The Anne Rieselbach Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers
1981–present
Formerly known as the League Prize and Young Architects Forum
The Anne Rieselbach Architectural League Prize is a biennial competition, lecture series, and exhibition organized by The Architectural League and its Young Architects and Designers Committee.
Open to designers ten years or less out of school, the competition draws entries from around North America. The winners’ lectures and installations provide a lively public forum for the discussion of their work and ideas.
Winners are chosen through a portfolio competition juried by distinguished architects, artists, and critics, including the Young Architects and Designers Committee. This committee, whose rotating membership consists of past League Prize honorees, is also responsible for selecting the year’s theme and jurors.
In 2026, as Anne Rieselbach concluded her four-decade tenure as the League’s program and membership director, the competition was named in her honor, recognizing her dedication to helping shape the careers and voices of generations of architects and designers.
The Architectural League of New York is grateful to the fundraising committee chair Mary Margaret Jones, to committee members Julie Eizenberg, Elise Jaffe, Carlos Jimenez, Paul Lewis, Grant Marani, Enrique Norten, Nat Oppenheimer, Liz Ranieri, Bryony Roberts, Susie Rodriguez, Calvin Tsao, and Billie Tsien, and to those whose support made the Anne Rieselbach Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers possible. Read the full list of supporters.
