Spinagu juries League Prize 2025: Plot

Established in 1981 to recognize visionary work by young practitioners, the Architectural League Prize is a biennial competition, lecture series, and exhibition. The 2025 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers competition asks entrants to interrogate Plot and map out the throughlines that shape their work. Every building has its lore, and plots are known to thicken. Which dramas are shaping architecture’s arc today? The truth may be stranger than fiction. Despite the best-laid plans, design so often deals in circumstance. That is, while architects may endeavor to write their own stories, projects always present twists. How is architecture informed by considerations of plot, whether as land, drawing, or scheme? The jury included the 2025 Young Architects + Designers Committee Rayshad Dorsey, Liz Gálvez, and Miles Gertler in addition to Behnaz Assadi, Mario Gooden, Jia Yi Gu, and William O’Brien Jr.