EMERGING ARCHITECTURE

摘要

Now in their seventh successive year, the AR Awards for Emerging Architecture continue to consolidate their position as the world's leading awards programme for younger architects. Conceived partly as a gentle riposte to the often overhyped gongs and prizes doled out to those who have already bagged a place on the world stage, the AR Awards recognise design talent in a generation at the beginning of their careers, still lurking shyly in the wings, as it were, rather than basking in fame's glaring spotlight. We hope that this programme will help many more of them to move centre stage. As in previous years, we were immensely heartened by both the quantity, quality and geographical diversity of the entries. In all there were 463 entries from 52 countries, from Chile to China, Slovenia to South Africa. Countries new to the awards programme this year included Costa Rica, Bermuda and the Reunion Islands. We are grateful to Buro Happold for their continuing loyalty and generosity, which makes possible not only the awards programme, but also supports an associated exhibition and lecture series at the RIBA. Such activities are vital in helping to broaden and enrich the debate begun in these pages. The exhibition opens on 7 December and full details of the lecture series will be published in the January issue.