Once nominated teams submit their portfolios for review, the jury selects five finalists. In recent years, YAP winners have included CODA / Caroline O'Donnell (2013), The Living / David Benjamin (2014), Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation (2015), Escobedo Soliz Studio (2016), and Jenny E. Sabin (2017).
The finalists who will advance in the competition are:
LeCavalier R+D: Jesse LeCavalier
FreelandBuck: David Freeland and Brennan Buck
OFICINAA: Silvia Benedito+Axel Häusler
BairBalliet: Kelly Bair and Kristy Balliet
Jennifer Newsom & Tom Carruthers
Each finalist will submit preliminary proposals, and the winner is expected to be announced in early 2018.
This year's judging panel includes: Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art; Klaus Biesenbach, Director of MoMA PS1; Peter Reed, Senior Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs; Martino Stierli, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design; Barry Bergdoll, Curator of Architecture and Design; Sean Anderson, Associate Curator of Architecture and Design; Jeannette Plaut and Marcelo Sarovic, Directors, CONSTRUCTO (Santiago, Chile); and Pippo Ciorra, Senior Curator, MAXXI Architettura (Rome, Italy).
