The annual Architectural League Prize competition, is calling to young architects and designers for entries. Projects of all types, either theoretical or real and executed (in any medium) are welcome. This year’s theme is “ReSource.”
The jury will select work for presentation in public programs, an on-line installation, podcasts, and an exhibition in late spring 2010. Winners will receive a cash prize of $1,000, as well as an additional stipend for transportation determined at set levels based on the applicant’s proximity to New York. A catalogue of winning work will be published by the Architectural League and Princeton Architectural Press.
The Architectural League Prize is an annual competition, series of lectures, and exhibition organized by the Architectural League and its Young Architects + Designers committee. The Prize (formerly known as the Young Architects Forum) was established to recognize specific works of high quality and to encourage the exchange of ideas among young people who might otherwise not have a forum.
Architectural practice relies on resources: disciplinary resources, such as theory and technique; physical resources, such as materials and production technologies; and practical resources, such as coordination, planning, and financing.
However, recent global shifts—from the financial crisis to the environmental crisis—are demanding that architects and designers rethink their resources, producing new approaches, techniques, and even terminology within our discipline.
This call for entries asks: In what ways is our discipline proving itself resourceful in the face of these challenges? How have young practices redefined themselves, from new models of professional practice, to emergent theoretical approaches or techniques of construction? Are architects and designers by necessity becoming better at sourcing materials and techniques to meet both a heightened environmental consciousness—looking “beyond the green“—and the current economic sobriety? Or are they turning to models outside of the discipline for sources of inspiration, novelty, and change?
Winning entrants will be notified by mid-March 2010.
For more information, visit www.archleague.org.
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