We’re thrilled to announce an exciting addition to the AIA Columbus Architecture Awards, a new Residential Category!
This category is designed to recognize the rigor, creativity, and deep care that go into designing homes that are responsive to site, climate, material, and—most importantly—the lives of those who live in them.
Here are all the categories and important dates.
2025 Architecture Awards Categories
*NEW!* Residential (no limit maximum or minimum sf)
The Residential Project Category recognizes design excellence for completed one to three family residential architecture. Projects of all types including new buildings, restoration, renovation, additions, preservation, and adaptive re-use are encouraged to submit. If a project wins in this category, it cannot be submitted later in another category.
Large Project (recommended: 5,000 sf and over)
The Large Project Category is for projects that are around 5,000 square feet and over. It recognizes design excellence for completed architecture executed in projects that are around 5,000 square feet and over, of all types of buildings, restoration, preservation, and adaptive re-use. If a project wins in this category, it cannot be submitted later in another category.
Small Project (recommended: less than 5,000 sf)
The Small Project Category is for projects that are roughly less than 5,000 square feet. It recognizes design excellence for completed architecture executed in projects that are roughly less than 5,000 square feet, of all types of buildings, restoration, preservation, and adaptive re-use. If a project wins in this category, it cannot be submitted later in another category.
Interior Architecture
The Interior Architecture Category is for completed building interiors. The projects may be large or small in scope and may involve new construction, adaptive re-use, restoration, or preservation. If a project wins in this category, it cannot be submitted later in another category.
Architectural Detail
The Architectural Detail Category recognizes an instance in which the details of a project are executed in an artful way, celebrating the relationship between architecture and craft through materials, detail, or technology. To be eligible for an award in this category the project must be realized/built. If a project detail submitted in this category wins an AIA Columbus Architecture Award, the larger, full project can be submitted in another category later.
Unbuilt Work
The Unbuilt Work Category recognizes design excellence in projects scheduled to be built, as well as those that will never be built. Submissions may be commissioned or self-generated, research, or speculation. If a project wins in this category, it cannot be submitted later in another category.
2025 Awards Submission Timeline
Tuesday, June 3: Call for Entries Open
Monday, July 14: End of Early Bird Discount for Submitted Submissions
Friday, August 15: All Project Submissions Due
Friday, August 22: Entry fee payment due ($25 late payment fee)
Wednesday, October 22: Architecture Awards Ceremony at Hamilton Hall
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