The Design Awards Program
The AIA Maryland Design Awards competition occurs each year in July, with recognition of winning built and unbuilt projects at the Design Awards program in September.  AIA Maryland celebrates the design accomplishments of architects in Maryland with this annual event. The program is open to individual members and firms whose principals are members of AIA Maryland and honors designs in a variety of categories. The Design Awards program aims to encourage and recognize distinguished architectural achievement and focus public attention on the Architect's role in shaping the quality of life through design excellence.

2009 AIA Maryland Student Design Award Competition

2008 AIA MARYLAND DESIGN AWARDS

Design Awards 2009
The AIA Maryland Design Awards program recognizes excellence in architectural design by Maryland architects worldwide and for work in Maryland. The purpose of the awards program is to encourage and recognize distinguished architectural achievement and to honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to improve the built environment and for their role in shaping the quality of life through design excellence.  A panel of distinguished architects from AIA North Carolina will review project entries to determine the best in architecture in Maryland, or outstanding achievement in design by AIA Maryland member architects. Entrants should prepare their submission as a comprehensive chronicle of their design intentions and processes.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Important Dates:

July 8 – Entry Forms Due
July 22 – Boards Due by 5:30 pm
Jury Date – Monday, August 3 (Student Submissions)
Jury Date – Tuesday, August 4 (Firm Submissions)
September 9 – Design Awards Celebration

Eligibility

Participation is open to AIA Maryland members who are licensed in the state of Maryland for projects located anywhere in the world and to AIA members from other states who are licensed in Maryland for projects located in Maryland. There is no limit to the number of projects that may be entered by a firm and all materials included in project submissions must be cleared for public reproduction. Entries must be submitted by the Firm of Record, or the Architect of Record.

Eligible projects include:

• Projects designed by AIA Maryland members built anywhere in the world.  (Exception: Public Building of the Year project must be located in the State of Maryland.)
• Projects built in Maryland designed by AIA Members from other states who were licensed to practice in Maryland at the time of the project’s completion.
• Projects must have been completed after July 1, 2004 and not having previously received an award from AIA Maryland

Submissions:

July 8
Completed entry forms and entry fees are due in the AIA Maryland office

2009 Design Awards Submission Packet

Entry Forms only (with fill-in text boxes) in Microsoft Word format

Entry Forms only (print and complete) in Microsoft Word format

Entry Fees:

AIAMD Members: $125 for each project entry
Other AIA Members: $300 for each project entry **

(Entry fees are non-refundable, but may be deferred to a future program)

** Please note that as of September 2008, AIA Maryland no longer offers unassigned membership to assigned members of other AIA components. Therefore, if an AIA Maryland local chapter is not a participant’s assigned AIA chapter, then “Other AIA Members” fees apply.

Entry Fee Options

AIAMD Member $125.00 Other AIA Member $300.00


 

Board Templates:
Design board template (pdf)
Design board template (indt)
Design board template (eps)
AIA Eagle Emblem (eps) for use in designing your own board.
Design board samples (.zip file 5 MB)

July 22
Board submissions must be received by 5:30 p.m. at the AIA Maryland office, Nine State Circle, Suite 202, Annapolis.

*IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR MEMBERS SUBMITTING DUAL PROJECT(S) TO AIA BALTIMORE RESIDENTIAL AWARDS AND AIA MARYLAND DESIGN AWARDS:

Please follow these procedures for your dual submission(s):

• Mark the indicated space on the AIAMD Conditions of Submission form that your project is also being submitted to the AIABaltimore Residential Competition. Also note this somewhere on the AIAMD and Baltimore Entry Forms (there is no check off for it; please note it to the left of the project name).
   
• Submit all required AIAMD Submission Documents and CDs to the AIAMD office by the board submission deadline of July 22 – 5:30 pm. These may be mailed. In other words, send AIAMD all of the items required by the 7/22 due date EXCEPT the physical board.
   
• Submit all required Baltimore Residential Submission Forms and CDs (adhered to the back of the project board as instructed in the guidelines) to the AIA Baltimore office on its due date of July 23. AIA Baltimore will transfer all dually-submitted project boards to the AIAMD offices directly after the Baltimore Residential design judging is completed.

Jury

A panel of distinguished architects from AIA North Carolina will review project entries to determine the best in architecture in Maryland and outstanding achievement in design by AIAMD member architects. The criteria used by the jury include quality of design, resolution of the program idea, sustainable responsibility, innovation, and technique.  Entrants should prepare their submission as a comprehensive chronicle of their design intentions and processes.

Jury Members

Frank Harmon FAIA, Chair, Frank Harmon Architect PA
Phil Freelon FAIA, The Freelon Group
Matt Griffith AIA, Frank Harmon Architect PA
Ellen Weinstein AIA, Dixon Weinstein Friedlein
Robin Abrams AIA, ASLA, Director, School of Architecture NCSU

Date and Venue for Awards Program

September 9, 2008
Historic London Town & Gardens
Edgewater, MD

Read about London Town at http://www.historiclondontown.org/
 

Event Sponsorship

AIA Maryland invites you to join us as an event sponsor. If you are interested in sponsoring this year’s event, please contact Pam Rich at prich@aiamd.org and/or complete and mail or fax the 2009 AIA/MD Annual Sponsorship Program Form to 410.263.5603.

AIA Maryland is a 501(c) (6) non-profit corporation; contributions made to this event may be deductible as business expenses per IRS regulation.

We appreciate and acknowledge our current sponsors: Platinum

2009 AIA Maryland Student Design Award Competition

Call for Entries

ENTRY DEADLINES:

July 8, 2008 - Entry Forms
July 22, 2008 - Binder portfolios due by 5:30 pm

AIA Maryland, state component of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), is pleased to announce its third annual Student Design Awards competition. The purpose of the program is to promote architecture in the State of Maryland and to build a relationship between AIA Maryland and the academic community. This program is part of AIA Maryland's annual design award program held each fall. Eligibility is limited to students who were either residents of Maryland enrolled in a NAAB accredited architectural degree program, or who were non -residents enrolled in a Maryland NAAB accredited architectural degree program during the 2008-2009 school year. Faculty sponsorship with a written letter of recommendation is required for all submissions. Student submissions will be judged by architect members from AIA North Carolina. Participation is open to all eligible students at no charge.

AIA Maryland will present two $1,000 cash awards to honor and bring attention to the work created by an architectural student or student team – one graduate and one undergraduate. In addition, the individual or team of the winning projects will receive certificates of recognition. Awards will be presented at the Design Awards celebration which will be held at Historic London Town & Gardens in Edgewater, Maryland. Each winner, along with one guest, will receive complimentary tickets to the event.

Call for Entries Documents
2009 StudentDesignAward_Call For Entries.pdf
2009 StudentDesignAward_Call For Entries.zip