practices, and they are reappointed annually, allowing a continual renewal of the exploration of architectural graphics and polemical formalism. Independent status The school sits outside the state-funded university system and UCAS application system. As an independent school, the AA does not participate in university rankings. The AA enrolls a higher proportion of students from overseas compared to other architecture schools in the UK. Bookshop and publications The AA Bookshop has a wide collection of architectural literature and is used as a platform for AA's own publications. AA Publications has a long tradition of publishing architects, artists and theorists early in their careers, as well as occasionally publishing figures who have already gained notoriety in other fields of expertise, such as Salman Rushdie. AA Publications produces the journal, AA Files, and the AA Book, known as the Projects Review, which annually documents the work undertaken by members of the school from Foundation to Graduate programmes. AA publications are designed and edited by the AA Print Studio, originally established in 1971 as part of the Communications Unit directed by Dennis Crompton of Archigram. The school had its own independent radio station. Gallery Notable alumni Will Alsop (Stirling Prize, 2000) Stanley Amis (1924–2021) Ron Arad Herbert Baker Geoffrey Bawa Elisabeth Benjamin Ben van Berkel Susanne Bier Christopher Bowerbank Margaret Justin Blanco White Peter Blundell Jones Habib Fida Ali (architect) 1935-2017 (Sitara-i-Imtiaz, 2017) Neave Brown (RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2018) Elizabeth Chesterton David Chipperfield (Stirling Prize, 2007) Nigel Coates Sir Peter Cook Edward Cullinan Minnette De Silva Carmen Dillon Jeremy Dixon Sir Philip Dowson Jane Drew Frank Duffy Robin Evans Kathryn Findlay Mark Fisher Kenneth Frampton John Frazer Tony Fretton Stephen Gardiner Marco Goldschmied Frei Otto Ruth Gollancz Hansjörg Göritz (Kunstpreis Berlin Baukunst, 1996; American Academy in Rome Affiliated Fellow, 2013) Piers Gough Johnny Grey Sir Nicholas Grimshaw Dame Zaha Hadid (Pritzker Prize, 2004; Stirling Prize, 2010, 2011) Timothy Han Thomas Hardy Frank Harmon Gillian Harrison Ranulph Glanville Fergus Henderson Michael Ulrich Hensel Manuel Herz Steven Holl Michael Hopkins Patty Hopkins Bill Howell (1922-1974) Gillian Howell (1927–2000) Dorothy Hughes Maxwell Hutchinson Louisa Hutton A. R. Hye Mazharul Islam Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Edward Jones Robert Furneaux Jordan Gerhard Kallmann Shiu-Kay Kan Ram Karmi (Israel Prize, 2002) Ada Karmi-Melamede (Israel Prize, 2007) Rem Koolhaas (Pritzker Prize, 2000) Nicholas Williams Denys Lasdun Judith Ledeboer Steffen Lehmann Amanda Levete C.J. Lim Edward Prentice Mawson Ann MacEwen Sally Mackereth