AIA LA Design Awards
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The cost is $375* per entry. Completed entry form(s) and fee(s) must be received no later than Friday, June 6, 2025—absolutely no refunds after June 6th.
*By entering a project by May 2, 2025, you will receive one Honor Awards Program ticket at no extra cost!
Before you begin an application or submission, please review the following documents:
Please have the following information available in order to complete your application:
- Award Category Selection
- Project Name
- Project Location
- Architectural Firm
- Architect(s) of Record
Awards entry opens: March 25, 2025.
Awards entry closes: June 6, 2025.
PowerPoint Submission deadline: July 2, 2025
Digital Boards upload deadline: July 31, 2025Interior Architecture - awards shall recognize interior architecture/interior design projects on any type including renovations, rehabs, offices, institutions, residences, retail projects, restaurants, single-family homes and public facilities.
Master Planning/Urban Design - awards shall recognize projects (either built or un-built) in the field of master planning or urban design.
Residential - awards shall recognize exceptional work by architects in the field of residential architecture (single – or multi-family).
Restoration/Rehabilitation/Adaptive Reuse - awards shall recognize exceptional work by architects in the field of restoration and rehabilitation as distinguished from the work of the original architect (Restoration: An act of restoring or condition of being restored... a bringing back to a former position or condition).
Unrealized Project - awards shall recognize un-built architecture and urban design as well as theoretical or conceptual work, including installations, land art, and research. Projects cannot have been undertaken for academic credit.
Small Project - awards shall recognize small projects for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small project design. This category strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the limits of size and scope.
Any architectural project completed within the last 5 calendar years (January 2020) which has been produced by, or in collaboration with, a member of AIA Louisiana is eligible for submission.
Projects may be located outside of Louisiana but must be submitted by an AIA Louisiana member who served as either the Design Architect or the Architect-of-Record for the project. When a firm or partnership has been dissolved, projects shall be submitted under the firm name on the contract documents used to execute the project, unless otherwise agreed to by the previous partners prior to submittal. Members are encouraged to submit previously submitted non-winning projects, or ones which have won awards in other programs. Entries must be designated in one of the following classifications. Awards will be given at the discretion of the Jury and there is no obligation that the jury present awards for each classification.
*By entering a project by May 2, 2025, you will receive one Honor Awards Program ticket at no extra cost.