2026 DESIGN AWARDS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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Call for submissions is open 1/28/26 - 3/15/26

This annual awards program celebrates design excellence by AIA Maine members and showcases outstanding work that reflects innovation, sustainability, and the power of architecture to elevate our communities.

Eligible projects may be located anywhere, provided the submitting architect or firm is an AIA Maine member. Awards will be presented at the 2026 AIA Maine Design Awards event.

Submission deadline: 3/15/26
Eligibility, categories, and submission details in PDF format HERE.
Submissions can be started on the OpenWater Awards platform by clicking HERE.

We encourage firms of all sizes to submit and share their best work.

Questions may be directed to Kelli Shedd.

We look forward to celebrating your work!

DESIGN AWARDS ARCHIVE

Since 1983, AIA Maine has recognized outstanding architectural projects and firms through its Design Awards program. AIA Maine sponsors a juried review of Maine architecture to recognize the important and diverse work of Maine architects. The jurors are nationally recognized peers who, after reviewing and critiquing the entries, select outstanding projects for recognition. The program has provided AIA Maine with the records of approximately 500 juried projects. This archive has become a fundamental record of the evolution of contemporary architecture in Maine.

DESIGN AWARDS ARCHIVE

2025 / 2024 / 2023 /2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2016 / 2014 / 2012 / 2010 / 1984 - 2008 ARCHIVES

UNBUILT AWARDS

AIA Maine launched its first Unbuilt Award program in 2017. The purpose of the AIA Maine Unbuilt Awards Program is to recognize design excellence in unbuilt projects.

UNBUILT AWARDS ARCHIVE

2017 /

COTE AWARDS

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

COTE AWARDS ARCHIVE

2015 / 2013

SustainABLE for ME AWARDS

For the 25th anniversary of the ADA, Alpha One and AIA Maine collaborated to announce the SustainABLE for ME Maine Design Awards program. The program recognized built projects that demonstrate creative sensitivity toward the accessibility of all users, including entire facilities or site-specific interior/exterior space.

SustainABLE for ME Awards ARCHIVE

2015 /