The Architectural League and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center are proud to present ReSource, an exhibition of the winning entries of the 29th annual Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers (formerly known as the Young Architects Forum).  The Architectural League Prize is an annual competition and series of lectures and exhibitions organized by the Architectural League and its Young Architects and Designers Committee. The prize was established to recognize specific work of high quality and encourage exchange of ideas among young designers who might otherwise not have a forum.

This year’s competition theme, “ReSource,” created the basis for entrants to compose their portfolios and for the committee to critically evaluate their work. The committee posited that 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.  Suggesting that recent global events, such as financial and environmental crises, demand rethinking of resources within the architectural profession, the committee asked entrants to pause and reflect, to take measure of outdated paths to salvage what remains valid and relevant while simultaneously reinventing the discipline’s resources within an uncertain future context.

The 2010 winners are

Emily Abruzzo and Gerald Bodziak, ABRUZZO BODZIAK ARCHITECTS, Brooklyn
Jason Austin and Aleksandr Mergold, Austin+Mergold, Philadelphia and Ithaca
Michael Loverich and Antonio Torres, Bittertang, Brooklyn and Guadalajara
Eric Schuldenfrei and Marisa Yiu, ESKYIU, New York and Hong Kong
Marc Frohn and Mario Rojas Toledo, FAR frohn&rojas, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Santiago
Keith VanDerSys, PEG office of landscape + architecture, Philadelphia

Two lectures are scheduled for June 22 and June 29. Click here for more information.

The Architectural League Prize is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.  The program is also supported by the LEF Foundation and by Dornbracht, Ibex Construction, Susan Grant Lewin Associates, and Tischler und Sohn.