The annual AIA Colorado Design Awards honor the outstanding work of AIA Colorado members and their firms, reinforce the value of great architecture, and highlight members’ contributions to communities.

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Eligibility and Deadlines:

The submission fee is $275 per entry.

Refunds will not be issued for entries that are disqualified, withdrawn, incomplete, or late. The submission deadline will be strictly observed; no exceptions will be made.

Online Submission Process Opens: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Submission Deadline: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

The annual AIA Colorado Awards Program honors the outstanding work of AIA Colorado members and their firms, reinforce the value of great architecture, and highlight members’ contributions to positive change.

Apply for a 2025 AIA Colorado Honor Award—you deserve the credit. 

Submittals are due by Friday, June 20, 2025, at 5pm.

Click here to access the full instructions.

Who is eligible?

The AIA Colorado Honor Awards are intended to honor architects contributing to positive change in our community. Positive change can be accomplished through the built environment in the form of excellent or responsible design, educating or training future architects, providing services as owner representatives or similar allied roles in public or private sectors.

For Architect of the Year and Young Architect of the Year Awards, nominees must be licensed architects in Colorado and members of AIA Colorado. Nominees do not have to be licensed architects to apply for or receive the Associate Architect of the Year Award, but they must be AIA Colorado members. Nominees for the President’s Award (more details below) do not need to be AIA Colorado members or licensed architects.

For team awards, eligible firms must have an office located in the state of Colorado and a principal, or principals, must be members of AIA Colorado.

To be eligible, firms or individuals must abide by the AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. AIA Colorado also encourages everyone in the profession to be familiar with the Guides for Equitable Practice. See required disclaimers at the end of the instruction  packet.

Nominations may be completed on behalf of an individual or firm that meet these requirements. Nominations for the President Award may not be completed by the individual themselves.

Honor Awards Jury

The Honor Awards Jury will be comprised of AIA Colorado Leaders.

Honor Award Categories
 

• Architect of the Year 
• Young Architect of the Year
• Associate AIA Member of the Year 
• President's Award (follow email instructions for submission)
• Citizen Architect Award (follow email instructions for submission)
• Educator of the Year (follow email instructions for submission)
• Twenty-Five Year Award
• Firm of the Year (use alternate Submittable form)
• Young Firm of the Year (use alternate Submittable form)
• Impact Award (follow email instructions for submission)

The annual AIA Colorado Awards Program honors the outstanding work of AIA Colorado members and their firms, reinforce the value of great architecture, and highlight members’ contributions to positive change.

Apply for a 2025 AIA Colorado Honor Award—you deserve the credit. 

Submittals are due by Friday, June 20, 2025, at 5pm.

Click here to access the full instructions.

Who is eligible?

The AIA Colorado Honor Awards are intended to honor architects contributing to positive change in our community. Positive change can be accomplished through the built environment in the form of excellent or responsible design, educating or training future architects, providing services as owner representatives or similar allied roles in public or private sectors.

For team awards, eligible firms must have an office located in the state of Colorado and a principal, or principals, must be members of AIA Colorado.

To be eligible, firms or individuals must abide by the AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. AIA Colorado also encourages everyone in the profession to be familiar with the Guides for Equitable Practice. See required disclaimers at the end of the instruction packet.

Nominations may be completed on behalf of an individual or firm that meet these requirements. Nominations for the President Award may not be completed by the individual themselves.

Honor Awards Jury

The Honor Awards Jury will be comprised of AIA Colorado Leaders.