Architecture (£2,000) was awarded to JBKS Architects with Robert Maguire for a new Roman Catholic Church in Basingstoke, dedicated to St Bede. Fr Vincent Harvey was also presented with a cheque for £1,000 for the Parish. The church which serves a large Catholic community in Basingstoke encompasses a courtyard, with a cloister-type configuration of auxillary buildings. The church itself is distinctive in its style, a seven-storey high ‘funnel’ brings daylight into the broad and spacious church, and detailing is quietly modern.
JBKS Architects with Robert Maguire, St Bede's RC Church, Basingstoke
Awards Information
The next round of awards will begin in 2009. To be kept informed please contact ACE at T & F (0)20 7374 0600 or awards@acetrust.org
Or write to ACE Awards, All Hallows on the Wall, 83 London Wall, London EC2M 5ND, UK.
International Awards
For projects in the US: The Annual Religious Art and Architecture Design Awards program is co-sponsored by Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA), a knowledge community of the American Institute of Architects. The Awards program was founded in 1978 with the goal of honoring the best in architecture, liturgical design, and art for religious spaces. The program offers four primary categories for awards: Religious Architecture, Liturgical/Interior Design, Sacred Landscapes, and Religious Arts. Visit www.faithandform.com.