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World Architecture Day 2024 theme encourages young architects to drive forward-thinking, sustainable urban development

2024-08-03T11:00:00-04:00

The International Union of Architects this week revealed the theme for this year’s World Architecture Day. Held annually on the first Monday of October since its creation in 1985, the day occurs parallel to the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, aligning the architecture community’s efforts with global urban development goals.

This year’s World Habitat Day theme is “Engaging youth to create a better urban future,” which closely relates to the World Architecture Day 2024 theme, “Empowering the Next Generation in Participatory Urban Design.” Through this theme, the UIA says it hopes to encourage young architects to contribute fresh perspectives towards sustainable urban development. Key areas of focus include energy efficiency, waste management, the use of sustainable materials, and the promotion of sustainable mobility.

As stated in a UIA press announcement, World Architecture Day 2024 will be celebrated by showcasing successful youth-led projects that have transformed communities an...

AIA announces $10,000 in contributions to the ACE Mentor Program

2023-05-02T15:57:00-04:00

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced a new $10,000 donation to the ACE Mentor Program in the interest of supporting its mission to provide valuable afterschool opportunities to aspiring architects in 37 states.

The AIA shares that more than 4,000 professionals participate in the program, which impacts more than 10,000 students nationally. The program was first launched in New York in 1994 and serves a student body that is comprised of approximately 70% people of color.

The program has been greatly expanded since then, joining with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) in 2021 in a strategic partnership that helped to further expand its offerings to students.

“The work that ACE is doing in high schools across the country aligns with our mission to provide not just inspiration, but equitable access to our field,” ACE’s C...

RIBA sparks outcry from activists by tightening election voting rules for new members

2022-05-12T11:48:00-04:00

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has changed its election rules for the 2022 Presidential election, meaning those who joined the institute after April 23rd are not able to vote. The move, first reported by the Architects' Journal this week, has sparked outrage from a grassroots campaign to elect an architectural worker to the role, who describe the move as an exclusionary tactic.

In the previous RIBA Presidential election, held in 2020, the election rules stated that “the electorate shall comprise the current Members of the RIBA in all categories (save for Honorary Fellows).”

This therefore allowed RIBA chartered members (qualified architects), RIBA associate members (with a Masters qualification in the UK or EU), RIBA affiliate members (with an Undergraduate qualification in the UK), and RIBA student members (currently studying at university), to all cast a vote.

'Architectural worker' Muyiwa Oki chosen to challenge for RIBA presidency

2022-05-06T14:59:00-04:00

Oki, a qualified architect at global construction company Mace, has been chosen by an informal collective of early-career architects, students and architectural activists keen to shake-up the institute and move it beyond ‘empty slogans and self-serving initiatives’.

The campaigning collective behind Muyiwa Oki’s nomination includes grassroots organization Future Architects Front (FAF), past and current RIBA Council members, and RIBA’s Future Architects members.

As previously reported by Archinect, the group announced in March its intentions to put forth a “drama-free RIBA president who enacts positive, ethical and progressive change” as well as someone who would better address issues such as employment rights and climate change. This, the collective believes, would come from an early-career architectural worker who is likely to be more active and connected to these concerns.

Previously on Archinect: A group of UK architects is pushing for youth movement at the top of RIBA’s leadership

Oki, who obtained his Bachelor and Master of Architecture from The University of Sheffield, with previous experience at Grimshaw, will challenge for the position left by current president Simon Allford when his term ends in 2023.

However, he still needs to acqui...

A group of UK architects is pushing for youth movement at the top of RIBA’s leadership

2022-03-24T15:11:00-04:00

Petitioners in the UK are bidding to have an early-career architectural worker elected as the next RIBA president as a change of direction for the 188-year-old organization which they charge as “losing touch with architects, students, and the next generation of talent.”

In an open letter obtained by AJ, the group of signatories, led by Future Architects Network founder Simeon Shtebunaev, the architecture union UVW-SAW, and the Future Architects’ Front, which has been a vocal critic of RIBA’s inability to tackle the industry’s “culture of exploitation” since its inception last year.

“As student loans increase and the length of architecture courses stay the same, people are asking if the unethical working conditions merit the payoff,” RIBA’s VP for students and associates Maryam Al-Irhayim, who is also a co-signer of the letter, told the publication. “There is a lack of job security, too, as seen in the pandemic where most young people were first to be let go.”

Related on Archinect: A...

The Beyer Blinder Belle Foundation provides a $30k grant to support Howard University architecture students

2021-05-04T19:15:00-04:00

The Beyer Blinder Belle Foundation is a non-profit organization that has provided fellowships, grants, and other funding opportunities to support young architects entering the profession, graduate research, and "socially-conscious design and planning that directly benefits communities." Launched in 2017, the Foundation is tied to the New York-based architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle. In April, the Foundation announced its first annual scholarship program dedicated to Howard University's Department of Architecture students.

The Foundation awarded a $30,000 grant to Howard University in order to support the academic pursuits and professional development of its architecture students. According to the Foundation, the funding provided is intended to "increase professional mobility, the program also includes a paid summer internship at Beyer Blinder Belle for one scholarship recipient."

(L-R) 2021 Scholarship recipients Dean Bailey, Khadija Callender, and Jemima Pierre. Image courtesy ...

Here is the 2021 class of AIA Young Architects Award winners

2021-03-10T16:42:00-05:00

The American Institute of Architects has recognized 20 emerging practitioners with its annual Young Architects Award. The program honors early-career individuals for outstanding leadership and significant contributions to the architecture profession.

The 2021 award recipients are:

Mark Bacon, AIA | BVH Architecture
Jack Becker, AIA | bld.us
Katelyn Chapin, AIA | Svigals + Partners
Patricia Culley, AIA | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Michael Alan Davis, AIA | Sanders Pace Architecture
Jeffrey Guggenheim, AIA | Guggenheim Architecture and Design Studio
Adam Harding, AIA | Roth Sheppard Architects, LLP
Myer Harrell, AIA | Weber Thompson
Cody Henderson, AIA | FSA, LLC
Desmond Johnson, AIA | NELSON Worldwide
Dagmara Larsen, AIA | MSR Design
Amanda Loper, AIA | David Baker Architects
Adrienne Cali Magners, AIA | Bruner/Cott Architects
Danielle McDonough, AIA | CambridgeSeven
Jonathan Moody, AIA | Moody Nolan, Inc.
Jennifer Park, AIA | Brininstool+Lynch
Matthew Thornton, AIA | Dake Wells architecture
Danielle Ti...

Are architecture firms ready for Gen Z?

2019-08-22T09:38:00-04:00

There's no denying it, the workforce is changing and after the impact Millennials made over the years a new demographic cohort is quickly replacing this group. Generation Z or "Gen Z" as many have grown to call them are a generation who have been surrounded by technology since birth.

With high levels of digital literacy their ability to adapt to this every evolving technological world is exciting. The young people of today are filled with ideas and collaborative efforts that will create distinct societal shifts. However, can their work ethic stack up to the demands of the architecture profession? Perhaps their levels of digital and emotional aptitude can help the profession exceed past its aging nuances?

Gen Z, with their technical savvy and tendency toward collaboration and individual expression, may be the best fit yet for the profession"

In a recent article written by Michele Russo for AIA Architect, she highlights this new group's impact in the workplace. Russo elaborates their ...

Thom Mayne Young Architects Program is extended for third semester

2018-02-14T18:53:00-05:00

Morphosis has announced the educational initiative led by the firm’s Pritzker Prize-winning founder, Thom Mayne Young Architects, has been extended through the remainder of the 2017-2018 academic year in partnership with Hall Elementary School in Bridgeport, CT.

Students in the Thom Mayne Young Architects Program. Image: Google.

This program enables 6th grade students who participated last semester to continue developing their design skills in this 12-week course. The after-school classes are led by Pratt Institute architecture students, and task the students with creating a beautification proposal for their classroom. Each student received a new Pixelbook laptop donated by Google with state-of-the-art design software to develop their design skills.

An architecture model produced by a student in the Thom Mayne Young Architects Program. Image: Morphosis.

Students will demonstrate their grasp of architectural concepts and their mastery of design software in mid-term and final presenta...

You get a home! And you get a home! We all get homes.

2017-11-12T01:45:00-05:00

A big obstacle to attracting new recruits is the stigma around working in the public sector. There remains a widely-held stereotype that planning departments are the realm of dusty, tweed-jacketed types, nested in their booths for the last half century. Williams says that when he started at Croydon, a colleague pitied him, assuming he had ended up there because he couldn’t get a job in an architecture practice.

With the explosion of STARCHITECTS collecting major commission after major commission in the same manner children collect toys, a young office in London, Public Practice, has found a niche all to their own — one who's historical stigma only expanded Public Practice's potential and possibilities.

Finn Williams and Pooja Agrawal opened Public Practice as a means to bring a new generation of architects, planners, and local government together with the aim of shaping the public realm effectively, creatively and collaboratively.

“I realized important decisions were happening much further upstream, in the realms of policy, way before an architect would even get involved.” Fin Williams

Finn Williams and Pooja Agrawal. Photograph: Eleanor Bentall/Greater London Authority

MoMA releases new videos of Jenny Sabin's Lumen installation, the winner of 2017 Young Architects Program

2017-06-27T13:34:00-04:00

Jenny Sabin's Lumen installation, made up of over a thousand digitally knitted photo luminescent cells that change color in the presence of sunlight, is raised over MoMA's PS1 courtyard and will open today, on June 27. In the recently published videos, the architect explains the development of the 500-pound solar-active canopy and demonstrates its construction and installation process.

Can architecture behave like an organism? | LUMEN (360 VR Video) Part 1 of 4 | AT THE MUSEUM

Digitally knitting a solar-active canopy | LUMEN Part 2 of 4 | AT THE MUSEUM

Raising a solar-active canopy at MoMA PS1 | LUMEN Part 3 of 4 | AT THE MUSEUM

"By night, Lumen is knitted light, bathing visitors in a responsive glow of photo-luminescence; by day, Lumen offers succor from the summer heat, immersing participants in delicious ground clouds of cooling mist. Lumen is a socially and environmentally responsive structure that adapts to the densities of bodies, heat, and sunlight. A lightweight knitted ...

One of these crafty pavilions will win the 2017 CHART ARCHITECTURE competition

2017-04-27T17:59:00-04:00

The competition's 2017 “The Living City” theme revolves around promoting public awareness of sustainable urbanization. Participants had to propose a sustainably designed pavilion for the Chart Art Fair's gastronomy partners and SPACE10 that considers upcycling and reusing materials, multifunctionality, and innovative fabrication methods. Most recently, five teams were announced as the finalists.

Here's a glimpse of the proposals:

“Algae Dome” by Aleksander Wadas, Rafal Wroblewski, and Anna Stempniewicz

“Paper Pavilion” by Kazumasa Takada, Yuriko Yagi and Yohei Tomioka

“Stick Box” by Miki Morita, Suguru Kobayashi and Keita Shishijima

“Sunday Temple” by Mia Frykholm and Astrid Gabrielsson

“Adapt” by Harry Clover, Jack Cripps, Sebastian Gatz and Fabrian Puller

All renderings © CHART ART FAIR.

Learn more about each project on Bustler.

25-year-old architect wins WWI Centennial Memorial competition in D.C.

2016-01-26T18:28:00-05:00

As the cityscape of Washington D.C. continues to evolve, another project is in the works at the National World War One Memorial at Pershing Park. Today, the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission announced that 25-year-old architect Joseph Weishaar of Brininstool+Lynch and New York veteran sculptor Sabin Howard won the Centennial Memorial design competition with their proposal, "The Weight of Sacrifice". Not a bad start for Weishaar's professional career, no?

Here's a glimpse of the winning proposal:

More about the project on Bustler.

2015 Phyllis Lambert grantees Pelletier de Fontenay to expand on winning Insectarium Montreal proposal

2015-12-15T18:34:00-05:00

The annual Phyllis Lambert Grant puts the Montreal design scene in the spotlight. Established in 2007 by the City and named in tribute to Montreal native architect Phyllis Lambert, the grant recognizes a locally based designer or firm — who has no more than 10 years of practice — for producing outstanding designs and research that show potential for longterm benefits for the city. For 2015, Pelletier de Fontenay won the $10,000 grant for their project "Architectures de la nature captive". Hubert Pelletier and Yves de Fontenay received the prize during a recent ceremony at City Hall, with Phyllis Lambert in attendance.

"Architectures de la nature captive" is a spin-off from their winning proposal with Kuehn Malvezzi for the upcoming Insectarium Montreal, and reflects the practice's ongoing investigation of the relationship between the built and natural environments. They'll use the grant for a trip to Germany to study topics related to the architecture of nature museums.

Pelletier de ...

Get a glimpse of the EyeTime 2015 winners' photos

2015-12-09T15:26:00-05:00

Morpholio held another successful EyeTime photography competition! The popular contest for designers was established by photographers, professors and students to highlight the ongoing research and investigation brewing within today's emerging design talent.

Young professionals and students submitted their work to the guest jury (which included Archinect and Bustler founder Paul Petrunia). The public also had the opportunity to participate in picking the winning entries.

Take a gander at some of this year's winners:

↑ EMERGING TALENT - JURY WINNER: Jiawei Zhou - "Invisible City"

↑ EMERGING TALENT - JURY WINNER: Turjoy Chowdhury - "Nepal Quake Aftermath"

↑ EMERGING TALENT - JURY WINNER: Vanessa Vettorello - "Bollywood Talkies"

↑ EMERGING TALENT - PUBLIC WINNER: Yew Kiat Soh - "First Class"

↑ FUTURE VOICES - JURY WINNER: Md Shahnewaz Khan - "Fallen Stars"

↑ JESSICA LUM AWARD WINNER: Emese Benko - "#opentheborders"

↑ SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Luca Laghetti - "Sometimes you need to be brave"

See more of the winners on Bustler.

Joshua Prince-Ramus of REX wins $100K 2015 Marcus Prize

2015-09-25T20:15:00-04:00

Widely hailed in the architects-under-50 bracket, REX founding principal and president Joshua Prince-Ramus will receive the sixth Marcus Prize, as announced today by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP). The prize is awarded to architects who have demonstrated at least 10 years of exceptional practice and show a "strong trajectory to greatness", as SARUP describes.

In addition to the $100,000 cash prize, Prince-Ramus will make scheduled visits to SARUP and participate in public lectures and and workshops during the spring 2016 semester. He'll also be leading a graduate design studio at the school alongside Adjunct Associate Professor, Matt Jarosz. There isn't much detail about the studio at the moment, but it will deal with specific architectural challenges with the intent to bring about long-term benefits to Milwaukee’s urban fabric.

From top to bottom: Necklace Residence; Seattle Central Library; AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and ...

How an "egalitarian incubator" music venue hopes to revive Brooklyn's art scene

2015-07-28T16:56:00-04:00

Music venue National Sawdust, formerly OMW workshop, slated to open this fall, hopes to revive, even temporarily, the thrill of ‘90s and early 2000’s Williamsburg, a time when anything felt possible and artistic collaboration ruled supreme. The [13,000 sq.foot] space will offer a rare outlet for musicians of lesser appreciated art forms, from opera to experimental jazz, the opportunity to study, practice, perform, and receive mentorship through an in-venue, non-profit program.

Fresh faces for new spaces. Non-profit arts group National Sawdust collaborated with architect Peter Zuspan — founding principal (and classically trained opera singer) of local emerging practice Bureau V — in designing the group's upcoming music performance space. While Brooklyn has become a commodified brand in recent years, National Sawdust and Bureau V hope the new venue will mix things up a bit by "[combining] the historic European concert hall model with the late bare-bones blackbox [theater] model".

Check out more of Bureau V's work on Archinect.

Win a copy of "Young Architects 16: Overlay" from the Architectural League Prize

2015-07-17T09:41:00-04:00

Since 1981, The Architectural League of New York has showcased the latest emerging design talent in the annual Architectural League Prize. Every year, the Architectural League selects three previous winners for the League Prize committee, who are tasked to develop the competition theme that engages certain aspects of architectural form and practice that are most relevant to their fellow young practitioners.

The 2014 edition took an intrinsic approach with the theme "Overlay", which had entrants contemplate how the interactive, incremental processes inform and direct their work. Participants examined their own creative processes and presented how their developed techniques are activated over time with additional layers of meaning as they further explore architectural concepts.

Earlier this month, the Architectural League published the winning entries from this competition in Young Architects 16: Overlay. The book highlights six American firms: Young & Ayata (Brooklyn), The LADG (Los An...

8,500 bottles of beer in the wall - father and son build office out of beer bottles

2015-07-16T13:17:00-04:00

The 300-square foot office, located in Chongqing city, consists of 40 layers of bottles that Li and his father laid out over four months.

Although full-scale installations in architecture are gaining ground as a method of successfully exploring and testing out spatial, material, and interstitial concepts (see the recent "Bigger Than a Breadbox" competition) Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology graduate Li Rongjun's beer bottle office seems less intellectually rigorous than a dare gone to its extreme.

Of course, getting inspired isn't about doing what's proven: it's about taking risks and sometimes falling flat on your face. According to Oddity Central, instead of going to the trouble of presenting his designs via rendering or plan, Li has apparently opted to simply build them. Li said “[The beer bottle office] will allow investors to see my products in real life and see my talent."

2015 Architectural League Prize "Authenticity" winners to lecture and exhibit next month

2015-05-14T16:00:00-04:00

The Architectural League of New York announced a new set of winners for the 2015 Architectural League Prize, considered to be one of North America's most prestigious awards for young practitioners. North America-based Architects and designers out of school 10 years or less are invited every year to submit the best of their portfolios pertaining to the competition's theme.

The 2014-15 Young Architects + Designers Committee — which comprises of previous League Prize winners Carrie Norman, John Rhett Russo, and Jenny Sabin — selected "Authenticity" as this year's competition theme. The theme sought submissions that explore how design, technology, and practice challenge authenticity within architecture, and how authenticity can be treated more as a pursuit that can continuously develop and influence a young designer's practice -- as opposed to a form of validation or as an essential quality.

Here are the 2015 winners and some of their works:

↓ Thom Moran, Ann Arbor, MI

↓ Erin Besler, Besler...

AIA announces 14 recipients for 2015 Young Architects Award

2015-01-27T19:22:00-05:00

The AIA announced the 14 recipients of the 2015 AIA Young Architects Award, which recognizes architects for their leadership and significant contributions to the profession early in their architectural career. In this case, young architects are defined as those who are licensed no more than 10 years, regardless of age.

Hailing from across the nation, the recipients were awarded for their various means of involvement in architecture, education, and their communities both locally and around the world.

Check out the list of winners:

(Cover image) José Alvarez, AIA

↓ Zachary R. Benedict, AIA

↓ Justin Crane, AIA

↓ Sarah W. Dirsa, AIA

↓ Andrew Dunlap, AIA

↓ James Henry, AIA

↓ Chris Hong, AIA

↓ James A. Meyer, AIA

↓ Ann Sobiech Munson, AIA

↓ Rebecca Talbert, AIA

↓ Derek C. Webb, AIA

↓ Elizabeth Whittaker, AIA

↓ Hafsa Burt, AIA

↓ Adrianne Steichen, AIA

The 2015 Young Architects Award Jury consisted of:

William J. Stanley, III, FAIA, Chair
Stanley Love-Stanley, PC - Atlanta
Lenore M. Lucey, FAIA, LML Consult...

Second registration period for 5th IS ARCH Awards ends January 19

2015-01-14T03:31:00-05:00

Just a reminder that the second registration period for the 5th edition IS ARCH Awards for Architecture Students ends January 19. Although there's still one more registration period, the fee will increase to €90 (approx. US$105).

The annual IS ARCH Awards provides for current architecture students -- and recent grads -- an international platform where they can contribute and debate on the projects and solutions derived from their university studies. The awards were created to provide a gateway to the professional and corporate world for young architects. The awards also encourages young architects to take part in healthy architectural debate and practice developing their own perspectives and opinions.

The competition is open to all architecture students and young architects that have graduated within the last 3 years prior to the date of submitting necessary documents.
Each participant or team of participants is allowed to submit as many projects as they like, regardless of typology...

Bjarke Ingels offers his architectural advice to young architects

2015-01-08T13:54:00-05:00

We live in the anthropogenic age, where humans don’t adapt to life, but life adapts to human needs, Ingels explains, which makes his advice to young architects designing tomorrow’s world simple and clear. The key for young architects is to acquire the tools and language to comprehend the human needs outside of the architectural bubble, and understand that they are here to accommodate - and not to be accommodated.

MoMA PS1 YAP 2015 finalists are announced

2014-11-13T13:55:00-05:00

Five finalists have been selected for the MoMA PS1 2015 Young Architects Program. The popular yearly program shines the spotlight on emerging architects and invites them to develop an innovative, temporary outdoor urban installation for the MoMA PS1 courtyard in Long Island City, New York for summer 2015.

Andres Jaque / Office for Political Innovation, Madrid/New York
brillhart architecture, Miami
Erin Besler, Los Angeles
The Bittertang Farm, New York
Studio Benjamin Dillenburger, Toront

Finalists will now begin to work on their proposals. Their designs must provide seating, shade, and water, and also follow guidelines that address environmental issues and sustainability. Only one project will be the winner.

Head over to Bustler for more.

The Architect of the Year Awards 2014 shortlist

2014-11-06T18:23:00-05:00

The 2014 shortlist for the Architect of the Year Awards is out. Established in the UK back in 2004 and organized by BD, the awards celebrate top-notch architectural works in 13 categories. This also includes the Young Architect of the Year Award that is open to young architects practicing in the European Union for 12 years or less. Category winners will be revealed during a fancy evening awards ceremony at The Brewery in London on December 2.

It's industrial chic galore with this year's batch. Here's a few of the shortlisted projects.

↓ Sports & Leisure Architect of the Year nominee: LA Architects

↓ Interiors Architect of the Year nominee: Spacelab

↓ Housing Architect of the Year nominee: Proctor and Matthews

↓ Refurbishment Architect of the Year nominee: Haworth Tompkins
Related: Haworth Tompkins’ Everyman Theatre wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2014

↓ Public Building Architect of the Year nominee: Ryder Architects

↓ Education Architect of the Year nominee: Design Engine

↓ Young Architect of the Year nominee: MXSI

You can find plenty more of the shortlisted projects over at Bustler.

IE SPACES FOR INNOVATION COMPETITION now open for applications

2014-07-24T13:41:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by IE School of Architecture & Design:

IE School of Architecture and Design announces IE SPACES FOR INNOVATION Prize for young architects and designers worldwide, seeking to attract top architecture and design talents to invite them to take part in the IE Master in Design for Work, Retail and Learning Environments starting next February 2015.

THE CHALLENGE:
We are able to undertake working, shopping and learning in a variety of settings and in new ways. Traditional typologies and spaces are changing, overlapping and becoming new models. Foresee the future of these new blurred spaces over the next decade and propose or comment on how you think our activities might evolve.

Submit your proposal in a story board presented electronically (A1 horizontal format- PDF or JPG; < 10megas).

The winning entries will be awarded a 30% scholarship towards the program tuition fees and a full-time paid professional internship in one of these three world class firms: UNStudio (A...

The mythologically inspired “Shinseon Play” wins the first Young Architects Program Seoul

2014-06-05T19:35:00-04:00

Jang Won Choi, Kyung Min Kwon, and Cheon Kang Park of collaborative team MOON JI BANG recently won the inaugural Young Architects Program Seoul in South Korea with their proposal, "Shinseon Play". The proposal draws inspiration from traditional Korean mythology with features like gently swaying "clouds", a trampoline, and a grassy meadow -- making it an ideal outdoor installation for the summer season.

Find out more on Bustler.

Winners of the 2014 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers

2014-04-24T19:21:00-04:00

The Architectural League of New York has announced the six winning young architects and designers of the 2014 "Overlay" Architectural League Prize. As one of North America's most prestigious awards for young practitioners, since 1981 the Prize recognizes provocative and exemplary work and provides a public outlet for the exchange of their ideas.

After The Architectural League and the Young Architects + Designers Committee hosted the portfolio competition, whose theme this year was "Overlay", six winners were invited to publicly present and showcase their work:

Kutan Ayata and Michael Young, Young & Ayata

Brooklyn Claus Benjamin Freyinger and Andrew Holder, The LADG, Los Angeles

Adam Fure, SIFT Studio, Ann Arbor

Thomas Kelley and Carrie Norman, Norman Kelley, Brooklyn and Chicago

Jenny E. Sabin, Jenny Sabin Studio, Philadelphia

Geoffrey von Oeyen, Geoffrey von Oeyen Design, Los Angeles

Find out more on Bustler.

Design, Bitches Shakes Up L.A. Architecture

2014-03-19T11:23:00-04:00

They submitted an entry for the "Architecture is" competition... The call for entries asked young architects to fill in the following sentence, "Architecture is ___." For Rudolph and Johnson, the answer to the question was a no-brainer. "Architecture is design, bitches." They earned an honorable mention, and although it was never intended as a name, Design, Bitches stuck. It has turned out to be a mission statement in two words.

Six winners for the 2014 New Practices New York competition

2014-01-31T15:28:00-05:00

The AIANY New Practices Committee officially announced the winners of the 2014 New Practices New York competition at the Center for Architecture in New York this week. The portfolio competition acknowledges young architecture and design firms and promotes their innovative work. Qualified firms had to be founded no earlier than 2004 and be based in New York City's five boroughs.

Out of 64 entries, the jury selected six winners:

Pictured project above: NAMELESS Architecture

Bittertang

dlandstudio architecture + landscape

Fake Industries Architectural Agonism

form-ula

PARA-Project

Find out more about each winner on Bustler.

Images courtesy of the 2014 New Practices New York competition.