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Six Awards, Two Emerging Designers and a Shared Vision for the Future. Six awards between Day Johnson and Claudia Luca is a remarkable achievement. For Day and Claudia, the recognition they received at this year’s degree show for the MArch at Liverpool John Moores University, while feeling ‘surreal’, represents more than a successful final project. It reflects years of curiosity, hard work and a growing confidence in the kind of designers they want to become. Both have recently joined Austin-Smith:Lord full-time after balancing their studies with roles in the practice. Both are fascinated by the way design can improve people’s lives. And both are already exploring many of the questions that will shape the future of the built environment. For Day, those questions revolve around civic life, culture and the importance of spaces that bring people together. ‘I like third spaces, and there seems to be a lack of those. Places for people to actually do things that you don’t necessarily have to pay for, that enrich their lives.’ For Claudia, the focus is accessibility, inclusion and ensuring that buildings work for the widest possible range of people. ‘I’ve always been interested in how architecture shapes a person and how it shapes their thinking around a building.’ Those interests were reflected in the projects that earned recognition at the degree show, but they also mirror many of the values that underpin the work we do every day. Read Day and Claudia's interview with Marina Hauer on our blog: https://lnkd.in/eVzwXMZX #AustinSmithLord #Architecture #Awards