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Unbuilt Architecture and Design

Submission Deadline: Friday, July 29
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Past Awardees

Nordhaven: The City Regenerative. Designed by FXFOWLE.Lockgrid — city after the periodic blackout. Designed by W.Y. Frank Chen.Republic of Trinidad & Tobago Primary Schools. Designed by Morris Architects.Urban Rack. Designed by Moskow Linn Architects.Crook/Cup/Bow/Twist. Designed by Schwartz and Architecture.ecoFLEX. Designed by Shepley Bulfinch.Tualang Tower. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.Wadi. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.Stormhouse, Deception Island, Antarctica. Designed by Lewis Edward Wadsworth IV, Assoc. AIA.PopUp Cafe. Designed by XChange Architects.

Click on any of the thumbnails above to view a slideshow of recent award winners.

Architects, designers, educators and students throughout the world are invited to submit real or theoretical projects.

Eligibility

Unbuilt designs of any project type are eligible, including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client-sponsored projects (e.g., buildings, interiors, transportation infrastructure, monuments, etc.). Projects under construction or otherwise apparently assured of construction are ineligible.

Projects that have been honored in past years and work by jurors or by their firms are ineligible.

The 2011 Jury
Michael Blier, ASLA, Hon. BSA, Landworks Studio, Inc.
Gabriel C. Feld, Rhode Island School of Design
Joe Haskett, R.A., NCARB, LEED-AP, distill studio
Mariana Ibañez, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Peter Lofgren, Baker Design Group (jury chair)
David Stern, Stern McCafferty Architecture & Interiors

Jury meets August 26, 2011. Notifications will be sent thereafter.

Entry fees

The nonrefundable entry fee for the first submission is $100 for Massachusetts AIA members and $175 for all others. The fee for each additional submission by the same architect or firm is $65 for Massachusetts AIA members and $120 for all others. (There is no limit on submissions.) Checks should be made payable to Boston Society of Architects.

Submissions

Complete this entry form, and mail it with your entry fee and design materials to:
Unbuilt Architecture and Design Awards, The Architects Building, 52 Broad Street, Boston, MA 02109

All submissions are due by 4:00 pm on  July 29, 2011. Conceal references to the architecture firm on all materials submitted for the jury’s review.

Entries must include:

  1. 31" × 31" fomecore presentation board (will not be returned) focusing on one project only; boards must be two-dimensional
  2. Project description (see requirements below) printed on the board
  3. Disc that includes images showing entire scope of the project as well as details (formatted .jpg, .tif or .pdf, at least 2000 pixels wide), plus the credit list and project description (formatted .doc or .txt)
  4. Entry fee (see above), payable to Boston Society of Architects


Project description requirements (one page, typed)

  1. Award subcategory (if applicable)
  2. Explanation of the project, in English, in fewer than 250 words
  3. Type (not name) of client; description of the planning, design and construction processes
  4. Program; your solutions to unique design challenges; special constraints
  5. Whether the design is original or an adaptation of a prototype
  6. Sustainable elements including relevant information about regional climate, measured energy data and LEED or BREEAM assessment (if applicable)
  7. Accessible/universal design elements
  8. Urban context (links to public transportation and other public facilities)
  9. Construction budget; cost per square foot; materials used; innovative building components
  10. Others involved in the design process (e.g., users, artists, community members)

Read the 2009 Unbuilt Architecture and Design Awards jury comments. 

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