The Davidson Prize

We spoke with Alexander Turner, Co-Founding Director of Studio MUTT and member of the winning team of the 2023 Davidson Prize, about looking at sustainability throughout the design process and the importance of physical models.

We spoke with Alice Finney, Design Editor at Elle Decoration UK, about design approaches and materials that break the mould.

We spoke with Duncan Campbell, Director at Atelier Ten, about the pace of innovation in materials and designing buildings for their entire lifecycle.

We spoke with Miles Mitchell, Commercial Lead for Total Synergy, about how to best communicate architectural innovation.

We spoke with 2024 Davidson Prize Jury Chair Amandeep Singh Kalra, Associate Director at Be First, about retrofit policy and the emotional impact of the home.

This year, The Davidson Prize is proud to announce its partnership with headline sponsor, Total Synergy, as it celebrates its fourth year.

On Tuesday 20 June 2023, The Davidson Prize hosted its third annual awards ceremony as part of the London Festival of Architecture.

This first round of judging took place on Monday 20 March and, in what was another year of high-quality, engaging submissions, our judges had the very challenging task of choosing a 16-strong longlist to be considered for the next round of judging.

Charles Holland, winner of the 2022 Davidson Prize and principal of Charles Holland Architects (CHA), tells us what he is looking out for as a judge for the 2023 prize.

Previous Davidson Prize winner, Squint/Opera share their thoughts on making a winning submission, and how the first step is to take the time to ask what we value in a home.

The Hayes Davidson team share their thoughts about how design communication can be just as vital as the ideas behind it.

We spoke with Yemí Aládérun, Senior Development Manager at Meridian Water for Enfield Council, about homelessness and the importance of good design in communicating ideas.

We asked 2023 Davidson Prize Jury Chair Sadie Morgan, Co-Founder of dRMM and Founder of the Quality of Life Foundation, about this year’s theme and what she hopes to see in this year's submissions.

The Davidson Prize has returned for a third year, with ‘Somewhere to call home’ as the theme of the 2023 competition.

On 14 June 2022, The Davidson Prize hosted an awards ceremony as part of the London Festival of Architecture to celebrate this year’s entries and announce the 2022 winner.

The Davidson Prize talks to Margaret Talbot, Marketing Manager VitrA UK and Europe – sponsor of The 2022 Davidson Prize and the People’s Choice Prize.

The Davidson Prize chats to Manijeh Verghese about judging the 2022 theme of co-living.

When we asked Tim Chapman-Cavanagh, Director at Assael Architecture, what co-living means to him, he told us the concept fills him with a sense of the exciting potential for people to live, work and play together as a community.

2022 Davidson Prize judge and Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Freason on co-living, communes and multi-generational solutions

Multi-disciplinary artist and designer Yinka Ilori chats to The Davidson Prize about why co-living hits home to him.

We asked Agnieszka Glowacka, COO of Haptic Architects London and part of last year’s winning HomeForest team, where she’d look to for inspiration for the 2022 #Davidson Prize theme of Co-Living: A New Future.

Imaginative ideas from multi-disciplinary teams rethink how we could live

In a year of strong submissions, the judges of the 2022 Davidson Prize have selected a longlist of 14 teams. Responding to this year’s theme of Co-Living – A New Future, the longlisted teams represent diverse and exciting collaborative approaches to transforming the architecture of the home.

Thanks to the generous support of VitrA Bathrooms, the judging sessions for the 2022 Davidson Prize are hosted at the VitrA London Design Hub on Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell.

The Davidson Prize has been asking designers, thinkers and industry commentators to nominate favourite sources of inspiration relating to the 2021 theme of Home/Work – A New Future. Here are some of our top picks so far.

“Interiors guru” Michelle Ogundehin is the author of the book, Happy Inside: How to Harness the Power of Home for Health and Happiness. Speaking to Amy Frearson, she reveals her tips for keeping homes healthy, even when they’re also our workspaces.

Narinder Sagoo, Foster + Partners senior partner and art director and a judge of the inaugural Davidson Prize, talks to Hugh Pearman about some of the challenges behind the Home/Work – A New Future brief.

The pandemic is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rethink housing design, says Alison Brooks – one of the UK’s most acclaimed architects and a judge of the inaugural Davidson Prize.

To mark the launch of The Davidson Prize, we've gathered together six of our favourite home/work spaces to explore what makes them special. Designing a domestic space for home working is a more complex brief than simply specifying the right desk and chair...

Sonia Solicari is the Director of the Museum of the Home and a judge of the 2021 Davidson Prize. The Museum’s Stay Home project has been documenting and sharing personal pictures of people’s lives since the beginning of lockdown. After an extensive refurbishment, the Museum plans to reopen its doors in 2021...

From the Stirling Prize to the Manser Medal, British architecture has never been shy about accolades.
So when I was asked to help the Alan Davidson Foundation create a new architecture prize, I knew it had to be something special if it was to stand out from the crowd.

Thomas Heatherwick is one of the UK’s most prominent designers and the founder of Heatherwick Studio whose projects include the Olympic Cauldron, the Routemaster Bus and Google’s new headquarters in King’s Cross. He is a judge of the 2021 Davidson Prize...