2025 Design Awards
CALL FOR ENTRIES
AIA Oklahoma 2025 Design Excellence Awards
The AIA Oklahoma Design Excellence Awards showcase the best of built work by members of AIA Oklahoma. Entrants must be members of The American Institute of Architects, Oklahoma Chapter. Award winners will be announced during the AIA Design Excellence Awards Dinner on Friday, April 4th in Tulsa (location to be announced).
Eligibility
- Eligible projects must be designed by an AIA member of AIA Oklahoma built anywhere in the world.
- An individual submitting an entry must have designed the project or been a member of the project team who executed the project.
- An entry executed by a Joint Venture shall be eligible if any member the Joint Venture is an AIA or Associate AIA member of AIA Oklahoma.
- Only projects completed after January 1, 2019 are eligible.
- Previously honored projects in other AIA state or regional, or national awards are eligible, but projects previously honored in an AIA Oklahoma Awards program are not eligible.
Entry Categories
Large Commercial Architecture (above 25,000 sf)
Any new build or addition / renovation commercial project above 25,000 sf
Commercial Architecture
Any new build or addition / renovation commercial project below 25,000 sf.
Residential Architecture
Single family residential projects
Interior Architecture
Projects focusing on interior architecture
Adaptive Reuse
The renovation and reuse of an existing structure for new purposes
Rotating Categories
These categories will rotate on an annual basis to allow us to honor projects that might otherwise get overlooked in more general categories.
Education
Any K-12 or Higher Education project that meets the criteria above.
Historic Preservation
Any project that restores and preserves a building or structure that is historically significant.
Jury
A jury of professionals in architecture will evaluate the submissions. The selection method and number of awards shall be at the discretion of the jury.
Submission Requirements
AIA Oklahoma uses a paperless, digital submission entry.
All entries must include:
- A pdf presentation derived from a template provided by AIA Oklahoma that includes up to 15 pages to be designed as the entrant sees fit. (Not to exceed 15MB).
- Up to 5 high resolution project images, a selection of which may be used during the Awards Ceremony and / or for publication and publicity.
- One PowerPoint slide (16:9 format) to be used during the reception and dinner, showcasing all of the award entries.
- Completed Project Identification Form
- For those entering the People’s Choice Awards, 2 designated photographs to be used in the people’s choice voting and social media promotions (each photograph should not exceed 2MB) along with a completed People’s Choice Form.
Submission details will be sent to entrants on or before January 26, 2025.
Awards
Honor Award
The Honor Award is AIA’s highest level of award. It acknowledges a project with distinctive character and outstanding merit.
Merit Award
The Merit award recognizes projects that clearly demonstrate a level of design that exemplifies superior achievements.
Citation Award
The Citation Award is awarded to projects of notable accomplishment and excellent design qualities.
People’s Choice Award
The People’s Choice Award is given to a project in each category that receives the most online votes from the public.
The AIA Oklahoma Design Excellence Awards Dinner will take place on Friday, April 4th in Tulsa (location to be announced). Cost to attend the awards dinner is separate from the registration fee for entering the Design Excellence Awards competition.
Fees & Deadlines
A non-refundable registration fee of $175 is required for each entry into the AIA Oklahoma Design Excellence Awards.
Your entry form and fee must be received by 5:00 p.m. on January 26, 2025.
Detailed Submission Requirements will be sent to entrants no later than January 26, 2025.
Final submissions will be due no later than 11:59 p.m. March 1, 2025.
* Please note: There are no refunds.
Questions regarding the AIA Oklahoma Design Awards Program should be submitted in writing to aiaoklahoma@cox.net
