The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the RAIC Foundation recently unveiled the sculpture that will accompany the inaugural $100,000 Moriyama RAIC International Prize.
The sculpture by Canadian designer Wei Yew, together with a cheque for CAD $100,000, will be presented to the winner of the Moriyama RAIC International Prize at a gala event at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto on October 11, 2014.
The prize will be awarded to an architect, team of architects, or architect-led collaboration from anywhere in the world for a single work of architecture that transforms society by furthering humanistic values of justice, respect, equality and inclusiveness.
The sculpture’s form derives from the two Japanese characters for Moriyama’s name, which means “forest-mountain” in Japanese. Yew was also inspired by the trees and mountains of the Canadian landscape and the shape of the letter “M” for Moriyama. After much refinement, the final piece is both architectural and sculptural, and redolent with visual metaphors.
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