Alan’s Film: A moving tribute to Alan Davidson’s life and legacy
The foundation are proud to share Alan’s Film — a deeply personal and moving new short film about the life of Alan Davidson. Created for the Alan Davidson Foundation by Ben Mann of Proper Good Films, part of the winning team of the 2024 Davidson Prize, the film uses innovative AI technology to recreate Alan’s […]
The John Ruskin Prize
The John Ruskin Prize The John Ruskin Prize: Honouring art with purpose Founded by The Big Draw in collaboration with the Guild of St George, the John Ruskin Prize is a biennial award celebrating artists, designers, and makers whose work reflects the values of John Ruskin—the 19th-century writer, social thinker, and champion of art, craft, […]
The Davidson PlayGC Bursary
The Davidson PlayGC Bursary Championing new voices in theatre In 2024, the Alan Davidson Foundation, in collaboration with PlayGC Theatre Company, launched the Davidson PlayGC Bursary—a £60,000 initiative designed to support emerging playwrights and theatres in producing innovative new works. This bursary reflects the Foundation’s dedication to fostering creativity and providing opportunities for fresh voices […]
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 […]
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 Archiboo Awards 2021 ceremony was held at the Bureau in North Greenwich Design District
The Archiboo Awards have always been held in a new building of architectural interest, Bureau has been designed by HNNA with interiors by Roz Barr Architects. Other buildings in the District includes work by 6a Architects, David Kohn Architects and Mole Architects. The winner of the Alan Davidson Award for Storytelling was dn&co for their […]
Archiboo returns with a relaunched Alan Davidson Award for 2021 harnessing the power of storytelling
This new award is for a project that is utilising powerful storytelling to engage audiences in new and innovative ways. While static imagery and physical models continue to play an important role, stories about future places and buildings are becoming more immersive as new technologies and creative approaches continue to expand the range of what’s […]
The Alan Davidson Award 2020 is calling for entries, looking for visualisations that immerse the viewer
The Award is open to architectural visualisers and architectural visualisation studios and images must be available to view online. Alan Davidson pioneered the art of architectural visualisation and Hayes Davidson, which he set up in 1989, was the first studio dedicated to producing computer-generated imagery for architectural studios. From the outset Hayes Davidson’s imagery changed […]
The Foundation is delighted to be sponsoring two of The Big Draw’s awards in 2020
The Alan Davidson Foundation is delighted to be sponsoring two of The Big Draw’s awards in 2020. As a visualiser, Alan always had a pen in his hand, a black PaperMate Fineliner to be precise. As well as being a 3D artist, Alan drew by hand constantly, on everything he could find. He would talk […]
