Call for Submissions: Architecture Canada Awards of Excellence

Architecture Canada | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada invites submissions for the following RAIC Awards of Excellence:

• Advocate for Architecture – recognizing long-term commitment to and support for the profession of architecture in Canada, at the national, regional or local level.
• Allied Arts Medal – awarded to a Canadian artist/resident for recognition of outstanding creative achievement in the arts in any medium that is allied to architecture.
• Green Building Award – to recognize outstanding achievements of high-performance architecture in Canada for buildings that are environmentally responsible and healthy places to live, work and play.
• Innovation in Architecture Award – honouring excellence in architectural innovation, including the research and development and the applied use of new technology; unique adaptation of existing technology; new project delivery methods; new design processes; new details; or the development of new methods related to the construction process.
• President’s Award for Media in Architecture – for a book, a unique story, article, radio or television piece that contributes to the wide-spread dissemination of architectural values and ideas.

Calls for submission to these Awards of Excellenceare issued every two years. The submission deadline for this year is January 10, 2013. For more information including award criteria and submission details, please visit www.raic.org/honours_and_awards/awards_raic_awards/2013call/index_e.htm.