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    AA Prize for Unbuilt Work revisited

    Nov 09, 2020 5 minutes
    Words by Justine Clark

    Architecture is a cyclical industry. So too, it seems, is the AA Prize for Unbuilt Work. These things are not unrelated – there is a long-established pattern of speculative work and architectural polemic flourishing in tough economic times. And here we find ourselves, yet again.

    When Katelin Butler invited me to write a reflection on the AA Prize on the occasion of its third iteration, I went back and reread the articles and jury statements I had written during the second version. (The prize was first awarded in the years 1993 to 1998 and was revived between 2008 and 2012.) And there, in words I had since forgotten, were many of the things I was anticipating saying this time – already thought, already written. Then, as now, I started by thinking about the rich history of speculative work, and

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