It’s a life necessity, a sanctuary for the human spirit, and many people’s first and most personal encounter with architecture: the house. By recognizing the best in home design, AIA Housing Awards show the world how beauty, safety, sustainability, and comfort can come together.
Applications are due November 17, before 5pm ET.
Eligibility
Entrants
- Architects licensed in the US or any owner of a structure or project.
- On team projects, the architect submitting the entry doesn’t have to be the head of the team.
- All team, group, or firm projects must credit all who substantially contributed in any capacity (for example, landscape architects and construction firms).
Projects
- New construction, renovations, and restorations are eligible.
- Projects must have been completed after January 1, 2015.
Submission Details
The AIA Housing Awards offer opportunities in four categories:
- Category one: One- and Two-Family Custom Residences
- Category two: One- and Two-Family Production Homes
- Category three: Multifamily Housing
- Category four: Specialized Housing
All projects must demonstrate design excellence. The jury evaluates entries based on how successfully projects have met their individual requirements. The jury also evaluates entries’ sustainability, affordability, social impact, innovation, durability, how the projects address the natural and built contexts, and how they meet specific client needs.
Entries are judged individually—not in competition with each other.
Entry fee: $375 for members and $750 for non-members (with the exception of category 2 where the fee will be waived again this year)
Jury
TBD
Submission process
Please View the 2021 Housing Award Sample Application.
The submission site will open on August 27, 2020, all applications must be completed through the submission site. Visit the submission site for full submission details prior to the deadline. After logging in, you may view the entire submission site, and save your submission as you work to complete it. You will not be asked to pay until your submission is complete.
If you are interested is reviewing previously successful submissions please contact our archivist.
Past Recipients
2020
2019
2018
Benjamin Franklin College and Pauli Murray College, Yale University
2017
The Graphic House, Marlon Blackwell Architects
Los Altos Residence, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Pennsylvania Farmhouse, Cutler Anderson Architects
Cully Grove, Green Gables Design and Restoration
Roxbury E+, Interface Studio Architects
Stellar Residences and Townhomes at Northstar, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Hunters View Housing Blocks 5&6, Paulett Taggart Architects
Powerhouse, Interface Studio Architects
Via 57 West, Bjarke Ingels Group
Heartland Family Works, Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, Inc.
The Lofts at Washington University in St. Louis, William Rawn Associates, Architects Inc.
2016
Homeless Veterans Transitional Housing, VA Campus, LEO A DALY
Commonwealth Honors College, William Rawn Associates, Architects Inc.
Cloverdale749, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects
1180 Fourth Street, Mithun initiated as WRT/Solomon E.T.C.
Oak Ridge House, Duvall Decker Architects, P.A.
Newberg Residence, Cutler Anderson Architects
Island Residence, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Independence Pass Residence, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Hog Pen Creek Retreat, Lake|Flato Architects
Whitetail Woods Regional Park Camper Cabins, HGA
2015
Category one
Bridge House, Joeb Moore & Partners
Marlboro Music: Five Cottages, HGA Architects and Engineers
Old Briar, Applied Research
Studhorse, Olson Kundig Architects
Category three
The North Parker – mixed use, affordable housing, Jonathan Segal, FAIA
Bayview Hill Gardens, David Baker Architects
Broadway Affordable Housing, Kevin Daly Architects
Category four
160 Massachusetts Avenue Tower, William Rawn Associates, Architects Inc.
John C Anderson Apartments, WRT LLC
La Casa Permanent Supportive Housing, Studio Twenty Seven Architecture | Leo A. Daly JV
2014
Category one
Informal House, Koning Eizenberg Architecture Inc.
Kicking Horse Residence, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Park Passive, NK Architects
Sol Duc Cabin, Olson Kundig Architects
Topo House, Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Category three
1221 Broadway, Lake|Flato Architects
Cherokee Studios, Brooks + Scarpa
Merritt Crossing Senior Apartments, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Category four
28th Street Apartments, Koning Eizenberg Architecture Inc.
Sweetwater Spectrum Community, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
2013
Category one
Eagle Ridge, Gary Gladwish Architecture
Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
House in the Mountains, GLUCK+
Lake View Residence, Alterstudio Architecture LLP
Category three
Via Verde – The Green Way, Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects
Category four
West Campus Housing – Phase I, Mahlum Architects