The Central Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects announces the 2011 Service Awards. This bi-annual program is held to recognize individuals who best exemplify the highest qualities of leadership and have contributed to the reputation of architecture through outstanding commitment and service to the profession, academics, and/or in the community. Active members of the AIA Central Illinois Chapter are invited to submit nominations for review by this year’s distinguished jury of peers.
Submittals are due August 12, 2011 at 5:00PM CST.
Again this year will be an award celebrating the efforts by those outside our profession. The "Distinguished Citizen Advocate" Award is given by the American Institute of Architects Central Illinois Chapter to recognize and encourage distinguished achievements of allied professionals, clients, organizations, and others whose efforts have resulted in a significant and positive improvement to the architectural profession and/or the built environment. The determination of this award is made by the AIA Central Illinois Chapter Board of Directors.
2011 AIA Central Illinois Service Awards Program
At this time, the location and schedule of the program is being finalized; exact details will be sent out as soon as they are known. Contact Dan Steider at dan.steider@bldd.com or by phone (309) 828-5025 with any Questions.
2011 AIA Central Illinois Service Awards Call for Submittals
Eligibility
The 2011 AIA Central Illinois Chapter Service Awards are open to any member of the chapter in good standing.
Service Awards Categories
Outstanding Firm
The Outstanding Firm award may be awarded to an architectural firm of the AIA Central Illinois Chapter in recognition of its demonstrated long term and sustained contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture. Nominations may cite achievements in one or more of the following categories:
Service to the Profession: Recognizing service to the AIA Central Illinois Chapter either through direct participation or through participation at the state or national level of AIA. This may also include a sustained effort at intern development.
Public Service: Recognizing sustained leadership in efforts of significant interest in one or more Illinois communities, including, but not limited to civic improvement, governmental projects, conservation and urban renewal. Service in this category is community based.
Education/Training: Recognizing extra professional endeavors in education.
Architectural Practice: Recognizing special skills and achievements in the organization, operation, and management of an architectural office that has produced results outside the routine and received outstanding recognition by the profession.
Outstanding Member
The Outstanding Member award may be awarded to a member architect who maintains professional membership in AIA Central Illinois. Nominees must have demonstrated leadership qualities in the profession of architecture and contributed to the advancement of the profession. Nominations may cite achievements in the following categories:
Service to the Profession: Primarily recognizing service to the AIA Central Illinois Chapter either through direct participation or through participation at the state or national level of the AIA. This may also include a sustained effort at intern development.
Public Service: Recognizing sustained leadership in efforts of significant interest in one or more Illinois communities, including, but not limited to civic improvement, governmental projects, conservation and urban renewal. Service in this category is community based.
Education/Training: Recognizing extra professional endeavors in education.
Architectural Practice: Recognizing special skills and achievements in the organization, operation, and management of an architectural office that has produced results outside the routine and received outstanding recognition by the profession.
Outstanding Young Architect
The Outstanding Young Architect award may be awarded to a member who has been licensed for less than ten years and maintains membership in AIA Central Illinois. Nominees must have demonstrated leadership qualities in the profession of architecture and contributed notably to the profession of architecture. Nominations may cite achievements in the following categories:
Service to the Profession: Primarily recognizing service to the AIA Central Illinois Chapter either through direct participation or through participation at the state or national level of the AIA. This may also include a sustained effort at intern development.
Public Service: Recognizing sustained leadership in efforts of significant interest in one or more Illinois communities, including, but not limited to civic improvement, governmental projects, conservation and urban renewal. Service in this category is community based.
Education/Training: Recognizing extra professional endeavors in education.
Architectural Practice: Recognizing special skills and achievements in the organization, operation, and management of an architectural office that has produced results outside the routine and received outstanding recognition by the profession.
Outstanding Educator
The Outstanding Educator award may be awarded to a member architect or associate member who maintains professional membership with the AIA Central Illinois Chapter. Nominees must have demonstrated leadership qualifies in the profession of architecture through education and contributed notably to the advancement of the profession of architecture as an educator. Nominations may cite achievements in one or more of the following categories:
Service to the Profession: Primarily recognizing service to the AIA Central Illinois Chapter through direct participation with an emphasis on notable effort in education.
Education: Recognizing full time endeavors in education, while highlighting achievements in disciplines relating to or impacting the quality of architectural education and / or encouraging the understanding, appreciation, and advancement of the profession of architecture.
Technology: Recognizing notable contributions in the research or practical application of materials, systems, or equipment to education that significantly enhances architectural education.
Public Awareness: Recognizing outstanding efforts in education, which may have raised the level of architectural academic standards, increased the recognition of professional competence or otherwise elevated the practice of architecture.
Outstanding Associate Member
The Outstanding Associate Member award may be awarded to a practicing architectural intern who maintains associate membership in AIA Central Illinois Chapter. Nominees must have demonstrated leadership and/or enthusiastic qualities in the profession of architecture and contributed notably to the profession. Nominations may cite achievements in the following categories:
Service to the Profession: Primarily recognizing service to the AIA Central Illinois Chapter either through direct participation or through participation at the state or national level of the AIA.
Public Service: Recognizing sustained leadership in efforts of significant interest in one or more Illinois communities, including, but not limited to civic improvement, governmental projects, conservation and urban renewal. Service in this category is community based.
Education/Training: Recognizing extra professional endeavors in education.
Distinguished Citizen Advocate
The "Distinguished Citizen Advocate" Award is given, in the form of a citation, by the American Institute of Architects Central Illinois Chapter to recognize and encourage distinguished achievements of allied professionals, clients, organizations, and others whose efforts have resulted in a significant and positive improvement to the architectural profession and/or the built environment.
Eligibility:
The Distinguished Citizen Advocate Award recognizes a significant contribution made to the profession of architecture or to the betterment of Central Illinois’s built environment by an individual or organization. The determination of this award is made by the AIA Central Illinois Board of Directors. More than one honoree may be selected. Any AIA member or group of members may nominate candidates, who must be living at the time of nomination, for the Distinguished Citizen Advocate Award. Nominations may cite achievements in the following categories and shall describe in detail the significance of the project, individual, or collective effort for which the nominee is being nominated:
Service to the Profession: Primarily recognizing service and contribution to the AIA Central Illinois Chapter, either through direct participation or through participation at the state or national level of the AIA, in architecture and the built environment through economics, law, political service and legislation, and/or sociology.
Public Service: Recognizing sustained leadership in efforts of significant interest in one or more Illinois communities, including, but not limited to civic improvement, governmental projects, conservation and urban renewal. Service in this category is community based and can also include the creation, management, or sponsorship of programs that advance architecture and urban design in institutions, communities, and regional landscapes.
Education/Training: Contributions to the advancement of the understanding of architecture in anthropology, architectural history and theory, archaeology, geography, history, journalism, psychology, sociology, or other fields of inquiry through research, publication, institutional and non-institutional programs in education, and public awareness.
Contributions to the Built Environment: Advancement of architecture and urban design by teams of architects, allied professionals, administrators, developers, or by the integration of several disciplines. (This specific area of achievement provides opportunities to recognize those allied organizations such as Associated General Contractors, General Services Administration, etc., or teams of allied professionals working with architects for outstanding contributions to the built environment.). This can also pertain to the design, fabrication, or installation of works of art and high craftsmanship in the context of architecture, urban design projects, and built landscapes.
Professions Allied with Architecture: Acoustics, color and materials, behavioral science, energy, engineering, ecology and environmental science, ergonomics, graphics, interior design, landscape architecture, land use, lighting design, urban and regional planning, preservation technology, public health, transportation, and other fields of consultation with architects.
2011 AIA Central Illinois Service Awards Jury
Members from the AIA Southern Illinois Chapter
2011 AIA Central Illinois Service Awards Committee
Dan Steider, Bloomington/Normal Section President, AIA Central Illinois
Julie Sass, Bloomington/Normal Section Vice-President, AIA Central Illinois
Jean Underwood, Bloomington/Normal Section Secretary, AIA Central Illinois
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