Architectural League Announced 2011 Emerging Voices

Eight leading firms have been selected to receive the Architectural League’s prestigious annual Emerging Voices award, which spotlights individuals and firms with a distinct design “voice” that has the potential to influence the discipline of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. They will speak in a series of lectures in March 2011.

Since 1982, the juried series has featured architects and designers from throughout North America who have a significant body of realized work that not only represents the best of its kind, but also creatively addresses larger issues of architecture, landscape, and the built environment. In addition to presenting lectures, this year’s Emerging Voices will be featured in podcast interviews and lecture excerpts on the League’s website as well as additional content that highlights their work and design approach. Emerging Voices is generously supported by Maharam and the Next Generation Fund of the Architectural League.

This year's Emerging Voices (and lecture dates) are:

Wednesday, March 9

• Lola Sheppard & Mason White, Lateral Office, Toronto
• Tobias Armborst, Dan D’Oca, & Georgeen Theodore, Interboro Partners, Brooklyn

Wednesday, March 16

• Roberto de Leon, Jr. & M. Ross Primmer, de leon & primmer architecture workshop, Louisville
• Claire Weisz, Mark Yoes, & Layng Pew, WXY architecture + urban design, New York City

Wednesday, March 23

• Karel Klein & David Ruy, Ruy Klein, New York City
• B. Alex Miller & Jeff Taylor, Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design, Brooklyn and Pittsfield, MA

Wednesday, March 30

• Benjamin Ball & Gaston Nogues, Ball-Nogues Studio, Los Angeles
• Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Los Angeles

All lectures will be held at the New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York City at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are required for admission to the lectures. For more information on the lectures and tickets, visit www.archleague.org.