Step 1 - Review Eligibility Criteria

AIA Nebraska

  • Built projects must have been completed after January 1, 2017 for eligibility. Unbuilt projects must have been commissioned by January 1, 2017.
  • Entries may include groups of buildings, individual buildings, renovations, or additions to existing buildings or building interiors.
  • Persons submitting the entry must be a licensed AIA Nebraska member and have designed the entry or been a member of the project team. (See below for Emerging Professional guidelines).
  • Entry may be in any geographical location.
  • Previous project winners, excluding the categories of Unbuilt, Architectural Details, Masonry, and winning People's Choice entries of the AIA Nebraska Excellence in Design Program will not be eligible.
  • Projects receiving Citation or Honorable Mention are eligible.

Emerging Professional

  • Entrants can be Associate AIA or AIAS members under the age of 40.
  • Entrants may submit work done independently, as a student, employee, or educator.
  • Group projects may be submitted but only if every member of the group meets all of the eligibility requirements.
  • If a project is submitted for the AIA Nebraska or Central States Excellence in Design Programs it is not eligible for the Emerging Architects Excellence in Design Program.
  • Purpose is to recognize designers, not companies.

Step 2 - Review Categories & Register

Determine the category for which you want to submit your project(s). Carefully review the description and requirements of each category. Extensions and refunds will not be granted after registration is submitted.

  • AIA Member: $175/entry; Masonry category entries are free
  • Emerging Professional - Associate AIA: $50/entry
  • Emerging Professional - AIAS: $25/entry

You will receive entry numbers after registration has closed (July 15, 2024). Templates and instructions are available below:

AIA Nebraska Excellence in Design

Questions

Contact Sara Kay, [email protected] or call (402) 858-1929.

AIA Nebraska Award Categories

  • Architecture

    Architecture

    Encourage and recognize excellence in all sizes and classifications of single new buildings, restoration, and adaptive reuse designed by an AIA Nebraska licensed architect.

    $175.00 ea.
  • Interior Architecture

    Interior Architecture

    Encourage and recognize excellence in interior architecture designed by an AIA Nebraska licensed architect.

    $175.00 ea.
  • Unbuilt Architecture

    Unbuilt Architecture

    Architectural design work that, to date remains unbuilt. Unbuilt architectural designs of any project type are eligible, including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client sponsored projects, such as buildings, interiors, transportation infrastructure, and monuments designed by an AIA Nebraska licensed architect.

    $175.00 ea.
  • Architectural Detail

    Architectural Detail

    Encourage and recognize architectural detail or reinforce an overall building concept in an exceptional manner through use of a particular material, detail, or building technology by an AIA Nebraska licensed architect. A detail from a project submitted for recognition in another category may be submitted in this category if the submission clearly highlights a specific detail.

    $175.00 ea.
  • Masonry

    Masonry

    Bringing recognition to AIA Nebraska licensed architects based on the technical and creative use of masonry in meeting aesthetic and functional design challenges. Projects are required to have masonry installed by mason contractors. Sponsored by the Nebraska Masonry Alliance.

    $0.00 ea.
  • Emerging Professional Built & Unbuilt

    Emerging Professional Built & Unbuilt

    Recognizes contributions of an emerging professional on a single built or unbuilt project, designed by an AIA Nebraska Associate member (40 or under) or AIAS Nebraska member. Team projects are eligible if every member meets eligibility requirements. All digital and physical submissions, including renderings and slideshows, must be the contributions of the emerging professionals responsible for the project submitted.

    If an emerging professional was responsible for only certain parts of a larger project, only portions designed by the qualified entrant may be eligible. If a project is submitted for the AIA Nebraska Excellence in Design Awards, it is not eligible for the Emerging Professional Excellence in Design Awards. Meant to recognize young designers, not companies. Entries that are submitted under company names will not be considered.

  • Regional & Urban Design

    Regional & Urban Design

    Recognizes excellence in multi-building campus design, urban planning and emphasizes its importance in the community. Urban design projects, planning programs, civic improvements, campus plans, environmental programs, redevelopment projects, or other similar projects and programs may be entered.

    Individual buildings are not eligible. Incomplete or ongoing projects or programs are eligible if a significant portion has been completed, implemented, or adopted by a local jurisdiction or authority. Acknowledging the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of profession, a project in this category may have been led by multiple disciplines. In order to be eligible for this project category, a key member of the design team must have been an AIA Nebraska member.

    $175.00 ea.
  • 25-Year Award

    25-Year Award

    Recognizes longstanding and timeless excellence in architecture and emphasizes its importance to a Nebraska community. Entries must be a completed building project in Nebraska, a single building or groups of buildings, completed at least 25 but not more than 50 years ago. The building must be standing in substantially completed form and in good condition; it should still carry out the basic original program. It must have excellence in function in the distinguished execution of its original program and in the creative aspects of its statement by today’s standards. Restorations, rehabs, and interior design projects are excluded from consideration. Significant additions to buildings will be considered. Buildings submitted for consideration do not have to be designed by a Nebraska firm; however, the building must be located in Nebraska. Entries must be nominated or submitted by a current AIA Nebraska member. For consideration, the project does not need to be nominated by the firm of record. Projects will be evaluated based on the images and written description only. The jury will not visit the buildings.

    $175.00 ea.
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