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AIA Nebraska | AIA Central States Excellence in Design Awards
For over 60 years, the American Institute of Architects, Nebraska Chapter has celebrated outstanding architecture through the Excellence in Design program.
Call for Entries
The call for entries for the 2017 AIA Nebraska and AIA Central States Excellence in Design Program is now closed.
Deadlines
AIA Nebraska Excellence in Design
Regsitration Deadline: June 15, 2017
Submission Deadline: July 13, 2017
AIA Nebraska | AIA Central States Emerging Architects Excellence in Design
* Deadlines have been extended
Registration Deadline: July 13, 2017
Submission Deadline: August 3, 2017
AIA Central States *Deadlines have been extended
Registration Deadline: July 13, 2017
Submission Deadline: August 3, 2017
Entry Guidelines – AIA Nebraska
Eligibility Criteria
- Built projects must have been completed after January 1, 2010 for eligibility. Unbuilt projects must have been commissioned by January 1, 2010 for eligibility.
- Entries may include groups of buildings, individual buildings, renovations, or additions to existing buildings or building interiors.
- Persons submitting the entry must be a licensed AIA Nebraska member and have designed the entry or been a member of the project team.
- Entry may be in any geographical location.
- Previous project winners of the AIA Nebraska Excellence in Design program, excluding Unbuilt, Details, and Masonry categories and People's Choice will not be eligible.
- Projects receiving Citation or Honorable Mentions are not eligible for submission in the same winning category.
Categories
Excellence in Architecture: Encourage and recognize excellence in new buildings, restoration, and adaptive reuse.
Excellence in Interior Architecture: Encourage and recognize excellence in interior architecture.
Excellence in Unbuilt Design: Architectural design work that, to date remains unbuilt. Unbuilt architectural designs of any project type are eligible, including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client-sponsored projects, such as buildings, interiors, transportation infrastructure, and monuments.
Excellence in Architectural Detail: Encourage and recognize architectural detail or design concept in use of a particular material, detail or building technology, detail may stand alone or reinforce an overall building concept in an exceptional manner.
Excellence in Masonry: Bringing recognition to AIA Nebraska members based on the technical and creative use of masonry in meeting aesthetic and functional design challenges. Sponsored by the Nebraska Masonry Alliance.
Entry Guidelines – AIA Central States Region
Eligibility Criteria
- Built projects must have been completed after January 1, 2010 for eligibility. Unbuilt projects must have been commissioned by January 1, 2010 for eligibility.
- Entries may include groups of buildings, individual buildings, renovations, or additions to existing buildings or building interiors.
- Persons submitting the entry must have designed the entry or been a member of the project team.
- Entry may be in any geographical location.
- Previous project winners of the AIA Central States Excellence in Design program will not be eligible.
- Projects receiving Citation or Honorable Mentions are not eligible for submission in the same winning category.
Categories
Excellence in Architecture: Encourage and recognize excellence in new buildings, restoration, and adaptive reuse.
Excellence in Interior Architecture: Encourage and recognize excellence in interior architecture.
Excellence in Unbuilt Design: Architectural design work that, to date remains unbuilt. Unbuilt architectural designs of any project type are eligible, including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client-sponsored projects, such as buildings, interiors, transportation infrastructure, and monuments.
Excellence in Architectural Detail: Encourage and recognize architectural detail or design concept in use of a particular material, detail or building technology, detail may stand alone or reinforce an overall building concept in an exceptional manner.
Will accept submissions from firms outside the Central States region that were designed or built in the Central States Regions (Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska).
Entry Guidelines – Emerging Architects
Eligibility Criteria
- Entrants can be AIAS, Associate AIA, or AIA members from AIA Nebraska | AIA Central States Region under the age of 40 as of the end of 2016.
- Entrants may submit work done independently, as a student, employee, or educator.
- Group projects may be submitted, but only if every member of the group meets all of the eligibility requirements.
- If a project is submitted for the AIA Nebraska | AIA Central States Excellence in Design Awards it is not eligible for the Emerging Architects Excellence in Design Awards.
- Meant to recognize young designers, not companies. Entries that are submitted under company names will NOT be considered.
Categories
Unbuilt Design:
Architectural design work that, to date remains unbuilt. Unbuilt architectural designs of any project type are eligible, including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client – sponsored projects, such as buildings, interiors, transportation infrastructure, and monuments.
Architectural Detail:
Encourage and recognize architectural detail or design concept in use of a particular material, detail, or building technology. Detail may stand alone or reinforce an overall building concept in an exceptional manner.
All digital and physical submissions, including renderings and slideshows, must be the work of the designer(s) responsible for the project submitted. If a designer was responsible for only certain parts of the larger project, only the portions designed by the qualified entrant may be submitted.
Entry Materials
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Awards
Design Award winners will be presented at the Excellence in Design Gala |
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Excellence in Design Gala:
Thursday, October 5
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Gallery 1516
1516 Leavenworth | Omaha, NE 68102
AIA Nebraska winning entrants will not be notified in advance. AIA Central States winning entrants will be notified in advanced.
Winning entries will also be required to submit a 24 x 24 display board to AIA Nebraska by Monday, December 4, 2017.
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