 Small Is Beautiful: Enter the Small Projects Awards Program
Submissions due January 9
The AIA Small Project Practitioners (SPP) Knowledge Community announces its fifth annual Small Project Awards Program, recognizing small-project practitioners for the high quality of their work and promoting excellence in small-project design. This award program emphasizes the excellence of small-project design and strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter the limits of size and scope. Online submissions will be accepted through January 9, 2009, 5:00 p.m., ET. For more information, visit the Small Project Web site. (Pictured is Loons Nest, Emily, Minn., by SALA Architects, a 2007 Small Projects Award recipient. Photo courtesy of the architect.)
 Calling All Green Buildings!
Online submission site for 2009 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects open until January 30
The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) is now accepting online submissions for the 2009 COTE Top Ten Green Projects awards program. Since 1996, this juried recognition program has celebrated the best in sustainable design. The program requirements are unique and require narrative descriptions as well as performance metrics. This unusual set of requirements is part of the program’s recognition of the importance of qualitative and quantitative elements of sustainable design. These COTE measures and metrics of sustainable design are a framework for a holistic understanding of sustainable design. The 2009 jury for the AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects awards program includes architects, educators, and a student. The deadline to submit projects is January 30, 2009. For more information about the Top Ten Green Projects and to submit a project for consideration, visit the COTE Web site. (Pictured is the Pocono Environmental Education/Visitor Activity Center Dingmans Ferry, Pa., by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, a 2008 COTE Top Ten Green Project. Photo courtesy of the architect.)
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