2024-12-03T13:40:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149965761/upping-the-ante-the-high-and-low-culture-of-architecture-competitions Nicholas Korody 2016-08-31T12:05:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hi/hisp26p3vruflby2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Entering an architecture competition is basically a form of speculative investment. Time is money, and competitions tend to require a lot of both. Models, renders, and prints&mdash;not to mention wages&mdash;can deplete the coffer quickly, especially for a young practice. A studio will invest their time and money in an entry in the hope that, at a later date, it will generate a return: a commission or some recognition. Unfortunately, competitions tend to be risky investments.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/148201876/interview-with-escobedo-sol-z-studio-winners-of-moma-ps1-s-2016-young-architects-program Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-02-16T09:09:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/uf/uftxuglwr50hwp8b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Beating out other finalists First Office, Ultramodern, COBALT OFFICE and Frida Escobedo to win this year&rsquo;s Young Architects Program, the Mexico City-based Escobedo Sol&iacute;z Studio&rsquo;s <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/147120123/escobedo-sol-z-studio-is-the-winner-of-moma-ps1-s-2016-young-architects-program" target="_blank">&ldquo;Weaving the Courtyard&rdquo;</a> proposal is simple and relatively hands-off. With three previous built projects to their name (a pretty impressive count for a firm whose two partners are both still under thirty years old), what kind of practice is Escobedo Sol&iacute;z becoming?</p>