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Single Family Residential
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Multi Family Residential
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Family housing including apartments, condos and retirement facilities |
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Institutional
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Educational, Medical, Military, Government, Transportation, Religious |
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Commercial
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Retail sales, Offices, Food Service, other Retail and Mixed Use. |
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Industrial
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Warehouse, Research/Scientific, Parking Structure, etc. |
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Recreational
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Hotel/Conference, Theme park, Museum/Gallery, Theatre/Auditorium, Sports arenas, Entertainment venues, campsites, etc. |
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Reconstruction
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Remodels, Historic Restoration, Renovation |
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Interiors
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Limited to projects dealing with interiors only, build-out or rehab. |
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25+ Year Old Projects
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This category recognizes buildings which display an excellence of design that has endured over time and that embody qualities as notable and inspiring today as when first built. Projects completed prior to January 1, 1977, are eligible. |
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Unbuilt
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Projects which are "on the boards," previous competition entries or projects which have never been constructed are eligible. There is no time limit on when they were designed and no requirement for future construction. |
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Design for Sustainability
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Energy and Resource Efficient Solutions
Sponsored by Southern California Edison
This award will recognize projects that incorporate sustainable design principles. This can include integrated design thinking to reduce energy use, the integration of daylighting, the reduction in use of materials, the use of recycled materials, planning for deconstruction and reuse, the incorporation of new and emerging energy-efficient technologies, thoughtful solar orientation,
minimized disturbance of natural features, on-site retention of storm water, and more.
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Digital Architecture
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Design Awards 2002 with its focus on recognizing excellence in design is adding a new category. In addition to the standard categories is a new one in keeping with the theme of this years’ awards: Out of the Box.
This category is experimental and set up with a separate focus from the standard categories. Please see the special page for more information.
Students may submit in this category for free but in this case they are excluded from winning prizes as listed on the page on prizes. |
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Student Category
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Open to schools with accredited architecture programs (via invitation of the Design Awards Committee) or to individual students with no geographic limitation. |
