THEME: PLOT
Whatever the narrative, architecture can’t help but engage with plot. This is an open call for designers with a story to tell.
Every building has its lore, and plots are known to thicken. Which dramas are shaping architecture’s arc today? The truth may be stranger than fiction. Despite the best-laid plans, design so often deals in circumstance. That is, while architects may endeavor to write their own stories, projects always present twists.
The 2025 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers competition asks entrants to interrogate Plot and map out the throughlines that shape their work.
How is architecture informed by considerations of plot, whether as land, drawing, or scheme? We invite young designers to chronicle that which bookends their practices and to demonstrate plot’s persistent role as main character.
TEMA: TRAMA
Cualquiera sea la narrativa, la arquitectura no puede evitar involucrarse con la trama. Esta es una convocatoria abierta para diseñadores con una historia que contar.
Cada edificio tiene su propia historia, y las tramas tienden a complicarse. ¿Qué dramas forman el arco de la arquitectura hoy en día? A veces la realidad es más extraña que la ficción. A pesar de los planes más cuidadosamente elaborados, el diseño a menudo se enfrenta a circunstancias imprevistas. Es decir, mientras los arquitectos pueden esforzarse por escribir sus propias historias, los proyectos siempre presentan giros inesperados.
El concurso del Premio de la Liga Arquitectónica 2025 para Jóvenes Arquitectos + Diseñadores invita a los participantes a interrogar la trama y a mapear las líneas que dan forma a su trabajo.
¿Cómo se informa la arquitectura a partir de consideraciones de trama, ya sea como terreno, dibujo o esquema? Invitamos a los jóvenes diseñadores a documentar lo que enmarca sus prácticas y a demostrar el papel persistente de la trama como personaje principal.
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Established in 1981 to recognize visionary work by young practitioners, the Architectural League Prize is a biennial competition, lecture series, and exhibition organized by The Architectural League and its Young Architects + Designers Committee.
The theme was developed by the 2025 Young Architects + Designers Committee, which included recent League Prize winners Rayshad Dorsey, Liz Gálvez, and Miles Gertler.
The jury included the committee in addition to Behnaz Assadi, Mario Gooden, Jia Yi Gu, and William O’Brien Jr.
Winners will create installations of their work onsite in a location of their choice or in an entirely digital format, all of which will be presented in an online exhibition on archleague.org opening June 10.
Online Lecture Series
The lecture series will be held on Wednesdays starting June 11 on Zoom. Each lecture will consist of an introduction, lectures by two winning firms, and a moderated Q&A.
Lectures begin at 12:30 p.m. ET. Admission is free and advance registration via Zoom is required.
6/11/2025
Laura Salazar, Pablo Sequero, and Juan Medina of salazarsequeromedina
Mahsa Malek and Alex Yueyan Li of 11 x 17
Moderated by Miles Gertler
6/18/2025
Deborah Garcia of DEBORA.STUDIO
Karina Caballero and Camila Ulloa Vásquez of Otros Entregables
Moderated by Rayshad Dorsey
6/25/2025
Juan Manuel Balsa, Rocio Crosetto Brizzio, and Leandro Piazzi of BALSA CROSETTO PIAZZI
David Costanza
Moderated by Liz Gálvez
Graphic identity by Pentagram.
Support
The Architectural League Prize is made possible by JUDLOWE, Tischler und Sohn, and Delta Millworks.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Support is also provided by the Next Generation Fund, which supports the League’s investment in early-career architects and designers and provides unified support for the League Prize, Emerging Voices, and the League’s Student and Mentorship Programs, and by the J. Clawson Mills Fund of The Architectural League. League Prize public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
