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 and sizes and 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 architects who have not served as design awards jurors 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 built project will be awarded the top award – the H. Dean Rowe, FAIA Award for Design Excellence.
Categories
H. DEAN ROWE, FAIA AWARD FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE
This award of honor recognizes a built project by licensed individuals or firms. It is bestowed to one project annually, by AIA an member, that represents the highest level of design excellence. It is the top design honor awarded by AIA Tampa Bay. It was established in honor of the late H. Dean Rowe, FAIA.
HONOR AWARD / MERIT AWARD
Entries may be recognized by the jury in one of two levels. “Honor Award” are awarded to projects which demonstrate the highest standards of design and innovation through a commitment to excellence in architectural design, the higher of the two categories. And, “Merit Award” for projects which demonstrate a commitment to excellence in architectural design.
ARCHITECT DESIGN AWARDS
Entry Fees: AIA Member - $250.00*
Non – Member - $400.00*
*All entry fees are non-refundable
CATEROGIES:
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 and recreation, or city and community planning projects
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Entry Fees: AIA Member - $250.00*
Non – Member - $400.00*
*All entry fees are non-refundable
AIA Tampa Bay’s Design Awards program is putting an emphasis on Sustainability. Successful sustainable projects should strive for Design Excellence while capturing the Framework’s vision toward a zero-carbon, equitable, resilient, and healthy built environment. The chapter may award honor and merit awards 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.
For your submission in this category you will follow all requirements outlined in the typical Design Awards PowerPoint Submission and Board Criteria. In addition, you will also complete the Common App for your project, which measures your entry in the 10 principals of design excellence outlined in the Framework for Design Excellence. The jury will consider the relevance of each measure in relation to your specific project. Rest assured, a low score in some criteria will not impact your eligibility to earn an award if the criteria is not applicable to your project’s requirements or location.
The projects shall be judged by three members of another component’s Committee on the Environment.
STUDENT CATEGORY
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 (includes 1 ticket to Celebrate Design)
REGISTRATION:
Registration and fees are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22nd.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Entries are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 19th.
Design awards entries 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 an entry ID and PowerPoint template, will be sent upon registration for the awards program.
ASSOCIATE CATEGORY
This award recognizes built or un-built 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 Fee: $75.00
