Gillson Park Beach House
Gillson Park Beach House | Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, XS Honor Award © Mike Schwartz
The Keller Center
The Keller Center | Farr Associates with Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, Honor Award © Tom Rossiter
Sounding Boards Garden at Harmony
Sounding Boards Garden | Eastlake Studio, Honor Award © Kendall McCaugherty, Hall + Merrick + McCaugherty Photographers
800 West Fulton
800 West Fulton | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Office Category Recipient © SOM Dave Burk
Offshore at Navy Pier
Offshore at Navy Pier, KOO | Photo: Anthony Tahlier
Ralph Johnson, FAIA
Ralph Johnson, FAIA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient 2022 © Matt Mansueto Photography
Distinguished Service Award
Joan Pomaranc, Hon. AIA Chicago © Steven Caban (Full Bars Media)
A woman standing with her arms crossed in a power stance in front of a window and bookshelf.
Breah Page, AIA; 2023 Dubin Family Young Architect Award Recipient
Urban West Dance Center
Urban West Dance Center | Yash Mehta, Student Award Recipient 2021 © Yash Mehta

AIA Chicago Architecture Awards

Gillson Park Beach House

Gillson Park Beach House | Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, XS Honor Award
© Mike Schwartz

The Keller Center

The Keller Center | Farr Associates with Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, Honor Award
© Tom Rossiter

Sounding Boards Garden at Harmony

Sounding Boards Garden | Eastlake Studio, Honor Award
© Kendall McCaugherty, Hall + Merrick + McCaugherty Photographers

800 West Fulton

800 West Fulton | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Office Category Recipient
© SOM Dave Burk

Offshore at Navy Pier

Offshore at Navy Pier, KOO; Photo: Anthony Tahlier

Ralph Johnson, FAIA

Ralph Johnson, FAIA
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient 2022
© Matt Mansueto Photography

Distinguished Service Award

Joan Pomaranc, Hon. AIA Chicago
© Steven Caban (Full Bars Media)

Alzira Maldonado Protsishin, AIA, Dubin Family Young Architect Award Recipient 2021
© Steven Caban (Full Bars Media)

Urban West Dance Center

Urban West Dance Center | Yash Mehta, Student Award Recipient 2021
© Yash Mehta

    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award

    Ralph Johnson, FAIA
    Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient 2022
    © Matt Mansueto Photography

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Founded in 2006, the AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award honors those who have made a lasting impact on the practice, the profession, and the built environment.

    Nominations open: Thursday, June 1, 2023
    Nominations close:
    Thursday, June 22, 2023

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    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Design Excellence Awards

    Gillson Park Beach House | Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, XS Honor Award
    © Mike Schwartz

    Design Excellence Awards

    AIA Chicago’s Design Excellence Awards honor the outstanding work of AIA Chicago members and their firms, reinforce the value of great architecture, and highlight members’ contributions in designing equitable and sustainable places and spaces.

    Submissions open: Monday, April 26, 9:00 AM Central
    Submissions close:
    Friday, June 2, 6:00 PM Central

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    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Decarbonization Award

    The Keller Center | Farr Associates with Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, Honor Award
    © Tom Rossiter

    Decarbonization Award

    This award recognizes projects that have gone above and beyond base level energy reduction goals and showcases those project vanguards that exemplify the profession's ability to pursue the goals of the 2030 Commitment without compromise to the functional and aesthetic goals of the project.

    Submissions open: Monday, April 26, 9:00 AM Central
    Submissions close:
    Friday, June 2, 6:00 PM Central

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    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award

    Sounding Boards Garden | Eastlake Studio, Honor Award
    © Kendall McCaugherty, Hall + Merrick + McCaugherty Photographers

    Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award

    The Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award, administered by the AIA Chicago Foundation, was established in 2020 to honor excellence architecture that is guided by the conviction that access to high quality architecture is not a privilege, it is a human right.

    Submissions open: Monday, April 26, 9:00 AM Central
    Submissions close:
    Friday, June 2, 6:00 PM Central

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    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Peoples Choice Awards

    800 West Fulton | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Office Category Recipient
    © SOM Dave Burk

    Lerch Bates People's Choice Awards

    As a laboratory for innovation, Chicago’s architects never tire in their quest of creating beautiful and innovative masterpieces, and this award engages our city to vote on their favorite projects. These awards are sponsored by Lerch Bates and presented in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Center.

    Submissions open: Monday, April 26, 9:00 AM Central
    Submissions close:
    Friday, June 2, 6:00 PM Central

    More Information and Submit

    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Firm Award

    Offshore at Navy Pier, KOO; Photo: Anthony Tahlier

    Firm Award

    Established in 1991, this award recognizes outstanding achievements and excellence in the body of work produced by a firm.

    Submissions open: Late January, 2024
    Submissions close: Late February, 2024

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    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Distinguished Service Award

    Joan Pomaranc, Hon. AIA Chicago
    © Steven Caban (Full Bars Media)

    Distinguished Service Award

    Since its establishment in 1955, the AIA Chicago Board of Directors has recognized individuals and organizations who have provided outstanding service to the Chicago architectural community.

    Submissions open: October
    Submissions close: November

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    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Dubin Family Young Architect Award

    Breah Page, AIA, Dubin Family Young Architect Award Recipient 2023
    © Stephanie Jensen Photography

    Dubin Family Young Architect Award

    Established in 1983, AIA Chicago's Young Architect Award, financially supported by the Dubin Family, recognizes excellence in ability and exceptional contributions by Chicago area architects between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-nine OR licensed 10 years or fewer.

    Submissions open: Monday, July 24, 2023
    Submissions close: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

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    AIA Chicago Architecture Awards - Chicago Award in Architecture Student Award

    The Seam
    Trae Horne and Moid Ali, 2023

    Chicago Award in Architecture Student Award

    The Chicago Award in Architecture is a juried competition of student projects nominated by their professors of architecture.

    Professor Nominations open: May
    Professor Nominations close: June

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