Honor & Design Awards Program
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The AIA Tampa Bay Honor and Design Awards are an annual program that honors the top projects, people and firms in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry in Tampa Bay. For more information on entries, due dates, and guidelines, please continue reading below.
All recipients of the 2024 Honor and Design Awards will be recognized at this year's Celebrate Design at the stunning Coliseum in St. Petersburg on Thursday, November 7th. Tickets available soon!
2024 SCHEDULE:
July, 2023 - Call for entries released, registration open
September 6th, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. - Deadline for online design awards registration (fees due)
Friday, October 4th at 5:00 p.m. - Deadline for receipt of honor award entries (nominations)
Friday, October 4th at 5:00 p.m. - Deadline for receipt of design award (electronic entries uploaded to Cognito)
October 14th, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. - Deadline for receipt of Garcia submission packages
November 7th, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. - Celebrate Design at The Coliseum St. Petersburg
Click for the 2024 Honor and Design Awards Book
Click for submission and board criteria, entry checklist
Click for 2024 Honor & Design Award logo
Click for Garcia Awards Entry Criteria Form
HONOR AWARDS
All members and friends have the opportunity to nominate Architects, Associates, Allied Members, Contractor's as well as other deserving members of the A/E/C community for the awards below. You must submit a written nomination and supporting materials as appropriate.
Firm Award
Levison Award (even years)
Pullara Award (odd years)
Medal of Honor
Award of Excellence
Artisan Award
Contractor’s Award
Allied Award
Kelley Emerging Professionals
GARCIA AWARD
The annual award is offered to registered architects 40 years of age or younger. The Garcia Award promotes design excellence through recognition of young architects with talent, passion, and dedication; qualities for which Eduardo Garcia was known.
All completed submission packages shall be received no later than
Monday, October 14th @ 5:00 p.m.
Email digital submission packages to Dawn@aiatampabay.com
See above for the entry package and criteria
DESIGN AWARDS
The Design Awards Program recognizes excellence in design by the architectural profession and is presented by AIA Tampa Bay, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. These Awards are intended to promote public consciousness of the built environment through distinguished works of architecture.
The submittals are open to built or unbuilt architectural projects of all types andsizesand can be submitted by individuals or firms either residing in or whose submitted project is located in the chapter’s seven-county region. All designs must have been produced within the past five years.
The awards are juried by a panel including a non-competing, award-winning, out-of-area architect who has not served as design awards juror for at least the past 10 years. Multiple Honor and Merit Awards may be awarded in each category as entries are solely and individually weighted on their value of design excellence. However, only one project will be awarded the top award – the H. Dean Rowe, FAIA Award for Design Excellence.
H. DEAN ROWE, FAIA AWARD FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE
This award of honor recognizes built projects by licensed individuals or firms It has been established in honor of the late H. Dean Rowe, FAIA, and recognizes work by AIA members that represents the highest level of design excellence awarded by AIA Tampa Bay.
CATEGORIES:
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Entry Fees: AIA Member - $250.00*
Non – Member - $400.00*
AIA Tampa Bay’s Design Awards program is putting an emphasis on Sustainability.Successful sustainable projects will not only be beautiful but will also capture the Framework’s vision toward a zero-carbon, equitable, resilient, and healthy built environment.The chapter may award one project per type for the Sustainability Award based on the AIA Framework for Design Excellence and the embodiment of AIA Tampa Bay’s position to embrace resilience as a key design feature.
In addition to submitting the requirements outlined in the typical Submission and Board Criteria, each project shall describe, in 200 words or less, how the project meets Sustainable/Framework in a meaningful way for each of the following criteria.
- Energy
- Water
- Structure
- Light
- Indoor Air Quality
- Resilience
The projects shall be judged by three members of another component’s Committee on the Environment and the prior year’s non-competing award winner(s).
To enter your project for the Sustainability Award, you will still need to complete all of the typical forms as anyDesign Award entry, in addition to a Sustainability Narrative.Those entering projects in the Sustainability Category will receive a special PowerPoint where you will submit your Sustainability Narrative.
STUDENT CATEGORY - Includes Ticket
This award recognizes unbuilt or competition projects by college students attending a school of architecture program within our chapter territory or whose permanent residence is within our area.
Entry Fee: $35.00 *
ASSOCIATE / INTERN CATEGORY
This award recognizes built or unbuilt projects by any unlicensed individual who has received an architectural degree within the past 10 years. If a project entry is built, an architect or firm must attest that the intern acted as the lead or primary designer for the project entered.
Entry Fees: AIA Member- $75.00*, Non-member - $150.00*
ARCHITECT CATEGORIES
Entry Fees: AIA Member - $250.00*
Non – Member - $400.00*
*All entry fees are non-refundable
NEW WORK
Includes all ground-up built project types (commercial, institutional, residential)
UN-BUILT
Includes unbuilt projects (commercial, institutional, residential)
RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS
Includes built renovations, adaptive reuse or additions to an existing building, clearly demonstrating the before and after
SMALL PROJECTS
Includes distinctive details and projects under 1,000 SF.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Includes built preservation, or renovations of structures of historic importance clearly demonstrating the before and after
URBAN DESIGN CATEGORY
Includes transportation, parks,andrecreation, or city and community planning projects.
REGISTRATION:
Registration and fees are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 6th. Online registration is available at link provided above.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Entries for the awards program are via PowerPoint presentation which will be presented to the jury. In addition, all entrants are required to produce and submit a 24” x 36” project board which will be used for display at Celebrate Design and for public outreach. The delivery location for board is 1208 North Howard Avenue Tampa FL 33607. All materials, instructions and form links, including a PowerPoint template, will be sent upon registration for the awards program.
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