Celebrating the accomplishments of Connecticut architects and the excellence of Connecticut architectural projects

ELIGIBILITY
Architects licensed and residing in Connecticut may submit projects located anywhere. Architects whose practice is located outside Connecticut may submit projects whose site is located in Connecticut. AIA membership is not required. Credit must be given to all contributing architectural firms. Architectural interns and students may participate only in the Unbuilt and the Architecture: the Encompassing Art categories. The project, or submitted work, must have been completed after June 30, 2011. “Completed” is defined as “substantial completion” in accordance with standard AIA documents.

CATEGORIES
BUILT AWARDS: Built Project categories recognize design excellence in various kinds of built architectural projects recognizes design excellence in various kinds of built architectural projects. Submissions may be a single building, a related group of buildings, interior architecture, additions, restorations, or adaptive use projects. Entries may fall into more than one category but must be assigned by the entrant to one category only.

• Commercial, Institutional, Educational, or Multi-family Residential Design
Eligibility: Both public and private projects- single buildings, a related group of buildings forming a single project, interior architecture, and additions/renovations.

• Residential Design
Eligibility: Single family residences and/or accessory buildings, new or remodeled, or any addition. Projects previously submitted to the Alice Washburn Awards program may also be submitted to this category.

• Preservation
Eligibility: Projects that address design issues related to adaptive use, rehabilitation, reconstruction or pure restoration..

• Interior Architecture
Eligibility: projects of any scope that may be new construction, renovation, preservation or restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction or pure restoration.

UNBUILT AWARDS: Unbuilt architectural designs, for which there is no current intent to build, of any project type, including purely theoretical, visionary projects, with or without a client.

ARCHITECTURE: THE ENCOMPASSNG ART AWARDS: A special, inclusive award that celebrates the multitude of design aspects that underpin the overall building design. Eligibility includes but is not limited to: designs for such details as hardware, stairways or railings; graphics; lighting or fixtures; furniture; scholarly research or urban planning analyses; or technical innovations.

SUBMISSION FORMAT
Submissions require: project category; project name and location; architectural firm, principal, and contact information; project description photographs; other graphic materials; photography release form; jury photo; and media image.

USERS MUST CREATE A LOGIN BY AUGUST 10 AND COMPLETE SUBMISSIONS BY SEPTEMBER 7.
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