Exciting new brief announced for the Davidson Prize 2025 addressing housing shortages in the UK
The Alan Davidson Foundation is once again proud to support The Davidson Prize in its 5th year of this prestigious annual design competition. The 2025 Brief This year sees Hayes Davidson as a Creative Partner and the People’s Choice Prize is sponsored by Humanise, a 10-year global campaign to ignite mainstream public debate about the way […]
Foundation renews support for ground-breaking MND prevention study with the ACORN Study
The Alan Davidson Foundation has renewed its partnership with the University of Oxford and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences for a further three years, continuing support for the groundbreaking “Making MND Preventable – ACORN” project. This critical study focuses on inherited cases of Motor Neuron Disease (MND), aiming to recruit both patients and asymptomatic […]
The Alan Davidson Foundation proudly sponsor the Under-26 Prize at the 2025 John Ruskin Prize
The Alan Davidson Foundation proudly sponsored the Under-26 Prize at this year’s John Ruskin Prize, announced during a vibrant awards ceremony at Trinity Buoy Wharf. Marking its third consecutive year supporting this important category, the Foundation also announced it will continue backing the prize for a further two years, extending its commitment through to 2027. […]
Breakout success for ‘Brace Brace’ marks powerful debut for Davidson PlayGC Bursary at the Royal Court Theatre
We are thrilled to see BRACE BRACE by Oli Forsyth come to the stage of The Royal Court to incredible reviews and a sold out crowd. Directed by Daniel Raggett, it features Craig Els, Phil Dunster and Anjana Vasan and is designed by Anna Reid. Find out more > About BRACE BRACE “A plane fell out of […]
“Apartment Store” wins both the main prize and the People’s Choice at The Davidson Prize 2024
The Davidson Prize, now in its 4th year, held the award ceremony at Impact Hub in London Euston on June 19th as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Over 100 guests gathered to watch the Apartment Store team win both the main prize and the People’s Choice, with over a quarter of the 1,800 […]
HD5K 2024 raises over £35,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association
The annual charity fundraising run organised by Hayes Davidson has again raised over £35,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. 21 June is #MNDAwarenessDay, and we remember our founder and friend Alan Davidson who died from Motor Neurone Disease in 2018. One of Alan’s last initiatives was to set up our annual HD5K charity run […]
Trustees meet the team at the University of Oxford working on “Making MND Preventable”
In February 2024, the Trustees met the team at the University of Oxford working on the “Making MND Preventable” research project – ACORN – got a tour of the lab, met the incredible team working on the project and even tried their hands working on the bench with pipettes. The ACORN study will identify and […]
The Foundation scholarship now supports the architecture school at the University of Edinburgh
The Foundation scholarship is now supporting the architecture school at the University of Edinburgh where Alan graduated from in 1984. The scholarship will support home students applying for the Access Edinburgh scheme. The Alan Davidson Foundation has committed to establish scholarships for University of Edinburgh students who qualify for funding through the Access Edinburgh scheme. […]
The Foundation is again delighted to sponser the Under 26 category of the 6th John Ruskin Prize
The Foundation proudly sponsored the Under 26 category of the 6th John Ruskin Prize: “Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the Unspoken,” which was awarded in January 2024. With over 4,000 submissions, the John Ruskin Prize showcased 68 shortlisted artworks in a free exhibition at Trinity Buoy Wharf in East London, running until February 17, 2024. At […]
The Davidson Prize announces their 2024 brief: “Rethinking Home – Adapt and Reuse”
Teams will be asked to choose any existing non-residential structure, from a disused farm building to an office block or an oil rig, to explore how it could be retrofitted or mined to provide at least five sustainable homes. The fourth annual award will demand an “ambitious rethink” of current assumptions around housing and will […]
