Following extended consideration of the four entries nominated by CAA Member Institutes from India, Nigeria (Interstate Architects), South Africa (omm design workshop) and UK the jury agreed unanimously to award the Robert Matthew Award to Balkrishna Doshi from Amadabad, India concluding that “From the early years at the heart of international modernist thinking, Doshi’s intellectual growth has been such that he has moved towards a “mystical” understanding of the many influences that have shaped the rich vernacular of India to create a new architecture rooted in the past, which is contemporary. His is an outstanding contribution to the development of architecture in the region.” The Robert Matthew Award is to recognise innovative contributions to the development of architecture, especially in the Commonwealth context, by an architect or architectural practice being members of one of the members institutes of the Commonwealth Association of Architects having particular relevance to the country or region in which the architect or architectural office operates. The Jury also made a special mention to Terry Farrell and Partners, UK “for the major contribution they have made, particularly within the contemporary language of architecture in the United Kingdom, but also abroad”. The jury comprised Anna Kwong Secretary Hong Kong Institute of Architects; Linda Moore, Secretary Barbados Institute of Architect; Ralph Mills-Tettey, Registrar Architects Registration Board of Ghana and Gordon Moller, President New Zealand Institute of Architects (who chaired the jury).