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PROFESSIONAL DESIGN AWARD

 

Awards of Excellence, Merit and Honor and Special Recognition are presented to members whose projects are entered in the Society's National Professional Design Award competition and are selected for meritorious design by an awards' jury of professionals in the architectural and related fields.

 


  

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Design Competition Rules - 2009

Entry Instructions

PURPOSE

To give professional recognition and encourage client participation in achieving excellence in design.

ELIGIBILITY

All submittals must be constructed commissioned projects which have progressed to near state of completion (with the exception of Category I).

JURY/JUDGING

The jury will consist of nationally recognized architects and scholars. Decisions of the jury shall be final. Additional recognition may be granted by the Chair of the Awards Committee.

TEAM PROJECTS

Team projects will be treated as if presented by a single firm.

DECLARATION OF INTENT

The attached Declaration of Intent must be completed and returned postmarked no later than August 3, 2009. Entry fees must accompany each project.

CATEGORIES

  Housing projects of all types and sizes, including Single & Multi-Family Residences,

  Dormitories, Retirement Homes, etc.


  Institutional Buildings, including Health Care, Educational, Government, Recreational,

  Religious, Monuments, Memorials, etc.


  Commercial/Office, including Retail Centers, Financial, etc.

  Industrial/Manufacturing

  Interior Architectural Design

  Rehabilitation/Remodeling

  International

  Landscape Architecture

  Projects in Design Phase

  Non-Building, including, but not limited to, Door Hardware, Sculpture, Lighting, Furniture, etc.



INFORMATION


SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES

Entries must be submitted in the following manner:

Submit not more than twelve (12) digital images in .jpg format with a maximum individual image size of 3MB on CD-Rom

Complete two (2) data sheets per entry. These will be provided to you upon receipt of Declaration of Intent and will include entrant information, image descriptions and design statements.

Mail your entry (to arrive no later than August 7, 2009 to:

SARA National Design Awards
PO Box 280
Newport, TN 37822

AWARDS

Entries will be judged based on: 
  Compelling Design Statement 
  Clear Par•ti 
  Program Solution 
  Construction System and Details

The following awards may be issued in any category: 
  Excellence Award 
  Merit Award 
  Honor Award

At the Jury’s discretion, the number of awards may be limited or expanded in any category, and special awards may be designated.

Design Awards will be issued as follows:

  In the name of the firm, providing the SARA member is part of the firm; or in the name of the

  SARA member (name of firm is optional)

Award recipients will be notified by mail within 7 days of the jury session.

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Certificates will be presented at the 2009 Celebration of Architecture and Design on Friday, October 9th at the Marquette Hotel, IDS Center, Minneapolis. Clients are encouraged to attend along with entrants. Certificates will be presented in duplicate for the architect and client. Additional certificates are available, at the winner’s request, for a nominal fee of $75.00 each.

RELEASE/PUBLICITY

All entries are accepted with the explicit free right of publication, reproduction and use by SARA and its sponsors without need for further approval. SARA shall not be responsible for protection of the submission.

QUESTIONS?

Cathie Moscato, Program Administrator
Phone/Fax:               888.385.SARA         888.385.SARA
Cell:               423.721.0129         423.721.0129
E-Mail: cmoscato@sara-national.org



 

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