EPIConnection.com, the AIA National Housing Committee, and the Whirlpool Corporation are teaming up to sponsor the Emerging Professionals Guest House/Studio Design Competition to encourage and recognize the design skills of emerging architecture professionals. The award-winning projects will receive significant recognition and cash awards, and finalists will become part of a case study demonstrating cooperative projects among industry, schools, and professional practice.

Eligibility—This is an international competition open to two categories of entrants.

• Category 1 is for students in at least their fourth year of school
• Category 2 is for intern candidates—those currently studying to take the ARE, non-licensed design professionals, and AIA Associate members—and young architects (those licensed 10 years or less).

Challenge
The competition challenges emerging professionals and architecture students to design a 21st century live/work studio by renovating a 1920s Bungalow-style residence in Albuquerque. The program also includes conversion of a single-family-house garage into a multiuse space for extended family members or as a future rental property for supplemental income.

Winning entries will be used as case studies by the sponsors in a national campaign to promote cooperative ventures among education, industry, and practice.

Prizes

• First Prize: $2,000 each to one student and one emerging professional
• Second Prize: $500 each to one student and one emerging professional
• Six Honorable Mentions—to three students and three emerging professionals—also will be awarded.

Jury—Members of the jury include:

• Cathy L. Hendricks, ASID, IIDA, executive director, Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, Austin
• Mark Johnson, FAIA, Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Mich.
• John Klockeman, AIA, principal, Blumentals Architects Inc., Brooklyn Center, Minn.
• Andy Pressman, FAIA, School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
• David H. Newton, David Newton Associates, Knoxville.

Entries—Entries will consist of drawings, renderings, and a 250-word written project statement mounted on two 24x36-inch boards.

Timetable—Registrations and entry fees are due October 1 in Washington, D.C., and submissions are due October 18 at AIA New Mexico in Albuquerque. Winners will be notified by November 12.

Visit the EPIConnection site for full information, registration forms, and program statements and drawings.

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