Emerge recently announced a UK-wide competition to celebrate emerging talent and promote creative diversity in the creative industries, categories include; Art, Architecture, Film, Design.
Saira Hussain has been announced as 1/3 judges in the Architecture category along with Will Alsop OBE (Stirling prize winner) and Hazel Brown, partner at Hawkins/Brown.
Other judges include: Crag Hassall – Chief Exec – The Royal Albert Hall
Rosa Bertoli – Design Editor – Wallpaper Magazine
Brigitte Stepputtis – Head of Couture – Vivienne Westwood
Mark Adams – Artistic Director – Edinburgh Film Festival
Jacob Stolworthy – Digital Culture Writer – The Independent
Zealous set up Emerge in response to the changing nature of the UK’s relationship with Europe. The aim of the competition is to safeguard the creative industries, and promote new generations of diverse creative talent from all backgrounds across the UK.
Saira Hussain, a Huddersfield University Architecture graduate is the founder of female led architectural and planning consultancy – Hussain Architectural Design, set up in Burnley in 2011, HAD now have offices throughout the UK, including Blackburn, Manchester and London. HAD have been nominated for and won over 30 awards in the last 7 years, Saira recently participated in recording for a short film about her life and work with Breakthrough Media.
Speaking about Emerge she said: “I am extremely proud to judge along people like Will Alsop, I’ve grown up following his work and progress in Architecture, I also look forward to mentoring entrepreneurs and young architects of the future, it is a completely new and exciting experience, one I’ll enjoy for sure.”
The winners from each category will be announced at a central London venue, each category will be judged by 3 top industry judges.
