Defining the term “emerging architect” can be a point of contention. The Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architect Prize allows architects to enter up to 15 years past their year of graduation. Of course, people take different paths through university, and by this definition Jørn Utzon would have been considered an emerging architect when he won the Sydney Opera House competition as a sprightly 38-year-old in 1957. An alternative definition was proposed by Sydney architect Neil Durbach in a reflection piece on
