lux nova, MoMa ps1
queens, new york city
easton+combs


with its third biennial new york portfolio competition, the new practices committee of the AIA
(american institute of architects) new york chapter recognized seven promising and innovative
new architecture firms. the 2010 winners were: easton+combs, which earned the highest honor;
archipelagos ; leong leong ; manifold ; softlab; so-il ; and tacklebox .

the young firms will be featured in an exhibition and programming at the center for architecture, nyc
throughout the summer and fall, and will be featured in 2011 in an exhibition in são paolo.

in order to qualify for the competition, the practices had to be founded since 2004, and be located
within the five boroughs. this is the first year that the new practices competition has been open to
firms without a registered architect, widening the field of entrants to architectural designers
and young professionals in the process of becoming licensed architects.



wedding chapel, model, milled MDF
SO-IL



academy of performing arts
sarajevo, bosnia
archipelagos



chromaesthesiae, site specific installation at devotion gallery
brooklyn, ny
softlab



phillip lim seoul flagship
seoul, south korea
leong leong



hirshkron/camacho apartment
new york, ny
manifold



saipua, soap and flower shop
red hook, brooklyn, ny
tacklebox


exhibition on view
july 15, 2010 – october 23, 2010
center for architecture,
536 la guardia place, new york city