AIArchitect, October 13, 2003 - 2004 Housing PIA Awards to Honor Residential Work of All Ilks

10/2003

2004 Housing PIA Awards to Honor
Residential Work of All Ilks
Entry forms and fees due November 21; submissions due December 19

Chiricahua Villas, Scottsdale, Ariz., by B3 Architects, a Berkus Design Studio, offers 21 single-family homes and won a 2003 PIA Housing Award in the single-family category. (Photo © Lawrence Anderson.) The AIA Housing Professional Interest Area (PIA) invites residential architects to take part in its fourth annual awards program to recognize the best in housing design. The program emphasizes the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit, and a valuable national resource.

Any complete structure designed to be a single-family house or multifamily housing is eligible for entry. New construction, renovations, restored homes and buildings, and attached single-family and multifamily housing in the U.S. are also eligible. All projects must be completed since January 1, 2000.

Monterey Place New Haven, by Fletcher-Thompson, Inc., Shelton, Conn., is a HUD Hope VI project and a 2003 Housing PIA Award winner for community design(Photo ©ESTO Photographics.) The categories are:

Single-family housing.
This award is in two categories: the Single-Family Market Housing Award will spotlight merchant-built homes; the Single-Family Custom Housing Award will recognize outstanding custom and remodeled homes. (Entrants should specify the appropriate category on the entry form.)

Multifamily housing.
This category considers high- and low-density projects for public and private clients. In addition to architectural design features, the jury will assess the integration of the buildings into their context, including open and recreational space and transportation options.

The House at Santa Barbara, Montecito, Calif., by Barton Myers Associates Inc. won a 2002 AIA PIA Housing Award for Innovation based on its use of industrial materials to create a sustainable environment. (Photo courtesy of the Housing PIA) Innovation in housing design.
Any complete "innovative" design of some aspect of a dwelling is eligible for entry in this category. Submissions that reflect innovation in the design of details, use of new technologies, adaptation of materials, and application of the architectural design process are encouraged.

Community design.
This award recognizes projects that show, through careful planning and design, how architects contribute to making safe, attractive, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable communities.

AIA architects and owners may submit projects. The award-winners will receive significant recognition: They will be displayed at the AIA 2004 National Convention and Expo in Chicago and acknowledged in AIA publications, including AIArchitect.

Entry fees and forms are due November 21, and submissions are due December 19. Visit the Housing PIA Web site on AIA.org for forms and detailed information or contact Cynthia Smith, csmith@aia.org or 202-626-7586.