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MARTIN ELI WEIL PRIZE for the BEST ESSAY IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY The Martin-Eli-Weil prize is awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada to a student who submitted an essay on the role played by the built environment in the Canadian society. The $250 prize and certificate shall be awarded to the winner at the Annual Assembly of the Society, where he/she will be invited to present a conference on his/her essay. The winning essay shall also be published by the Society. All part- and full-time students registered in a Canadian university are eligible; submissions from students registered in a foreign university, but dealing with a Canadian subject, are also invited. The essay, in French or English, may deal with a specific building, contemporary or historic, whether existing at a proposal stage; a complex of attached buildings; a specific building type (examined for its historical, functional, structural, or aesthetic importance); cultural landscape (parks, cemeteries, farms, etc.); the life of a person who has influenced the built environment; or a philosophical, sociological, or historical issue related to the built environment. Architectural projects that do not strictly comply with the above criteria shall be rejected. Submissions must be presented on a hard double-spaced copy and contain from 3000 to 5000 words. The use of visual material is encouraged but their printed format should not exceed 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). If applicable, submissions must be accompanied by endnotes and a bibliography, and be supported by conceptual framework in accordance with current standards. Essays will be evaluated according to originality and innovative nature of he subject, as well as accuracy, relevancy of methodology, and writing style. Essays should be sent by February 12th, 2007, to the following address: Professeure Lucie K. Morisset Institut du patrimoine Université du Québec à Montréal CP 8888, succ. centre-ville Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8 The SSAC is a learned society devoted to the examination of the role of the built environment in Canadian society. Among its members are structural engineers, landscape architects, architectural historians, urban historians, urban planners, sociologists, ethnologists, and experts in such fields as heritage conservation and landscape history. Created in 1974 by Martin Eli Weil, a conservation architect, this national Society is mainly interested in all forms of the Canadian built environment. | |
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