How come these drawings (Finalist: Manuel Alcala, AIAS, WOODBURY UNIVERSITY) aren't on listed on the KRob website?

too bad Nathan Freise didn't submit this year.

Chris,

All winners and finalists can be found on the KRobarch.com website under the "winners" tab. You can also find them by clicking the "best of show" image on the homepage. Manuel Alcala's image is there.

It turns out that Nathan's brother, Adam, did submit an entry this year. It was stunning in my opinion, but the jurors thought otherwise. Having overseen the competition during the last 3 years, I cannot overstate the fact that each group of jurors is different, and it is impossible to predict the outcome of their deliberations.

As usual, you can expect next year's KRob deadline to take place around late October followed by the announcement of the winners in early November.

Julien Meyrat, AIA
Ken Roberts Committee Chair
http://www.krobarch.com

Julien,

In my opinion, the fact that the competition isn't so predictable makes it far more interesting. I realize that I was part of a jury that awarded Nathan Freise for the 2nd time, but this year's jury illustrates (pun intended) that each group of jurors will arrive at different sets of values, and ultimately a different set of winning delineations. In any case, a great group of finalists/winners this year! Looking forward to the future of KRob!

Aaron

Aaron and Julien,
Is there any argument against displaying a larger range of submittals including even those that were not finalists? In my opinion the KRob represents a benchmark every year as to where we are in the profession of architectural visualization. Perhaps Adam Freise's rendering was just something that the jury had seen before and were more intrigued by fresh ideas.

I think it would be great if all the submissions were displayed and there was a "peoples choice award". There is something to be learned from every illustration and hopefully one day the results culminate into a publication or show.