Recognizing outstanding architectural projects by architects practicing in Texas.
The Texas Society of Architects Design Awards program recognizes outstanding architectural and urban design projects by architects practicing in Texas to promote public interest in design excellence. The competition focuses statewide attention on the quality of our built environment while highlighting the important role architects play in every community.
The 2021 TxA Design Award winners were announced on May 12. The jury selected 15 projects from among 177 entries, and the winning projects will be featured in the September/October issue of Texas Architect. View the winner announcement.
The 2021 Call for Entries closed on April 8.
For a project to be eligible, construction must have been completed after January 1, 2016. Entries must be submitted by the design architect, who must have been registered with the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners at the time the project was executed.
Before submitting your entries, you will need a free Submittable account. If you already have an existing Submittable account, you can use it to submit your entries. Click this link if you need any additional information regarding your account.
The 2021 Design Jury is: Brad Cloepfil, AIA, Allied Works, Portland; Mimi Hoang, AIA, nARCHITECTS, Brooklyn; Bryan Lee, Colloqate, New Orleans; and Christiana Moss, FAIA, Studio Ma, Phoenix
The TxA Design Awards seek to recognize a broad range of project types, addressing a full spectrum of architectural innovations and urban solutions. The scope of projects we encourage encompasses:
Entries should demonstrate the following design features:
Submit projects with our Submittable form. Full eligibility guidelines and criteria are available on Submittable, or download PDF.
To align with AIA National’s Framework for Design Excellence, each entry is required to complete the Common App questionnaire to describe how the design addresses sustainability, resilience, and inclusiveness. While projects do not need to address all aspects of the Framework for Design Excellence, they should showcase performance data and relevant information in this context.
The Common App is a document (in Excel) created by AIA to capture project performance metrics and simplify the awards submissions process across AIA components.
Download Common App for Design Excellence Form
Common App Note: Under Measure 2, the Equitable Communities narrative field is not functioning properly. If this is important to your project, please include within the project description (slide 2), or the summary statement on the Common App form. Otherwise, please skip this field.
Virtual information session on March 10, 2021.
TxA COTE members, who are knowledgeable about the Common App, will host virtual office hours to be scheduled for mid-late March. Anyone can join a video call between specified hours to ask questions about the Common App.
April 8, 2021 at 5 p.m. CT
The 2020 Design Award winners were announced on May 11. The jury selected 19 projects from among 205 entries. The winning projects will be featured in the September/October issue of Texas Architect magazine.