W Awards celebrate women in architecture with Moira Gemmill and MJ Long Prize shortlists

The shortlisted candidates for this year’s MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice and Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture have been announced along with the winner of the brand new Prize for Research in Gender and Architecture, which is part of the W Awards for the first time this year.

The awards, a partnership between UK-based publications Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review, also comprise the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize and Jane Drew Prize for Architecture, which last month were given to Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) founder Phyllis Lambert and SANAA co-founder Kazuyo Sejima respectively.

Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture 2023 Shortlist:

Viviana Pozzoli, co-founder of Equipo de Arquitectura (Paraguay)

Alessandra Covini, partner at Studio Ossidiana (Netherlands)

Loreta Castro Reguera, co-founder of Taller Capital (Mexico)

Dominique Petit-Frère, co-founder of Limbo Accra (Ghana/USA)

MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice shortlist:

Imogen Softley Pierce of Hugh Broughton Architects, for Clifford’s Tower in York, UK

Jennifer Dyne of David Kohn Architects, for Cowshed in Devon, UK

Amy Waite of Mikhail Riches, for Park Hill Phase 2 in Sheffield, UK

Kirsten Gabriëls Webb of Sergison Bates, for De Korenbloem sheltered housing in Kortrijk, Belgium

Prize for Research in Gender and Architecture 2023 winner:

Part W for Women’s Work

Manon Mollard, editor of The Architectural Review, added: "Part W’s actions are critical for shifting the lines and building a more equitable profession. The range of contributions and stories recounted on their first Women’s Work map highlights the many different ways in which women have helped shaped London and made it the city that it is today. Breaking from traditional mapping conventions and seeking to engage a broad audience, from schoolchildren to urban explorers, Women’s Work addresses the all-important question: how is history written, and by whom."

The winners of both the MJ Long and Moira Gemmill Prizes will be announced during this year’s W Lunch held on Friday, March 3rd, from the Battersea Arts Centre in London. 

More information about the 2023 program can be found here.