ELIGIBILITY & CRITERIA

ELIGIBILITY & CRITERIA

Eligibility:

• Any structure or building of any size or project type (including rehabs, interior architecture, monuments, etc.) located anywhere in the world and designed by an AIA Maine-based architect / firm is eligible.
• Associate AIA Maine-based members may submit projects that do not require the stamp of a licensed professional.
• Projects must have been completed after January 1, 2011.
• Projects that have been honored in this program in past years are not eligible.
• Work by the design professionals serving as jurors this year (or by their firms) are not eligible.

Criteria: The sole judging criterion is design excellence. The jury is empowered to determine the extent to which design excellence is informed by aesthetic, technical, functional, contextual, sustainability, social or other characteristics. The jury may elect to honor projects by building type or other categories, or may choose to make no such distinctions.