This award, recognizing architectural design of enduring significance, is conferred on a project that has stood the test of time for 25 to 35 years. The project must have been designed by an architect licensed in the United States at the time of the project’s completion. AIA members, AIA components, and knowledge communities are urged to submit projects completed between 1975 and 1985 that have contributed meaningfully to American life and architecture.

Past 25 Year Award recipients.

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2010 Institute Honor Awards Call for Entries

2010 Twenty-five Year Award “Walk Through”

Eligibility

• Any AIA member, group of members, component, or Knowledge Community may nominate a project for the Twenty-five Year Award.
• The award is open to architectural projects of all classifications and may be one building or a related group of buildings forming a single project.
• The project may be located either in the United States or abroad, must have been completed between 1975 and 1985, and must have been designed by an architect licensed in the United States at the time of the project’s completion.
• The project must be standing in a substantially completed form and in good condition.
• The project should still carry out the original program. Change of use is permitted when it has not basically altered original intent.
• The project must have excellence in function—in the distinguished execution of its original program and in the creative aspects of its statement by today’s standards. Building and site together should be examined. Any alteration to the immediate context shall be taken into consideration.
• Nominations previously submitted may be resubmitted provided they still meet the stipulated date of substantial completion of the original project.

2010 Jury

Richard L. Maimon, AIA (Chair)
KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP

Jeanne Gang, FAIA
Studio/Gang Architects

Ray Huff, AIA
Huff & Gooden Architects

Justine N. Lewis
AIAS Representative

Miguel A. Rivera Agosto, AIA
Miró Rivera Architects

Mark Simon, FAIA
Centerbrook Architects & Planners

H. Ruth Todd, AIA
Page & Turnbull Architects

William R. Turner, Jr. Assoc. AIA
Shears Adkins Architects

Client Juror – To Be Determined

Year Awarded: 2010
Submission Deadline: August 28, 2009
Award Category: Design

Contact:
Elizabeth Henry
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Sponsoring Organization:
The American Institute of Architects