2024 AIA PASADENA FOOTHILL DESIGN AWARDS

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ELIGIBILITY

1. All AIA members in good standing may submit projects for consideration. Submitting member must have been in a lead position or had a lead responsibility on the project. Submissions are open to AIA members only.

A. AIA Pasadena & Foothill Chapter members may submit projects within or outside the Chapter service area.

B. AIA members from other chapters, in good standing, may submit projects only within the AIAPF Chapter service area. (CLICK FOR MAP).

2. All students may submit projects for consideration. Membership not required.

AWARD ENTRY CATEGORIES

BUILT

Institutional

• Educational, Healthcare, Civic, Transportation, Cultural

Commercial

Renovation

• Historic Renovation, Adaptive Reuse, Renovation

Interiors

• Projects dealing with interiors only including build-out or rehabilitation.

Small Projects

• Projects under 2,500 sf in size.

Residential

• Single Family Residences (Remodels, Additions & ADU’s), Condominiums /Apartments / Multi- Family, Senior & Affordable Housing Units

UNBUILT

Unbuilt Student

Note: PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD. More details coming soon.

AWARDS

Awards in the above categories may receive a citation, merit or honor award as follows:

"Citation Award" - Award level is given for architectural places of beauty which add to community significance.  Unbuilt projects are only eligible for this award.

"Merit Award" - Award level is given to projects that transcend their function, creating places of beauty which benefit society.

"Honor Award" - Award level is given to projects that are exemplary works of architecture.

The jury panel is not required to issue an award for every category and will do so based on their assessment and judgement of all entries.

ENTRY FEE

	AIAPF	Non-AIAPF
Early bird (10/1 to 10/15)	$180	$400
Regular (16/19 to 11/15)	$250	$425
Late (11/16 to 11/30)	$325	$450
STUDENTS/AXP Candidates	FREE	FREE

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY

1. Download the templates and submit them in the submission portal.

• Link to ENTRY Templates: MS PowerPoint or Adobe InDesign
• Link to submission portal
• Link to student submission portal 
• Link to Common App (optional).  Completion of the Common Application is encouraged but *optional* as the AIA Pasadena & Foothill Chapter transitions to making this a mandatory part of the submission process in future years.

2. Complete project team, project data & contact information online when you pay and submit your final PDF entry.

3. Project Presentation Requirements:

• Your submission must be submitted in PDF format only.  A template has been supplied in both In-Design and PowerPoint to facilitate ease of layout.  Please output as a PDF for submission.
• Your final PDF file must not exceed 8 pages total. Only the first 8 pages will be judged.  Maximum 10MB pdf file size.
• This is an anonymous awards submission, and any reference to firms and/or team members associated with the submitted project pdf in word or image on the PDF submission will result in disqualification.
• We request details on consultants associated with the submitted project in an Excel spreadsheet. Consultants may be contacted for sponsorship opportunities. The project owner/client will not be contacted by AIAPF.
• Identifying the name of the project and/or client on the PDF submission is permitted.

4. Three (3) project images

a. 300dpi/jpg format, which may be used during the Awards Gala (images are not included in the 10MB maximum of project presentation).

Note for AXP Candidates:

AXP candidates can receive credit hours for design competition entries.  Candidates should fill out the Design Competition Verification form.  This form is to certify that the AIAPF Design Awards program meets the requirements of completing the design competition for AXP credit as defined in the AXP Guidelines.

For more information on AXP Experience reporting, visit NCARB’s AXP Guidelines. 

KEY DATES

CALL FOR ENTRIES

EARLY BIRD	Oct 1st to Oct 15th ‘24
STANDARD	Oct 16th to Nov 15th ‘24
LATE	Nov 16th to Nov 30th ‘24
JUDGING	December 2024
AWARD NOTIFICATIONS	??? 2024
DESIGN AWARDS GALA	To Be Announced for late January - early February 2025

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Questions regarding the submission process should be directed via email, with “AIAPF Design Awards” in the subject line, to: designawards@aiapf.org