{"id":6611,"date":"2026-06-10T09:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:03:25","slug":"b-15-modelmaking-awards-2026-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=6611","title":{"rendered":"B.15 Modelmaking Awards 2026 &#8211; Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday June 5th we were joined by Omar Gandhi Architects to judge this years B.15 Modelmaking Awards. The shortlisted projects were whittled down from a longlist of 70 to 20. These projecgts were viewed and graded in person before a round table discussion to decide the winners. In addition to the 4 equal prizes, 4 &#8216;wildcard&#8217; awards were given to projects based on in-person assesment alone.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6611 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=6622'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1152-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=6621'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1156-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=6624'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1224-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=6625'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dc6c69be-c631-48ca-95dc-4294091cb158-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>All the work submitted was of a great quality and both Omar Gandi and Patrick Handrigan were very complimentary of everyone. Congratulations to all who took part and thank you for your great work throughout this academic year. Good luck and keep making!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Winners\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Luke Ferguson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Maream Merza<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tianyu Zheng<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finley Hartless<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wildcard selections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Marwa Al-Saqqar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Neel Naregal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Natasha Webb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tong Li<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/B15MMA2026-LONGLIST_compressed.pdf\">Check out the full longlist of submissions here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: 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