AIA Oregon Professional Achievement Awards

Introduced in 2018 to replace the singular Emerging Professional of the Year Award, these awards celebrate and recognize achievement at all levels of the profession within our community. The objective is to promote engagement within the chapter and recognize valuable contributions of members who are serving the community and proactively improving the architecture profession.

Schedule

Nominations are open and will close on Sep 6, 2024.

Winners will be announced at the Oregon Architecture Awards Celebration on November 14.

Awards (See descriptions of each award below)

  • AIA Oregon President’s Award

  • AIA Oregon Young Architect Award

  • AIA Oregon Emerging Professional Award

Nominations

Candidates for individual recognition awards are nominated with support from AIA Oregon Member Firms. Individuals within member firms can nominate peers, with firm leadership support, to encourage all firm employees to honor the work of their colleagues. All nominees’ letters must contain a signature from firm leadership to be considered. Nominees shall not be serving on the Board of Directors at the time of nomination.

Application Criteria & Awards Description

Each award is based on AIA National’s four (4) content categories that that exhibit exemplary contribution to the profession and community:

  • Design Excellence: through the aesthetic or scientific application for the built environment

  • Practice: through leadership, management and/or specialized technical expertise

  • Education: through teaching, publications and/or research

  • Service: through exemplary service and contributions to the profession and/or society

Jury

The jury includes 3-5 members as nominated by the AIA Oregon President. The Jury reserves the right to not award an achievement award for a specific year.

AIA Oregon Professional Achievement Awards

President’s Award

The AIA Oregon President’s Award is given to an individual AIA member for significant contribution to the architecture profession through distinguished leadership and service over an extended period of time. These services, exceeding those expected in any official capacity, and by leadership, has advanced the cause of the profession and provided an inspiration to his/her fellow practitioners.

Eligibility: Current and previous AIA Oregon members that have been licensed to practice architecture for more than 20 years by the submission deadline are eligible.

Young Architect Award

The Young Architect Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers. AIA Oregon sees this award as a stepping-stone to the National Young Architect Award application and aims to support Young Architects in their career pursuits through this recognition.

Eligibility: AIA members who are in good standing and have been licensed to practice architecture fewer than ten years by the submission deadline are eligible. The term ‘young architect’ has no reference to the age of the nominee.

Emerging Professional Award

The AIA Oregon Emerging Professional Award is given to individual Associate AIA members to recognize outstanding leaders and creative thinkers for significant contributions to their communities and the architecture profession. This candidate should exemplify excellence and service in one or all of the content categories described in the entry requirements.

Eligibility: Current AIA Oregon Associate members or recent graduates (within 18 months) of an accredited architecture degree program are eligible.