The League congratulates D’Arcy Jones Architects on 2024 Prix de Rome in Architecture – Professional
VANCOUVER: The West Coast Modern League congratulates Vancouver-based D’Arcy Jones Architects on receiving the 2024 Prix de Rome in Architecture – Professional awarded by the Canadian Council for the Arts.
Per the award description, “D’Arcy Jones is the principal of D’Arcy Jones Architects (DJA), a Vancouver practice recognized for design excellence. DJA’s responses to contemporary conditions have earned awards and publications nationally and internationally. Their work focuses on arts, residential and commercial projects. Previous practice honours include an Architectural Institute of British Columbia Emerging Firm Award, a Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Emerging Architectural Practice Award and the Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement from the Canada Council for the Arts.
By reconsidering historic construction methods and rethinking contemporary attitudes to wood, the firm’s proposed study will advance Canadian architecture by analyzing wood construction through fresh eyes.” – Canada Council for the Arts
Prix de Rome in Architecture
The Prix de Rome in Architecture – Professional is awarded to a young practitioner of architecture or an architectural firm that has completed their first built works and has demonstrated exceptional artistic potential. With this prize, the recipient may travel abroad to develop their skills and their creative practice, and to strengthen their position in the international architecture world.
Inspired by the Prix de Rome in architecture, which was created in the 18th century and helped young architects train in Italy, the Prix de Rome in Architecture – Professional was established in Canada in 1987 in pursuit of a more outward-looking vision towards the world.
