WESTERN MOUNTAIN REGION
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C A L L f o r E N T R I E S

 Objective
The Western Mountain Region Design Awards program recognizes excellence in design, planning, and construction of projects located anywhere in the world that are designed by AIA architects registered and licensed in the Western Mountain Region. Entries from multi-office firms are limited to work designed in the office located in the Western Mountain Region.

The intent of the design awards program is to honor the highest standards of design in response to user requirements, site, context, climate, and environment. Each entry, regardless of size or classification, is judged individually on the basis of total design merit.

Awards are given for honor, merit, and citation. The jury will decide the type and number of awards. Certificates will be presented to award winning AIA members in good standing, and their projects will be featured at the Spirit in Architecture Awards Banquet on October 25, 2008.

Student Awards
In a separate juried event, students from the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning will meet and pick the 2008 Student Juried Awards from the entrants for the WMR Design Awards. The results will be announced on Saturday morning, October 25, 2008 during the Western Mountain Region Conference in Santa Fe.

Eligibility
All projects designed by AIA architects registered and licensed in the six states in WMR are eligible.

Firms are encouraged to re-enter projects previously submitted if they did not win an award. Projects that have received an AIA WMR award in a previous year are not eligible for the 2008 awards. However, projects that have won an un-built award can be resubmitted as a built project.

Only the “firm of record” or in its absence, the “architect of record” may submit entries for this competition. When the architect is not the sole author, all other participants substantially contributing to the design of the project must be given credit in the submittal regardless of their professional discipline.

Format
Submittals for 2008 are required to be digital and in a PC format. All images are to be submitted as JPG files in a PowerPoint presentation on a CD. The CD top face should be labeled with the entry number and project name using a permanent marker.

The PowerPoint file size for each project submitted must not exceed 20 MB. Submittals must utilize the WMR Design Awards PowerPoint format available on the WMR web site at www.aiawmr.org and the AIA New Mexico web site at www.aianewmexico.org. A maximum of 20 color PowerPoint slides showing exterior and interior views of the project, site context, site plan(s) and floor plan(s) are required.

A Concealed Identification Sheet and Intern Compensation Disclaimer must be submitted in a printed format. No identification of the architect may be included on any part of the submittal, except the Concealed Identification Sheet and the Intern Compensation Disclaimer. If this information is found on any of the PowerPoint slides, the submittal will be disqualified.

Entry fees and forms are due by no later than Friday, July 11, 2008,and submittals are due no later than Friday, July 25, 2008. No late entries will be accepted.

Mail to : AIA New Mexico, P.O. Box 16148, Albuquerque, NM 87191-6148
or ship to : Jean Gibson, AIA New Mexico, 9220 Mabry Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109.

Release Waiver
By submitting an entry, entrants take full responsibility for the accuracy of all information submitted and warrant that all necessary permissions have been obtained from others who may have rights to the work. Entrants further acknowledge that no royalty or compensation is due anyone, hold AIA New Mexico, its sponsors, staff, consultants and members harmless from all liability and grant to AIA New Mexico the non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce and distribute copies of the original entry.

Categories  
Distinguished Building Award to recognize significant achievements in the planning, design, and execution of recent building projects. Submissions will include building data; an architect’s statement of no more than 150 words, and no more than 20 PowerPoint slides. Historic preservation and adaptive re-use projects must include images illustrating before and after conditions.

Un-built Design Award to recognize achievement in architectural design for commissioned projects that may or may not be built. Student projects and non-building work such as industrial or graphic design may not be submitted. Projects must have been commissioned by a client and may include competition entries, urban design schemes, and similar work. A maximum of 20 PowerPoint slides may be submitted.

Fees
Distinguished Building Award - $150.00 each
Un-Built Design Award - $150.00 each
No refund of submittal fees will be given.

Publicity
All photography submitted for publicity purposes must be free of restrictions.

 Deadlines
July 11, 2008: entry forms and fees due by close of business
July 25, 2008: submittals due by close of business
August 1, 2008: jury meets in Chicago
September 2, 2008: winners notified
October 25, 2008: Spirit in Architecture Banquet and Awards Presentation at the Hilton Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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This biennial 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. The next AIA New Mexico Awards Program will be in the Fall of 2009.

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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 biennially. Nominations are juried by the New Mexico Committee of Fellows who will review all submittals and determine the number of medals to be awarded. The next AIA New Mexico Awards Program will be in the Fall of 2009.

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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.

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