AIA 2010 new practice competition winners

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