Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest: 2011 Winners
Check out the 2011 winners, runner-ups, and a few of the most creative entries from the annual Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Winner, Registered Architect - Zeljko Toncic, AIA, Archiect, Rizvi Architects, Boston, MA
Napkin Sketch Title: Antonio Gaudi's Casa Milà
The prize for the best-in-show cocktail napkin sketch by a professional goes to Zeljko Toncic for his drawing of Antonio Gaudi’s Casa Milà, in Barcelona. The jury found it to be quirkily evocative of the 1910 landmark. Toncic, who has practiced for 33 years, says he has sketched the building before but this was the first time he dealt with the difficult medium of the cocktail napkin. “The paper is so soft and absorbs ink readily that maintaining control is tricky,” he notes. “I was trying to capture the essence of the structure without going into extreme detail.”
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Winner, Non-Registered Architect - Amanda D. Prosser, M. Arch Graduate, 2010, Kansas State University, Topeka, KS
Napkin Sketch Title: Notre Dame du Haut
The winning cocktail napkin sketch by a nonprofessional was drawn by Amanda Prosser, who received her M.Arch. from Kansas State University. With jobs in architecture so scarce, she currently works for a life insurance firm. The jury found Prosser’s sketch of Notre Dame du Haut, Le Corbusier’s famous chapel at Ronchamp, France (1954), to exhibit a startling economy and elegance of line. When Prosser visited Ronchamp as a student, she drew the building in a sketchbook with her eyes closed. “Back in Topeka, I decided to see if I could do it on a cocktail napkin with an extra-fine black ballpoint pen,” she says. “I did it again without opening my eyes.”
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Runner-Up, Registered - Gregory L. Klosowski, Architect, Ellipis, A+D, Alameda, CA
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Runner-Up, Registered - Hirotaka Hayakawa, Architect, Cooper, Robertson & Partners, New York, NY
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Runner-Up, Registered - Tony Costello, Architect, Costello + Associates, Muncie, IN
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Runner-Up, Non-Registered - Brodie Stephens, General Counsel, Perkins + Will, San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Runner-Up, Non-Registered - Kyle Reis, Planner, Cooper Carry, Atlanta, GA
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Hors de Concur - Scott Grove, Creative Director, Smith + Associates, Rochester, NY
Contestants were asked to submit sketches on a 5-inch-square cocktail napkin, a stipulation that many blithely ignored. But Record’s jury stuck by the rules—with one exception: a tiny, delicate model of a church by Scott Grove (an artist) in which the cocktail napkin was made to act like balsa wood. Record created an “hors de concour” (out of the running) award. We couldn’t resist it.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Off Beat - Carol Hsiung, Architect, FWFOWLE Architects, New York, NY
Madcap entries from this year's contest included a series of plays-on-words, portraits, and new conceptualizations of notable monuments. A series of highlights from those submissions follows.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Off Beat - John E. Quinton, Jr., Vice President, BRR Architecture, Merriam, KS
Madcap entries from this year's contest included a series of plays-on-words, portraits, and new conceptualizations of notable monuments. A series of highlights from those submissions follows.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Off Beat - Vlad Zadneprianski, Project Manager, TPG Architecture, New York, NY
Madcap entries from this year's contest included a series of plays-on-words, portraits, and new conceptualizations of notable monuments. A series of highlights from those submissions follows.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - Christine Williams, Student, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - Christine Williams, Student, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - Philip M. Donovan, Architect, VMDO Architects, Charlottesville, VA
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - John David Wagner, Student, Virginia Tech, Charlotte, NC
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - Tanya Davis, Designer, Fennell Design, Rapid City, SD
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - Robert V. Bunda, Director of Architecture, Walgreens, Inc., Deerfield, IL
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - Damon Dusterhoft, Architect, LPA Inc., Orange, CA
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.
Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2011
Ronchamp - Carol Hsiung, Architect, FWFOWLE Architects, New York, NY
We received a number of sketches of Le Corbusier's acclaimed Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France (1954). Here is a selection of those napkins, all of which shed new light on this classic Modern landmark.