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Engineering Sketches Prize 2021 is the eighth occasion the Prize has been run and the first to be judged and exhibited online.

The Prize encourages the greater use of hand-drawing techniques to communicate knowledge, design and ideas in engineering. It is an opportunity for the profession to get together to share examples and compare skills, rewarding the best examples of engineering drawing in a number of categories.

Concept Sketch - or group of sketches: an explanation of a design proposal for a project or a construction element. This is a sketch or combination of sketches which presents ideas, strategies and systems for a project which, at the time of the sketch, has not yet been built. In the past, entries have ranged from minimal engineering idea sketches, to multiple structural and environmental engineering proposals.

Process Sketch - showing how an idea is worked through to produce a conclusive construction brief. These sketches may be procedural sequences that tell the story of a design development. They may show construction sequencing.

The Detail Sketch - showing the explanation of a detailed engineering solution in the design office or on site.

Historical Studies - which record the engineering aspects of an existing building, object, system or mechanism.

Digital Sketching - for sketches in all the categories above but originating as a hand drawn sketch on a digital device or tablet.

Competition Judges for Engineering Sketches 2021:
Susan Mantle, Technical Director, Heyne Tillett Steel.
Laura Gaskell, Associate, Howarth Tompkins
Trevor Flynn, Drawing at Work
Andrew Scoones, The Engineering Club

The Engineering Sketches Prize is an initiative of The Engineering Club with support from Drawing at Work

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