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 $250 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Refunds will not be issued for entries that are disqualified, withdrawn, incomplete, or late.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, March 20, 2024
Submission Deadline: Friday, May 17, 2024 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 2024 AIA Colorado Honor Award—you deserve the credit.
Submittals are due by Friday, May 19. 2023, 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
- Twenty-Five Year Award
- Firm of the Year (Use alternate form)
- Young Firm of the Year (Use alternate form)
- Impact Award
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 2024 AIA Colorado Honor Award—you deserve the credit.
Submittals are due by Friday, May 17. 2023, 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.
Call For Housing Committee Volunteers
AIA Colorado seeks member volunteers to serve on a new committee that embodies the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
Committees like this are organized under four overarching themes of Policy Impact, Practice Advancement, Career Leadership and Community Outreach to move the profession forward. We encourage candidates from a variety of perspectives and backgrounds including career stage, firm size, practice type, location, and personal demographics. Volunteering with AIA Colorado is a great way to use leadership skills, meet like-minded colleagues, expand your network, and shape the profession.
As you consider involvement, note that many committee meetings take place via video conference, allowing geographical participation from across the state.
AIA Colorado Housing Imperative:
- (WHY) Housing: The AIA Colorado Housing Committee recognizes Colorado faces an unprecedented complex housing crisis compounded by population growth and a shortage of housing units, while embracing a vision of Colorado as an equitable, livable, and sustainable state for all its citizens.
- (WHAT) Equitable Housing: The committee seeks improvements to equitable housing: Including affordable housing, housing supply, thoughtful increase to density, impediments to housing development, repositioning existing housing stock, and regulatory processes that may impact.
- (HOW) Advocacy: AIA Colorado advocates for housing policies that create opportunities in all communities and for all types of people. Utilize tools such as advocacy and consensus building, to promote the objective of equitable housing solutions for the state of Colorado.
- (WHEN) Action: The architecture profession can’t sit on the sidelines. Now is the time to act. The committee seeks to lay the groundwork so our association can lead and be responsive to equitable housing solutions.
- (WHO) Are you an AIA member who cares about these values and is passionate to provide solutions? Do you have a unique perspective or experience in practice with these matters? Please, join this new committee!
GOALS for 2024:
- Form a full committee.
- Establish realistic results for 2024. Build objectives for 2025 and beyond.
- Discuss where decision making should take place on important housing issues and their implications.
- Build a consensus on aspects of equitable housing most relevant to the architecture profession and where we can make the biggest difference.
- Identify meaningful relationships with other organizations that have objectives aligning with our imperative.
Selections are made at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors. Assignments are made based on the stated preference and qualifications of each applicant along with team composition, capacity, and competence needs. We will endeavor to find a place for everyone but cannot guarantee appointments for all applicants.
To apply, complete the form below by 11:59 MST on Sunday, April 14th. Thank you for your interest in serving!