AIA Queens Design Awards Registration
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AIA QUEENS CHAPTER MEMBER-ONLY
Registration Deadline Extended to 11/15/19 11:59 PM EST
Submission Deadline Extended to 11/18/19 11:59 PM EST
OVERVIEW
The American Institute of Architects Queens Chapter Design Awards reintroduces a program established to highlight and encourage excellence in architectural design, to raise awareness of the man-made environment to the public, and to honor the architect, owner & builder of significant projects across the borough of Queens.
It is the goal of the AIA Queens chapter to promote its respective members and affiliates through the display their design and service accomplishments. All award recipients will be promoted through journal published by AIA Queens and to be distributed during Holiday + Awards Gala. The projects selected for award by the jury will be featured for their design excellence.
SCHEDULE
Call for Entries (Registration Opens) October 2, 2019 at 12:00 PM EST
Registration Closes November 15, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST
Submission(s) Due November 18, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST (see procedures)
Jury Meeting Mid-November
Award Recipient Announcement November 28, 2019
Awards Presentation December 12, 2019 - Evening
Location: Terrace on the Park, Flushing
For additional questions: queensdesignawards@gmail.com
AWARD CATEGORIES
The following categories will be considered by the jury:
Residential (3 categories)
1-2 Family Residential
Multi-Family/Multiple Dwellings Residential
Mixed-Use Residential
Institutional (2 categories)
Government - Agency or city affiliation including public Works, Healthcare, Educational or Recreational
Private - Community/Civic including museums, educational and not-for-profit
Commercial/Industrial (2 categories)
Small Projects (less than 5,000 SF)
Large Projects (more than 5,000 SF)
Additions/Renovations (1 category)
Modifications to an existing structure
Urban Planning/Design (1 category)
An urban environment or urban element design displaying multiple design disciplines, completed or planned/unbuilt
Adaptive Reuse/Historic Preservation (1 category)
Projects displaying design excellence in the salvage and/or renovation of a significant historic structure. Original architects must be identified as part of the submission
Interiors (1 category)
Projects with interior space design
International (1 category)
Projects must be located beyond the boundaries of Queens, in International location.
Pro-Bono (1 category)
Projects for which licensed architect(s) involved received no financial compensation
Unbuilt (1 category)
Projects commissioned to an Architect and completed through schematic design or beyond, but not built. For projects that have been part of a design competition OR conceptual in nature. Associate AIA members may submit to this category if it’s a competition project without the need of a licensed Architect in their team (please indicate it is a competition project in your submission).
Student (For student entries only)
Projects completed by students that have a site in Queens and fit into one of the subcategories below.
- Residential (Any Type)
- Commercial/Industrial (Any Type)
- Urban Planning/Design
- Interior Design
- Institutional- Public Works, Healthcare, Educational or Recreational
- Institutional- Community/Civic/Nonprofit
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Entrants give AIA Queens permission to reproduce their submission without restriction.
2. No royalties shall be payable by AIA Queens or any other sponsors for use of the submission entry materials.
3. Entrants verify that all information provided in the Concealed Entry Form is true and their submission is subject to disqualification in the event that it is found to have falsified any information.
4. For all categories, all entrants and teams must have at least one registered architect (the architect of record) in order to submit.
**The only exceptions; Students are eligible to submit under the student awards category and Entrants are able to submit without a registered architect ONLY for the unbuilt category for competition-related projects.
5. Entrants affirm that they are sole owner of the materials identified in the submission entry, that each submitted entry is an original work, and that neither materials nor permission hereby granted infringes upon the ownership, copyright, trademark or rights of others.
6. All deliverables become property of AIA Queens.
7. All projects should be recent. The completion of construction should be within the last five (5) years from the call for entries date (September 2014 – October 2019). The project must be at least at
substantial completion in order to qualify.
8. If the project is submitted from a team of people, all primary team members must be identified on the registration form under “team” including other Architects or firm names
9. All entries must be submitted WITHOUT identifying marks, including company logos, texts,
insignia or images. Submissions must remain anonymous to jury and therefore anything that can be used to identify the submission entry’s author(s) will be disqualified.
10. For jury purposes, each registration is assigned a separate entry number.
11. Entrants are not allowed to discuss details of their submissions with any of the judges directly
whatsoever. Any attempt to do so, will result in immediate disqualification. All questions may be
forwarded to queensdesignawards@gmail.com
12. Entrants must identify the project category (see Award Categories) under which they are submitting. You cannot submit a project under more than one category. If a project is submitted with dual
categories selected, the submitter elects to give rights to the Design Awards committee to select the single category it belongs to. The jury has the discretion to give an award in a different category than the one selected by the entry submitter. The jury is not required to give awards for each category.
13. The selection of the jury is determined by the Design Awards Committee and is approved by the Board of Directors. The jury will not be local to Queens.
14. All photo credits must be provided and forms completely filled out.
15. All materials must legible.
16. All projects submitted must be located within Queens to qualify. The only exception to this rule applies to categories Beyond Queens/International, Unbuilt or Student category.
17. Any deviation from Submission Rules and Regulations will result in automatic disqualification.