AM and NAI Honor Work by Young Architects

AM and NAI Honor Work by Young Architects
As in 2002 and 2004, the this year's AM NAI Prize is to be awarded for the best building by a young architect.

The Prize is an initiative of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) and the chief sponsor of the prize, AM, a real estate development company specializing in residential estates, town centers, office complexes, business parks, and shopping centers.

The prize money consists of an award of EUR 1,000 for a nomination and EUR 10,000 for the winning design.

The NAI and AM intend the AM NAI Prize to highlight the unique position and quality of young architects in the Netherlands.

The working climate in the Netherlands differs from that in other countries in that young architects have good opportunities to realize designs at an early stage in their career.

The AM NAI Prize has, since it was established in 2000-2001, resulted in ample publicity and attention for the participating studios.

The AM NAI Prize 2004 was won by NL architects with the basketBAR project in Utrecht.

The 2002 Prize went to MVRDV for the Haageneiland project, on Ypenburg, The Hague.

To be eligible for entry for the AM NAI Prize 2006, the project concerned must have been completed in 2004 or 2005.

The architect may be up to 40 years old in the year of project completion; for entries by groups of architects,