The Winners of Traditional Building’s Inaugural Raphael Awards Announced

In early November 2023. Seven entries were chosen as winners.

NOVEMBER 13, 2023 In May 2023, Traditional Building launched a new drawing competition, the Raphael Award, named in honor of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbina (1483-1520), a leading painter of the Italian Renaissance who was a renowned draftsman as well. The award seeks to encourage the study of Classical and Neoclassical architecture through the practice of drawing and painting by hand.

Photo by Dyad; Photo by Nicholas Calcott; Self-portrait by David Mayernik

Entries were judged by architect Michael Franck of Michael Franck Architect, architect John Berson of Sawyer|Berson, and artist, designer, and educator David Mayernik in early November 2023. Seven entries were chosen as winners.

Winning Entries:

Devin Kimmel, AIA of Kimmel Studio Architects

National World War 1 Memorial

Mac White of Michael G. Imber Architects

Interior perspective of St. Joseph Seminary Chapel, Elevation study for Genesee Mountain Home

Stephen Siegle

The crowning building of the Acropolis may forever be under construction to shore up the architecture that remains of its former glory. And yet, its timeless beauty shines, even when masked by a forest of scaffolding.

Basilica San Marco, Venice; Parthenon, Athens; Temple at Selinunte

Jacob Albert of ART Architects

Partal Palace and garden, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Travel Sketches in Italy and Spain

Thomas Norman Rajkovich of Thomas Norman Rajkovich Architect, Ltd

Ars Recte Aedificandi (The Art of Proper Building)

Christian Sottile of Sottile & Sottile

In the case of the Uffizi Courtyard in Florence, the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio rises confidently and is framed carefully by Giorgio Vasari’s beautiful exterior courtyard. It is a masterpiece of figure-ground.

From Italy to Savannah

Michael McCann of RAMSA

This rendering captures an aerial view of the design of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.

Collection of Watercolors

Each illustration featured in Traditional Building magazine in 2024. Winning entries will also be showcased on traditionalbuilding.com, traditionalbuildingshow.com, period-homes.com, and our social media channels. The presentation of the winning entries will take place at the Traditional Building Conference December 5, 2023 in Tampa, Florida.

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