DESIGN AWARDS

THE DESIGN AWARDS

PURPOSE

The 2024 Architecture program celebrates the best contemporary architecture regardless of budget, size, style or type. These projects show the range of outstanding work architects create and highlight the many ways buildings and spaces can improve our lives.

In 2019, the AIA adopted the Framework for Design Excellence as the set of guidelines and requirements to assess project performance. Climate action requires a holistic approach addressing the interdependence among people, buildings, infrastructure and the environment. The Framework for Design Excellence provides the elements that support this vision during project evaluation. While projects submitted do not need to address all the measures included in the framework, they do need to highlight how they perform in this context and highlight relevant narratives and metrics when applicable

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible entries must be authored by a member or associate member of AlA Triangle. Entries can have any location, but the design must have been executed in an AlA Triangle member office. An entrant may enter more than one submission. Eligibility includes the following:

BUILT

Projects must have been constructed on or after January 1, 2019

UNBUILT / COMMISSIONED

Projects include ones not yet completed but scheduled to be under construction in 2024. These entries must have been commissioned for compensation by clients with the means and intention to execute the proposed design. Unbuilt/Commissioned projects are eligible to receive Merit Awards only.

Note: Projects that have received recognition in previous AIA Triangle Design Awards programs are not eligible. However, award-winning unbuilt projects may be re-submitted as built/completed projects.

AWARDS CRITERIA

All entries will be judged on the basis of their architectural design excellence. The AIA Triangle Design Awards program promotes excellence in design regardless of project type. Jurors will be asked to consider important issues/challenges particular to each project type. However, all entries will be judged collectively.

The jury will decide the number of awards to be given and will confer two levels of award:

• Honor
• Merit

Certificates for all award-winning entries will be presented at the awards reception. It is important to have a representative from the winning firm present to accept the award.

Note: Award winners will NOT be notified prior to Awards Reception. Winners will receive three certificates: one for the architect, one for the owner and one for the contractor. Additional certificates will be available at the expense of the award recipient.

EXHIBITION / PUBLICITY

The AIA Triangle Design Awards Committee intends to publish the entries receiving awards. All entries will be posted on the AIA Triangle website under Design Awards. All entries will be exhibited at the Design Awards Reception.

Drawings and photographs shall not be restricted against publication. It is the entrant’s responsibility to clear all drawings and photographs for release by the AIA Triangle Design Awards Committee which will assume no responsibility for copyrights or photographic fees. The photographs for each award-winning entry will be used for unrestricted newspaper, magazine, and website publicity. Credit must be given to the photographer by the entrant.