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President’s Medals 2017

Winners of this year’s Silver, Bronze and Dissertation awards look at subjects as intricate and pressing as tools and mark-making, London’s housing crisis and the bleak dwellings of 19th century slateworkers. The Research Award goes to a study of Japanese ‘ultra modernism’. Click on the images to see the full story

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