Inaugural Architecture Book of the Year Award launched

The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects and the Temple Bar Trust has announced the launch of the Architecture Book of the Year Award.

Organised in association with the World Architecture Festival, the inaugural awards are open to any book published in 2020, 2021 or 2022, with a submission deadline of Friday, 21st April.

Submissions are invited for any of the following award categories: History, Biography (including autobiography), Building (monograph), Practice (monograph), Typology (monograph), Technical and City/country architectural guide. There will be an additional prize for an exemplary book which falls outside these categories.

There will be three judges per category, a mixture of academics, practising architects and critics, who will make their decision based on quality of content, quality of design and production values.

Category-winning authors and publishers will be invited to a reception in Temple Bar in June, to coincide with the London Festival of Architecture, where they will receive their awards. A book fair is planned for that month, where winners will have the opportunity to discuss their books in live-streamed discussions, also in Temple Bar.

Further details can be found at www.worldarchitecturefestival.com.