AIA New Hampshire is committed to excellence in architecture and looks forward to celebrating outstanding works of architecture through its annual Design Awards Program. The purpose of the program is to recognize achievements in design in New Hampshire and to honor the project teams and the clients who work with them to create and enhance our built environment. Projects should exemplify the value of good design in creating livable communities and safe, valuable, and sustainable buildings, neighborhoods, towns, and cities.
DATES + DEADLINES
May 22 Early Bird Registration Ends. After this date, registration fees will increase.
June 19, 11:59PM Submissions deadline. All registrations and submissions must be completed by this date.
Sept 24 Awards Celebration, Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, NH
REGISTRATION FEES
Early Bird Registration: $150 per project
Students and Emerging Professionals in Unbuilt Project Category: free
After Early Bird
First project entry: $235 Additional project entries: $185
Small Firms (under 5 practitioners): $210 Additional Small Firm entries: $185
All projects must be registered to be eligible. All fees are non-refundable and must be paid online via credit card. Registrations and submissions are received via Submittable only.
CRITERIA
The sole judging criterion is design excellence. The jury is empowered to determine the extent to which design excellence is informed by aesthetic, technical, functional, contextual, sustainable, social or other characteristics largely informed by the AIA Framework for Design Excellence. The jury may elect to honor projects by building type or other categories or may choose to make no such distinction. The jurors’ decisions will be based solely on the materials submitted.
GENERAL ELIGIBILITY FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS
This program recognizes and honors excellence in architectural design by registered, licensed architects who are members of AIANH.
It recognizes Emerging Professionals who are employed at a NH firm. Emerging Professionals (EP's) are professionals who have completed their academic studies up to the point of licensure or up to 10 years after completion of their academic studies. Emerging professionals do not need to be members but must be working in a New Hampshire firm.
It recognizes work by students with either a permanent residence in NH or who are attending school in NH.
Firms domiciled in NH may submit projects anywhere in the world.
Firms domiciled outside NH may only submit projects located in NH. One principal from this firm must be a Component Allied Member of AIANH. Fees for this membership can be paid during project registration process. More details on benefits of Component Allied Membership.