ANNOUNCING A MAJOR ADDITION TO OUR DESIGN AWARDS CELEBRATION!

We are excited to announce that our Platinum Sponsor, Pinnacle Window Solutions, is treating Design Awards Celebration + Gala guests to an after-party featuring the Mallett Brothers Band.

The Design Awards Celebration + Gala is AIA Maine's signature event of the year. 

We are thrilled to be returning to an in-person Design Awards celebration for 2022 and the Mallet Brothers Band is sure to make this gathering all the more special!

Join us to experience an evening of great architecture and design, food and fellowship as you view Maine’s best architectural projects.

• Vote for Your Favorite Project. All submissions will be on display for attendees to vote for their favorite projects.

• Discounts for Groups. Bring your employees, friends, clients, and colleagues. The more, the merrier.

• After-party Entertainment. After all of the awards are handed out, stay a while longer to enjoy entertainment by the Mallett Brothers Band.

Schedule:

• 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Social with heavy hors d'oeuvres and Pinnacle Window Solutions specialty cocktails.

• 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm - Awards presentation.

• 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm - After-party with Mallett Brothers Band.
  Register Below:

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Magazine & Video Sponsors

We can’t meet in person, but we can still celebrate.

Join us for a virtual celebration to view the 2021 AIA Maine Design Award recipients.

• Find out who won

• Hear comments from the jury

• People’s Choice winners will be announced.

• Meet the Design Committee

• Hear from AIA Maine Leadership

Vote for Your Favorite Project.

On Monday, we will showcase all of the project submissions and ask you to choose your favorite projects via our online voting system.

(Keep your eyes open for our email announcement on Monday so you can participate.)

Thursday, May 13, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

on Zoom

Celebrate Maine’s Best Architecture

Join us for the AIA Maine 2019 Design Awards Celebration. Our Design Awards program recognizes excellence in Maine architecture. 

Experience an evening of great architecture and design, showcasing Maine’s best architectural projects. 

Join us to vote for your favorite building.

Register Below:

This event is made possible by the generous donations of our 2019 Design Awards Sponsors.

GOLD LEVEL

SILVER LEVEL

BRONZE LEVEL

Paul White Company

Structural Integrity Consulting Engineers, Inc.

For full details visit: http://www.aiamaine.me/2016newengland/

The BSA is now accepting submissions for the 2016 Sustainable Design Awards.

This program honors work that contributes, by its design, to the creation of a sustainable world. It is open to any design professional practicing anywhere in the world. 

For eligibility requirements and submission form, go to the Sustainable Design Awards page.

For more information, contact the BSA at awards@architects.org or 617-391-4017

Sponsored by the National Park Service and National Capital Planning Commission in collaboration with Van Allen Institute, this competition seeks alternatives to Washington DC's traditional approach to commemoration. Three teams will receive a $15,000 stipend to participate in a research and design process to re-envision how we create memorials. Multidisciplinary team submissions are encouraged. Learn more here.

Contact: Julia Koster, AICP, National Capital Planning Commission.

• Requests for Concepts accepted through May 4

The AIA/AAH Healthcare Design Awards showcase the best of healthcare building design, healthcare planning and healthcare design-oriented research. The awards highlight the trends of healthcare facilities and the future direction of these facilities. Projects should exhibit conceptual strength that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital. The AIA/AAH will recognize awarded projects and respective firms for their contribution to the healthcare environment at the AIA/ACHA Summer Leadership Summit and AIA National Convention. In addition, the projects will be featured in the AIA/AAH healthcare design awards publication.

For More Information Visit: http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAB101057

Now Accepting Entries

The AIA Small Project Practitioners invites architects and architecture students to submit design ideas to the 2016 SPP Small Project Design Competition – POP-UP 2016: Tactical Urbanism – Creating Place. In this unique design competition, submitters are asked to: Create a sense of place within the confines of a 10’-0” x 10’-0” x 10’-0” space.

Prizes include $1,000.00 provided by AIA SPP Knowledge Community, round-trip airline ticket to the 2016 AIA National Convention in Philadelphia, convention hotel accommodations for 1 person for 3 nights.

Award winning projects will be recognized in AIA publications and electronic media, including the SPP Journal and website.

Learn More
Deadline to submit: February 12, 2016

The AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice is pleased to open the call for submissions for the 2016 Justice Facilities Review!

The Justice Facilities Review documents best practices in planning and design for Justice Architecture. Functionality and community impact, sustainability and economic feasibility, as well as aesthetic achievements are essential elements for identifying the success of these projects. Your submission should provide sufficient information to help the jurors understand the unique aspects of the project and the role that the architect and the team played in the development of the solution.

Carefully review the2016 Submission Preview  before submitting your payment. You can go back and edit your submission until the deadline.

Visit the 2016 JFR Awards Page for the full details, including submission criteria, costs and jury roster.

AIA/Committee on Education (CAE) presents:
2016 Education Facility Design Awards Program
Due: January 19, 2016
To submit and more information

The CAE Design Awards is an internationally recognized marketplace of ideas. Through this forum the committee disseminates quality ideas on educational facility planning and design to clients, architects, and the public. As how we educate ourselves continues to evolve, we must evaluate and measure our successes, and have an arena in which to test ideas. This awards program is an opportunity to engage in critical evaluation and experimentation, not as an end in itself, but always in the context of our clients and their needs.

2016 Deadline & Entry Fee
The deadline for submissions is January 19, 2016 before 5:00 PM Eastern. All deadlines are strictly observed.

Members: $500.00 for each entry
Nonmembers: $750.00 for each entry

To submit and more information

submit to: jeannette@aiamaine.org
by: November 23, 2015

Every year AIA Maine acknowledges the accomplishments and achievements of all of our members at our annual meeting. The presentation is an excellent overview of the many ways our members are positively impacting their communities. 
 
Please send a list of achievements, honors or awards that you or your firm received in 2015 to jeannette@aiamaine.org by Monday, November 23rd to be included in our presentation.

For a complete list of 2014 member achievements click here.  

The AIA Maine COTE Awards program recognizes exemplary and innovative built projects that establish a standard of over-all design excellence that creatively integrates sustainable design strategies, demonstrating their benefits while educating and inspiring the profession and the public.
 
Timeline: 

• Submissions due on November 20, 2015
• Jury review on December 2, 2015
• Winners announced at the December Annual Meeting (date and location tba).

Eligibility:

• All registered architects living in the State of Maine are invited to submit their completed built projects, regardless of project size, budget, style, building type, or location. Entries are welcomed and encouraged from both established and new practitioners and designers, and from small firms and large.
• Projects must be built and completed within the past 5 years. 

Judging Criteria: Each entry will be judged for the success with which the project has met its individual requirements, with particular emphasis on design excellence. Projects will be evaluated on a broad and inclusive definition of design quality that includes performance, aesthetics, community connection and resilience, and stewardship of the natural environment.
 
Award Categories: Residential, Multi-Family, Commercial, Institutional/Educational
 
Jury:
Rick Ames AIA | Next Phase Studios
Robert Matthew Noblett AIA NCARB | Behnisch Architekten
Ellen Watts AIA | Architerra

Cost:
AIA Maine Members - $100 for first entry| $50 for additional entries
Non Members - $200 for first entry| $100 for additional entries

AIA National is proud to present the twelfth annual Small Project Award Program to recognize the work of small project practitioners and to promote excellence in small project design. 

This Award Program strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to all project types, including renovations and additions, no matter the limits of size and budget. 

This year’s Small Project Award theme, SMALL GESTURE BIG IMPACT, intends to recognize projects that make a noticeable impact with measured and thoughtful gestures through architecture. This may include small interventions or larger gestures on the built environment.

Learn more at http://ow.ly/TTYoU.
Apply by November 16, 2015 before 5:00pm Eastern time.