Introduction
AIA Atlanta is excited to announce our 2014 Residential Design Awards Program. The annual
AIA Atlanta Residential Design Awards & Exhibit will honor excellence in work built in the
Atlanta region or by AIA Atlanta members and architects who are registered in the State of
Georgia. The competition will also feature unbuilt work in the Atlanta Region by members,
registered architects, young graduate interns and students in the State of Georgia (Idea
Awards). Awards will be announced at the 2014 Residential Design Awards ceremony, taking
place at the annual Build Something Great event on October 23, 2014 at The Biltmore in
Midtown Atlanta.
The Residential Design Awards Program is planned to be followed in 2015 with a Home Tour
program and Design Symposium. The goal of this multi-faceted program is to educate the public
about the exciting possibilities and innovative solutions that are currently being explored in the
realm of residential design.
Categories
Categories for the Design Awards program include; both Built and Unbuilt entries, as well as
honor categories for Overall Design, Sustainability and Community Involvement. A Built entry is
defined as any entry in building design, interior architecture, restoration, affordable housing or
urban design/planning completed since January 1, 2011. An Unbuilt entry is defined as any
commissioned entry that addresses building design, interior architecture, restoration, or urban
design/planning. A separate entry form must be completed with each entry. For each entry,
please check whether project is for Built or Unbuilt submission.
Residential Design Awards Criteria
Built submissions must be a commissioned entry from an actual client, with the
entrant/designer having the primary design responsibility. Construction must have been
completed after 2011.
The jury will be asked to focus on the following categories
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Innovative approaches to materiality
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Incorporation of natural lighting in design and utilization of daylight
harvesting techniques
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Use of new structural systems or building skin technology.
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Creative design responses to existing context
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Design to accommodate a wider variety of lifestyles or adaptable design
that accommodates aging in place or changing physical needs
Idea Award Criteria
Unbuilt submissions must be any commissioned entry in building design, interior
architecture, restoration, or urban design/planning completed since 2011. Three awards
of commendations will be distributed for this category
This category of the program is intended to showcase the innovative approaches to
design that are being explored in our region. The winners of this category may be asked
to join a symposium to present their ideas during the Home Tour program in 2015 and
will have their work published in the tour guide.
The jury will be asked to focus on the following categories:
 Innovative approaches to materiality.
 Incorporation of natural lighting in design and utilization of daylight harvesting
techniques.
 Use of new structural systems or building skin technology.
 Creative design responses to existing context.
 Design to accommodate a wider variety of lifestyles or adaptable design that
accommodates aging in place or changing physical needs.
Project Eligibility
1. The Entrant/designer must be a registered architect in the state of Georgia at the time the
entry was executed.
2. The Entrant/designer must have the primary design responsibility – functioned as lead
designer in cases of joint-venture teams.
3. Each submission must recognize all firms and/ or individuals involved in the design process.
5. Please identify the photographer(s) for each shot included in your entry.
6. The entry cannot previously have been a winner in the category for which it is being
submitted.
Awards:
Winning entries will receive awards of commendation based on the above criteria. Three awards
of commendation will be distributed for each built category (Small/Large), while three awards
will be distributed for unbuilt design. From this group, an Overall Design Award will be presented
and jurors’ choice awards for sustainable design and community service will be recognized.
In both the Design and Idea categories, jury awards may be given in the following
classifications: Merit and Honor.
Small Built Design
 single family
 renovation
 additions
 interiors
Large Built Design
 multi-family
 senior living
 affordable housing
Unbuilt Ideas Design
 worthy of the attention of colleagues and the public
Submission Requirements:
1. Entrant Identification
All sections of the online entry must be completed, including firm and project information and
authorship and publication permissions.
2. Jury PDF
The Jury PDF must be anonymous. Identification of authorship within the Jury PDF will
disqualify the submission. This is the only document the jurors see. The Jury PDF shall conform
to the following requirements:
Project Name.
Project Location (City, State).
Project Category (a project may be entered in only one category).
Project Synopsis: brief statement not to exceed 250 words describing the program and the
architectural concept. This statement will be used in the judging process, and therefore, may not
contain any identification of the project’s design authorship. Succinct additional annotation is
allowed in subsequent pages at the entrant’s discretion.
Diagrams and/or photographs indicating of the project’s physical context.
Photographs showing each exterior facade of the project. Any additional exterior and interior
views necessary to describe completely the context, extent and quality of the finished project.
Exterior views are optional for the Commercial Interiors category. All project photographs must
credit the photographer and have rights cleared to allow for their use by the Chapter.
Site plans, building plans, sections and other drawings, to describe the project. Conceptual,
sustainable, technical and programmatic diagrams are encouraged. For projects involving
changes to existing structures, documentation of the original conditions is required.
Format:
One single PDF file, maximum size = 6MB. The PDF may be in landscape or portrait orientation
at the entrant’s discretion; however the page size shall be 8-1/2” x 11”.
File Naming Convention:
JPDF_[CATEGORY]_[PROJECT NAME].pdf
For example:
JPDF_RESIDENTIAL_BEACH HOUSE.pdf
3. JPG Image Files
Provide up to 5 image files in JPG format for use in the presentation of entrants and awards at
the Design Awards Celebration (please indicate your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th favorite
images). The jury will not see these files. The images must be 150dpi and no larger than 8” x
10”, since exceptionally large image files will adversely affect the PowerPoint presentation. The
images of all entries will be used during the Design Awards Celebration and for general publicity
purposes afterwards. File naming convention shall be:
JPEG_[CATEGORY]_[PROJECT NAME]_ [IMAGE #].jpg
For example:
JPEG_RESIDENTIAL_BEACH HOUSE_1.jpg
Judging Criteria:
The Design Awards Committee or the jury may make any interpretations that may be necessary
to carry out the program’s intent.
Each entry is judged for the success with which the entry has met its individual requirements.
Entries will be judged during a multi-day closed review period. Any entry may be subject to
disqualification at the sole discretion of the AIAATL Residential Design Awards Committee or
the jury. The Design Awards jury will be comprised of noted architecture professionals. The
decisions made by the jury are final and binding. Winners will be notified in advance and be
publicly announced at the Build Something Great Event.
Registration:
Individuals or firms may submit any number of projects. An entry will be eligible even though the
submitting architect is not the sole author, providing the submitting architect credits all other
participants who substantially contributed to the design of the project. AIA ATL uses a
paperless, digital submission entry. Registrations for all awards should be completed online.
Registration Fees:
$175.00 for AIA members for each entry (there must be at least one AIA member listed on the
project team).
$300.00 for non AIA Atlanta members for each entry.
$25.00 show currently enrolled accredited school of architecture.
2014 AIA ATL Residential Design Awards Committee
Erik Poole, AIA
Fred Dupree
Jay Silverman, AIA
Kazunari Miyokawa
Missy Bower
Shelby Morris, AIA
Susan Proper
Victoria Major
William Carpenter, FAIA
Schedule:
Entry Opens
5 – 30 – 2014
Registrations Due
6 – 30 – 2014
Submissions Due
8 – 7 – 2014
Jury Day
9 –11/19 – 2014
Awards Ceremony
10 –23- 2014
The Residential Design Awards Submission Process:
AIA Atlanta is utilizing an entirely digital submission process. This will cut down on paper and resource
waste. All Design submissions will be collected through DropBox.com
Here’s how it works:
1. On your submission request form, please include the name of the person in charge of uploading
all submission criteria to Dropbox as your company contact.
2. Once AIA Atlanta receives your submission request form, your company contact will receive an
invitation to a personalized DropBox folder for your firm. If you are submitting more than one
project, you will find individual Project Folders within your firm folder.
3. For example if ABC Architecture is submitting three projects, your company contact for ABC
Architecture will receive a DropBox invitation to the folder titled “ABC Architecture”. Within
this folder, will be the following folders - “Project1, Project2 and Project 3” - one folder for each
project submission.
4. Within each project folder, you will find sub-folders for each of the required parts of your Design
Award Submission: The digital project presentation (power Point or PDF); three projects photos
for use in promotional publications; project summary form; and a project identification sheet.
5. Upload all of the digital files according to the detailed requirements found on all Award
Submission Criteria and your submission will be complete!
Visit our website for more information and to download the Award Submission Criteria