New Practices San Francisco is the 2009, West Coast premiere of AIA New York’s annual portfolio competition and exhibition. New Practices San Francisco is a platform for recognizing and promoting new and emerging architecture firms within San Francisco that have undertaken innovative strategies – both in projects and practice. Distinguishing this award from others given to new practices is the attention focused on how the winning firms are uniquely shaped to better facilitate the type of projects that they undertake.

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Submission Deadline: April 10, 2009 @ 1:00 PM

Eligibility

• New practices are defined as licensed architectural firms that have been founded after January 1, 1999. (Please include a copy of “Certificate of Firm Incorporation” or a signed certification that practice was founded after January 1, 1999).
• All architects and designers practicing within the immediate Bay Area, defined as any location within a 30-mile radius of the AIA San Francisco office, are eligible to submit projects located within or outside of the Bay Area. If a firm has multiple offices, only projects executed by the Bay Area offices are eligible.

Jury
Ila Berman, Chair and Professor of Architecture, California College of the Arts
Anne Fougeron, AIA, Fougeron Architecture
Sam Lubell, Editor, The Architect’s Newspaper, California Edition
Jim Jennings, AIA, Jim Jennings Architecture
Cathy Simon, FAIA, Perkins & Will

Benefits

• Winning firms will be announced during the 2009 AIA National Convention.
• Winning firms will be featured in an exhibition at the Center for Architecture in New York, from June 4-September 19, 2009. The exhibition will travel to the AIA San Francisco and Center for Architecture + Design Gallery from November 12, 2009-January 29, 2010.
• Winnings firms will receive one month of exposure at the Hafele Showroom in San Francisco, where they will have the opportunity to showcase their work and host an exclusive lecture.
• Winning firms will receive significant exposure in The Architect’s Newspaper, California Edition.
• A principal of each winning firm will receive a one-year membership to the AIA.
• All appropriate winning projects will be considered for inclusion in the San Francisco Living: Home Tours weekend as well as top, national design publications.

Entry Fee: $100
Questions
Erin Cullerton, Assistant Director
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