Young Architect of the Year Award 2009 : Architecture

The Architecture Foundation presents Young Architect of the Year 2009 The Architecture Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be hosting an exhibition of the Young Architect of the Year Award (YAYA) shortlist, organised annually by Building Design magazine. YAYA 2009 Recognising emerging British and Irish practices, the exhibition will take place 2 October - 23 October in the AF's new project space, itself designed by the YAYA 2007 winner, Carmody Groarke. This will be the first public event at the space, with a further programme of innovative, critical and experimental exhibitions, installations and events, curated by The Architecture Foundation, to be announced shortly. Sarah Ichioka, Director of The Architecture Foundation, will be joining the jury of internationally renowned architects and critics. She says: "YAYA, with Building Design's backing, is an important platform to showcase the UK and Ireland's most promising new architects, something that The Architecture Foundation has held as a core aim for the past twenty years. In 2009 this priority is more important than ever, given the downturn in the industry. The award, and the exhibition in the AF's new Project Space, will allow us to evaluate the key merits, including innovation and resourcefulness, that these emerging practitioners exemplify." The winner will be presented at a dinner for more than 800 clients and architects on 5 November 2009. Previous winners have included Hackett Hall McKnight (2008), Carmody Groarke (2007), Nord Architecture (2006), Lynch Architects (2005), Querkraft (2004), De Paor Architects (2003), Plasma Studio (2002), Oman & Videcnik (2001), Andrew Wright (2000), Camenzind Grafensteiner (1999), Niall McLaughlin (1998). Joining Sarah Ichioka on the jury will be Charles Saumarez Smith, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts, London; Moritz Küng, Chief Curator, de Singel Arts Centre, Antwerp; Ivan Harbour, Director of Rogers Stirk Harbour Architects; Crispin Kelly, Director of Baylight Properties, London; and Simon Conder, Principle, Simon Conder Assoicates, London and Suffolk. The YAYA exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 23 October, Monday to Friday, 10am - 6pm. The exhibition is closed Saturday and Sunday. Venue: The Architecture Foundation, Ground Floor East, 136-148 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TU Previously: Young Architect of the Year Awards : 2008 Winners YAYA 2008 Winner Hackett Hall McKnight Young Architect of the Year Award Shortlist AOC Feix & Merlin Architects Hackett Hall McKnight Kraus Schoenberg McChesney Architects Serie Architects