Registration Deadline: Monday, July 25, 2016 @ 11:59 pm CDT

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AIA Kansas Design Excellence Awards

The AIA Kansas Design Excellence Awards recognizes outstanding architecture coming from the state of Kansas. Entries must be designed by an AIA Kansas member. Projects can be built anywhere in the world. There are no limits to firm/individual submission and projects are to have been completed within the past 5 years. Award recipients will be publically announced during the AIA Kansas | Central States Region Design Excellence Awards Celebration on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the Wareham Opera House in Manhattan, Kansas. It is required that a representative of any award winning entry register for the conference to accept the firm’s award, leading to a more active celebration of those recognized. The AIA Design Excellence Awards have been developed to encourage and recognize excellence in architecture, to elevate public awareness and to recognize the architects, consultants, contractors and owners whose efforts enhance the built environment..

The 2016 AIA Kansas Design Award categories for submission are:

Excellence in Architecture:
Entries exemplify the thoughtful design and realization of Architectural solutions, specifically addressing the needs of the client and its community. The designs provide a valuable response to the site context and environment in which they reside.
Excellence in Interior Architecture:
Entries have successfully considered the activities, specific goals, and scale of its occupants. This category recognizes projects that exemplify a particularly high level of detail and craft: the best of interior space, material use, lighting (daylighting and supplemental), and functional relationships.
Excellence in Preservation / Adaptive Reuse:
Entries recognize excellence in the renovation, reuse, and/or preservation of existing buildings (historically identified or otherwise). Special attention will be given to detailing and coordination of existing conditions relevant to the project’s success.
Excellence in Architectural Detailing:
Architecture is in the details. While each successful project will pay special attention to the many details developed within any given architectural solution, this category specifically recognizes details that are especially successful in their innovation, complexity, and/or clarity. These details may be prominent and beautifully articulated or covered, using innovative techniques and/or challenging the status quo.
Excellence in Unbuilt Architecture:
Many successful projects are unbuilt. Whether initially intended for construction, designed for a competition, or developed for the sake of Architectural exploration and invention, these projects often influence our future work. This category recognizes the strength and impact of ideas.
AIA Kansas Design Excellence Awards- Student Only
Entries exemplify the best student work in our state. There are no guidelines specific to the project type or scope. Successful projects will provide evidence of critical thought, exploration, research, and aesthetic response. Recognition will be given to those Architectural students whose efforts are enhancing the art of architecture.

AIA Central States Regional Design Excellence Awards

The AIA Central States Region Design Excellence Awards recognizes outstanding architecture coming from the region of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Entries must be designed by AIA CSR members or must be projects completed within the Central States Region and designed by a fellow AIA member. Projects can be built anywhere in the world. There are no limits to firm/individual submission and projects are to have been completed within the past 5 years. Award recipients will be publically announced during the AIA Kansas | AIA Central States Region Design Excellence Awards Celebration on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the Wareham Opera House in Manhattan, Kansas. It is required that a representative of any award winning entry register for the conference to accept the firm’s award, leading to a more active celebration of those recognized. The AIA Design Excellence Awards have been developed to encourage and recognize excellence in architecture, to elevate public awareness and to recognize the architects, consultants, contractors and owners whose efforts enhance the built environment.

The 2016 Central States Region Design Award categories for submission are:

Excellence in Architecture:
Entries exemplify the thoughtful design and realization of Architectural solutions, specifically addressing the needs of the client and its community. The designs provide a valuable response to the site context and environment in which they reside.
Excellence in Interior Architecture:
Entries have successfully considered the activities, specific goals, and scale of its occupants. This category recognizes projects that exemplify a particularly high level of detail and craft: the best of interior space, material use, lighting (daylighting and supplemental), and functional relationships.
Excellence in Preservation / Adaptive Reuse:
Entries recognize excellence in the renovation, reuse, and/or preservation of existing buildings (historically identified or otherwise). Special attention will be given to detailing and coordination of existing conditions relevant to the project’s success.
Excellence in Architectural Detailing:
Architecture is in the details. While each successful project will pay special attention to the many details developed within any given architectural solution, this category specifically recognizes details that are especially successful in their innovation, complexity, and/or clarity. These details may be prominent and beautifully articulated or covered, using innovative techniques and/or challenging the status quo.
Excellence in Unbuilt Architecture:
Many successful projects are unbuilt. Whether initially intended for construction, designed for a competition, or developed for the sake of Architectural exploration and invention, these projects often influence our future work. This category recognizes the strength and impact of ideas.

Each entry will consist of:

• Completion of a series of questions regarding the project
• One (1) to five jpeg’s of the entry project (to be used for publication)
• Power point of the project, with 12 images, the total not to exceed 10 MB. The template Power point will be downloaded, images/concepts inserted and/or formatted and then uploaded within this website.

Submission Fee:
Entry fees are $150.00/entry for AIA members, $200.00/entry for non-members.
For AIA Kansas only Individual Student Entry Fees $50.00/entry for AIAS members.

Deadline
All submission must be received before 11:59 pm (Central Time) on 25 July 25 2016. The submission deadline date will be strictly observed, with no exception.

Other Information
Each architectural firm, owner, consultant, photographer and contractor on the firm description page will require a unique email address; each entry will be assigned a unique entry number that should accompany each submission.

Entrants may submit more than one project; projects must be entered one at a time; no more than one entry is allowed per each credit card transaction. AIA Kansas reserves the right to review the submission for compliance with submission rules. Non-compliance may result in rejection of the entry without refund of the entry fee.

The entrant’s payment constitutes written permission for AIA Kansas to use submission for publication and Chapter archival purposes.

Entry fees are nonrefundable and must be paid online. You may continue to revisit and revise your entry until the deadline, but no refunds will be issued for submissions that are disqualified, late or incomplete.

Additional Tips

• Entrants are allowed to design pages 2-12 of the Power point, noting the entire file limit size of the Power point is 10 MB.
• Composite images are acceptable on the Power point page portion of the submission
• Text/notes on images/drawings are allowed.
• Indicate the scale used on any drawings or plans.
• Consistent use of either a horizontal landscape is encouraged throughout the submission.
• Contact Kelly Engelke at AIA Kansas, kelly@aiaks.org or 800.444.9853 or 913.515.3233.