AIA NEW MEXICO
2009 DESIGN AWARDS
CALL FOR ENTRIES

The New Mexico Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NM) announces the 2009 AIA New Mexico Design Awards Program. This annual awards program encourages and recognizes distinguished architectural achievement by New Mexico architects. The program serves to increase public awareness of the outstanding services provided by architects as well as emphasize the importance of the architect’s role in shaping the quality of the built environment through design excellence.

ELIGIBILITY
Architects registered with the New Mexico Board of Architectural Examiners may enter any number of projects. New Mexico registered architects located in another state may enter any number of projects. Architecture completed outside the state of New Mexico and designed by a firm with multiple offices must be completed by the New Mexico based office to be eligible. Built work must be completed in the past five years or since January 1, 2004 in any locale. The entrant will select a category as listed below for each project. These categories will be used to sort entries for jury deliberation only and for presentation on the AIA New Mexico web site and are not used to determine the selection of winning projects.

PROJECT CATEGORIES
General Design
Restoration, Rehabilitation
Residential
Remodeling
Interior Architecture
Urban Design/Planning

25-Year Award: Any project completed on or before December 31, 1984, that deserves special recognition for its influence, distinctiveness and enhancement of the built environment. Eligibility for this category of awards must meet the following criteria: the building design has not been altered, exhibits its original design integrity and is still in use.

RULES
Entries must be submitted by the design architect registered with the New Mexico Board of Architectural Examiners and whose office is located in New Mexico at the time the project was executed. Where responsibility for a project is shared, the design architect must be a registered New Mexico architect. All participants who substantially contributed to the work must be credited. All projects submitted will be certified for compliance with entry rules.

AWARDS
The jury will consist of licensed architects within the AIA Western Mountain Region (WMR). The jury may select as many projects as they wish to award in the following categories:

Honor Award: the highest award is given to projects supported by all jurors. Unanimous approval by the jurors is required for this award.

Citation of Merit: this award is given to projects supported by a majority of the jurors but not deemed appropriate for an Honor Award. This award is not the equivalent of second place.

Special Recognition Award: this award can be conferred on any project for specific reasons defined by a majority of the jury.

DISCLOSURE OF WINNING PROJECTS
AIA New Mexico will notify the winners immediately after the judging. Public announcement of the winning entries will be made at the AIA New Mexico Awards Banquet to be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, at the Hotel Albuquerque during the AIA New Mexico State Convention.

RECOGNITION
Award Certificates will be given to architects, clients and contractors for each project. All submissions will be featured on the AIA New Mexico web site. Winners will submit one 24 x 24 inch foam core presentation board at least one week prior to the awards presentation.

ENTRY REGISTRATION FEES

AIA Architects
$100 for first entry
$50 for subsequent entries

Non-AIA Architects
$150 for first entry
$80 for subsequent entries

There is no limit on how many entries an architect/firm may submit. Completed entry forms must be accompanied by the required fee payable by check, money order or credit card to AIA New Mexico, P.O. Box 16148, Albuquerque, NM 87191-6148. Entry fees are not refundable.

RETURN OF ENTRIES
CDs or DVDs will be returned only if a postage paid address label is included in the envelope with the concealed identification sheet. (Labels can be printed on the USPS web site).

ENTRY FORMAT
All entries must be submitted on a Compact Disk (CD) or Digital Video Disk (DVD) with documents and drawings in PDF format and photos in JPEG format. The project may also be formatted as a PowerPoint presentation. If using PowerPoint, please include the JPEG images in a separate folder for AIA-NM use for program and website display. If more than one project is on the disk, please note the name of the projects on the disk label and place each project in a separate file on the disk.

• Project Data Sheet
  

  Project Name	Building Area
  Date of Completion	Structure
  Client’s Name	Major Materials and Systems
  Builder’s Name	Site Features
  Building Type

• Project Summary

Each entry must include a text description of the program requirement and solution not to exceed 150 words.

• Drawings

Site Plan/with Scale and North Arrow	Primary Elevation(s)
Typical Floor Plan(s)	Typical Section(s)

• Images

All images should be in JPEG format and photos should be at 300 dpi resolution. For restoration and adaptive re-use projects, include at least one image describing conditions before the current work started. For the 25-Year Building Award, include at least one image taken within three years of the project’s original completion and at least one image taken recently showing theproject’s current status.

• Entry Form

Include the Entry Form with certification and payment with the entry CDs or DVDs and the postage paid addressed return shipping label. No other identification of the architect shall be made anywhere on the entry CD or DVD. Project identification numbers will be assigned by the AIA New Mexico office.

 AIA New Mexico will provide a receipt for entry fees payments to the submitting design architect.

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AIA New Mexico, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, may bestow the New Mexico Architects Medal upon members who have advanced the practice of architecture and which recognizes their outstanding professional achievements and sense of social responsibility. Nominations for the award may be made by New Mexico member chapters or by an individual member who may nominate another member.

The Medal is an honor awarded by AIA New Mexico. Nominations are juried by the New Mexico Committee of Fellows who will review all submittals and determine the number of medals to be awarded each year. The committee may, at its discretion, award or not make an award in any given year .

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Award Principles and Purpose
The American Institute of Architects, AIA New Mexico, may bestow a medal, known as the New Mexico Architects Silver Medal for Lifetime Achievement upon a New Mexico Architect who has advanced the practice of architecture and which recognizes his or her outstanding professional achievements and sense of social responsibility.

Eligibility
Architects licensed in New Mexico and who have had a distinguished career and recognition by the New Mexico architectural community, while practicing in the state, are eligible for this award. The nominee’s achievements must be viewed as an advancement of the profession and the socially responsible role that architecture must perform within the greater community. Each nominee’s work and career will be evaluated with special regard to professional and social integrity. Longevity, popularity or diligence alone does not qualify a candidate for nomination.

Nominees may be considered on the basis of notable career accomplishments. A New Mexico Architects Silver Medal for Lifetime Achievement will only be awarded to those individuals whose accomplishments have had a significant impact upon the profession of architecture and/or society.

Recipients of the New Mexico Architects Silver Medal for Lifetime Achievement must be nominated by the AIA local or state component with a nomination letter signed by the component president. Even though there is no formal application for this award, a complete curriculum vitae must be attached and submitted with the nomination letter.

Selection
All nominations are reviewed by the New Mexico Committee of AIA Fellows. The award is given to a single nominee in any one year and is awarded at the AIA New Mexico Awards Banquet. The 2009 Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday evening, September 26, 2009, at the Hotel Albuquerque.

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This award recognizes the continuing collaboration among individuals in a firm who have produced distinguished architecture over a period of ten years, and have made significant contributions to the American Institute of Architects, the profession and their community, and have transcended their local boundaries in making these contributions.

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