Students celebrated at Architecture Night 2024

22 October 2024

At Architecture Night 2024, the best students from Northern Ireland’s two architectural schools displayed their projects and the winners of the RSUA Bronze and Silver Medals were revealed.

This section of the evening started with the announcement of the Best in School awards for undergraduate students from Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, followed by the overall winner of the RSUA Bronze Medal. The Best in School awards for postgraduate students from Ulster University and Queen’s University Belfast were then announced followed by the overall winner of the RSUA Silver Medal.

The judges were Sarah Brady, Architect at Samuel Stevenson & Sons and John Lavery, RSUA President.

On the night, the awards were presented by Sarah Brady and John Lavery with help from Architecture Night host Mark Simpson.

Bronze Medal Shortlist

• Hannah McMath (QUB)
• Emily Hayes (QUB)
• Imogen Erskine (QUB)
• Caitlin O’Kane (UU)
• Jake McManus (UU)
• Sarah Forsythe (UU)

Best in School for Queen’s University, Belfast was awarded to Hannah McMath

Best in School for Ulster University, Belfast and the Bronze Medal was awarded to Jake McManus

Sarah Brady, Jake McManus and RSUA President John Lavery

“A Different Approach to Death: The Edenderry Promatorium” by Jake McManus

Silver Medal Shortlist

• Laura Green (UU)
• Christopher Otley (UU)
• Jordan Taggart (UU)
• Natalie Anderson (QUB)
• Nadine Graham-Mulgrew (QUB)
• Rachel Murphy (QUB)

Best in School for Ulster University was awarded to Laura Green

Best in School for Queen’s University, Belfast and the Silver Medal was awarded to Rachel Murphy

RSUA President John Lavery, Rachel Murphy and Sarah Brady

‘Playful Minds: School as a Neighbourhood, Neighbourhood as a School’ by Rachel Murphy