Community Impact Award
Dar Tereża is a community project which caters specifically for women with mental health problems and their children. The refashioned house offers facilities to shoulder care responsibilities within a safe and empowering environment, affording family members to remain living together as a family while receiving the support they need. After winning the Sustainable Communities competition […]
Design Excellence Award
BOTHOUSE is a family home whose spine is a 25-metre pool, and whose heart is a giant light-well of perfectly round and centred glass plates. A client-couple committed to the proliferation of early education spaces on the islands approached the architects with a pre-owned site and a desire to convert it into a family home. […]
M.Eng. Dissertation Award
The intriguing characteristics of auxetic materials are a consequence of their ability to expand when stretched and contract when compressed. This counterintuitive behaviour is due to their negative Poisson’s ratio, v. This is contrary to typical materials that exhibit lateral shrinkage when stretched and bulging when squashed. Auxetic behaviour relies on a combination of the […]
M.Eng. Thesis Project Award
COMMERCIAL AND LEISURE HUB THE SEA MAIDEN The proposed project, ‘The Sea Maiden’ is a Commercial and Leisure Centre (Hub) located at the gates of the Mgarr Harbour in Gozo. This project, combined with a new permanent super yacht marina, will create an extension to the existing harbour, offering both locals and maritime travellers a […]
M. Arch. Dissertation Award
Abstract Is not the architectural culture we inherit, a symptom of the circumstances it was born, and allowed to grow, in? The interest of this dissertation will be to understand the numbness to the real that dominates contemporary aesthetics and environments. This, in an effort to draw parallels between architectural realities and critical theory – […]
M. Arch. Thesis Project Award
Chance and Order in Architectural Production This Thesis project investigates chance and order in architectural production by focusing on chance as a method for design. In investigating the question ‘what is chance?’ a particular definition stood out. Bergson defines chance as the interaction between intended order – how we organise or give structure – and […]
Urban Regeneration Award
The embellishment and upgrading of Triton Square and the restoration of the Triton Fountain were intended to satisfy the following objectives, namely: converting the square into a free urban central meeting point for social, cultural and entertainment activities and events, restoring the Triton Fountain to its original appearance and function as the focal point of […]
Interior Spaces Special Commendation
The Rosselli is located within a 17th century baroque palazzo in Malta’s capital. With its beautiful baroque design canvas, high ceilings and symmetry, the palazzo created the perfect stage for a memorable visitor experience. The palazzo, a structurally stable build, was converted into a hotel consisting of 25 spacious, unique suites. The design adopts a […]
Emerging Practice Special Commendation
Office Summary Archi+ is an architecture studio focused on delivering projects that will stand the test of time. By creating an environment that drives the most talented architects to flourish, Archi+ teams up with its clients to deliver iconic work. Putting honest and open dialogue first, the team puts its never-ending quest for innovation to […]
Engineering – Dissertation
The durability of concrete is greatly reduced by the presence of micro-cracks that develop within the material. Micro-cracks may develop due to various processes and can occur at any time of curing or during the service life of the material. Micro-cracks have a negative effect on the concrete as they allow ingress of liquids or […]
