The AIA's Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement are biennial awards that recognize and encourage distinguished achievements of allied professionals, clients, organizations, architect teams, professional interest areas (PIAs), and others who have had a beneficial influence on or advanced the architecture profession. The award will be presented in 2003, and it is time to consider who among your colleagues is worthy of such recognition. Past winners have included photographers, writers, editors, philanthropists, engineers and other allied professionals, organizations, books, buildings, and public programs (see the list below).

Looking at the big picture, who and what are important to your practice and profession? Now is the time to honor them. The procedure is relatively simple, and the rewards are immense. The winners will be publicly recognized at the annual Accent on Architecture Awards gala in Washington, D.C., and receive their awards at the AIA national convention in San Diego in May 2003.

Who is eligible for nomination?
Individuals or organizations who have created significant achievement or a body of work in:
• Administration: creation, management, or sponsorship of programs that advance architecture and urban design in institutions, communities, and regional landscapes
• Art and craftsmanship: the design, fabrication, or installation of works of art and high craftsmanship in the context of architecture, urban design projects, and built landscapes
• Collaborative achievement: advancement of architecture and urban design by teams of architects, allied professionals, administrators, developers, or by the integration of several disciplines (this area of achievement provides opportunities to recognize those allied organizations, such as the Associated General Contractors and General Services Administration, or teams of allied professionals working with architects for outstanding contributions to the profession)
• Construction: advancement in contracting, construction technique, construction management, cost estimating, and project delivery
• Industrial design: design or manufacture of building systems, equipment, furnishings, furniture, equipment, tools, and other materials affecting architecture and the built environment
• Information science: advances in technology, information systems, computer programming, library systems, and applications that contribute to the advancement of architecture, architectural practice, and the built environment
• Professions allied with architecture: acoustics, color and materials, behavioral science, energy, engineering, ecology and environmental science, ergonomics, graphics, interior design, landscape architecture, land use, lighting design, urban and regional planning, preservation technology, public health, transportation, and other fields of consultation with architects
• Public policy: contributions to architecture and the built environment in economics law, political service and legislation, and sociology
• Research, dissemination, and education: contributions to the advancement of architecture through research, publication, institutional and noninstitutional programs in education, and public awareness
• Recording and illustration: contributions to the advancement of architecture in drawing, film, model making, photography, video, and other representational and recording media.
• Writing and scholarship: contributions to the advancement of the understanding of architecture in anthropology, architectural history and theory, archaeology, criticism, geography, history, journalism, psychology, sociology, or other fields of inquiry.

Who can nominate candidates for the awards?
Any AIA member, group of members, component, or PIA may nominate candidates (who must be living at the time of nomination). Nominations previously submitted may be resubmitted.

What is required for submission?
Each submission requires:
• Page One, a nomination statement by the nominator (any AIA member, group of members, component, or PIA).
• Page Two, background information, including:
—The name, phone number, and address of the person(s) or organization nominated
—A comprehensive biographical sketch of the nominee
—The sponsor's name, address, and phone number
• Page Three, a black-and-white glossy photograph suitable for reproduction; please secure reproduction rights and indicate credit line for photographs, if applicable
• A signed intern declaration if the nominee is an architect.

The nominator is responsible for explaining fully the nominee's work to the jury. Appropriate photographs, illustrations, excerpts, reviews, testimonials, and article reproductions are encouraged. (Please send copies—there is always the chance that original artwork could be lost.) You may include supplemental materials with the uniform binder, but they are not required. For instance, you may include a carousel of slides to further explain the nominee's work. If books are an integral part of the nomination, please submit actual copies of the book(s).

The nominator also has a responsibility to see that the material presented is accurate and properly credited. In the case of disputes or ambiguities, the jury will defer the award.

What format should the submission take?
All exhibits must be submitted in an AIA uniform binder obtained by contacting the AIA Honors and Awards Department, 202-626-7586 or thoaney@aia.org. Sponsors must notify the local chapter of the nomination.

When are submissions due?
They must be postmarked no later than October 11, 2002.

Where do I send the submissions?
Send all submissions to the AIA Secretary, c/o AIA Honors and Awards Department, 1735 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006-5292, Attention: Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement

Why should I nominate someone?
As the song says, "you've got to have friends," and we all know how much architecture is a collaborative art. Collaborative Achievement awards offer a fitting venue through which to acknowledge those who help architects everywhere create a better built environment.

How do I get more information about the Awards?
Contact the AIA Honors and Awards Department, 202-626-7586 or thoaney@aia.org.

Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement Recipients

1990
The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Corning Incorporated
Jackie Ferrara
Timothy Hursley
Marvin Mass
Mary Miss
Peter G. Rolland
Joseph Santeramo
Taos Pueblo
Emmet L. Wemple

1991
James Fraser Carpenter
Danish Design Centre
Foundation for Architecture, Philadelphia
The J.M. Kaplan Fund
Maguire Thomas Partners
Native American Architecture (Robert Easton and Peter Nabokov)
Princeton Architectural Press
Seaside, Florida
Allan Temko
Lebbeus Woods

1992
Siah Armajani
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Stephen Coyle
Milton Glaser
The Mayors' Institute on City Design
The Municipal Art Society of New York
John Julius Norwich
Ove Arup & Partners Consulting Engineers PC
Peter Vanderwarker
Peter Walker

1993
ADPSR (Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility)
Michael Blackwood
The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
Benjamin Forgey
The Gamble House
Philadelphia Zoological Society
The Princeton University Board of Trustees, Officers and the Office of Physical Planning
Jane Thompson
Sally B. Woodbridge
World Monuments Fund

1994
Joseph H. Baum
Beth Dunlop
Mildred Friedman
Historic Savannah Foundation
Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission
Salvadori Educational Center on the Built Environment
Gordon H. Smith
The Stuart Collection
Sunset Magazine
Judith Turner

1995
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture
ASAP (The American Society of Architectural Perspectivists)
Friends of Post Office Square
The University of Virginia, Curator and Architect for the Academical Village/The Rotunda
Albert Paley
UrbanArts, Inc.
Dr. Yoichi Ando

1996
Boston by Foot, Inc.
William S. Donnell
Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Toshio Nakamura, Hon. FAIA
Joseph Passonneau, FAIA, ASCE
Preservation Society of Charleston
Earl Walls Associates
Paul Warchol Photography, Inc.

1997
Architecture Resource Center

1998
Lian Hurst Mann, PhD., AIA
SOM Foundation
William Morgan, FAIA

1999
Howard Brandston
Jeff Goldberg
Ann E. Gray/Balcony Press
Blair Kamin
Ronald McKay
Miami-Dade Art in Public Places
Gianfranco Monacelli/Monacelli Press
New York Landmarks Conservancy

2000
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Douglas Cooper
Dr. Christopher Jaffe
Donald Kaufman and Taffy Dahl
William Lam, Assoc. AIA
San Antonio Conservation Society
F. Michael Wong, Ph.D., FAIA, FRAIA, RIBA

2001
Vernon L. Mays Jr.
John R. Stilgoe

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