The AIA Seattle 2004 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture will culminate in jury conversation and presentation Monday evening November 8, at McCaw Hall, Seattle Center.

The AIA Seattle Honor Awards Committee and Chair George Shaw AIA cordially invite colleagues from the design community of Washington to participate in a consideration of how our designs and their realization, in concert with our clients and industry collaborators, reflect the unique conditions of our ever-evolving forms of community.

How do the structures we create most successfully express and address environmental, economic, regulatory, and social factors unique to the Northwest at this moment in our history?

The online submittal format and the jury's review will stress the problems solved by design in the projects submitted, whether realized in construction, commissioned or intended for possible construction, or presented as hypothetical solutions. See eligibility criteria posted below.

The Jury (see bios below):
*Ming Fung
*Carlos Jimenez
*Merhdad Yazdani (cancelled)
*John Morris Dixon FAIA, Reflector

Dates to Note:
09/09 Submittal specs available (online entry)
10/07 Entry application/fees due
10/22 Submittal deadline
11/04 Entries posted for online preview
11/08 Awards presentation (evening), Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center

The Jury:
· Ming Fung, Hodgetts + Fung, LA; Graduate Program Head, SCI-ARC
An architect and educator who has lived and worked in several national cultures, Ming Fung brings a rich and vital perspective to practice and teaching. Director of Design for Hodgetts + Fung (Craig Hodgetts served on the AIA Seattle Honor Awards jury in 2000) since its inception in 1984, Ming Fung has engaged in the execution of all the firm's projects, including the award-winning temporary "Towell' Library at UCLA, the 50-acre master plan for the Los Angeles Arts Park, the Hollywood Bowl, and the renovation of the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. Galleries and museums throughout the world have exhibited her work.

� Carlos Jimenez, Jimenez Studio, Houston
Carlos Jimenez, born in Costa Rica, moved to the USA in 1974, graduated from the University of Houston School of Architecture in 1981, and established his private practice in Houston in 1982. A tenured professor at Rice University School of Architecture, Jimenez has produced work frequently published and honored, including a private library recognized by Architecture magazine in 2002. He has served as a juror and visiting critic at universities and cultural institutions throughout the US and Canada, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Switzerland, Chile and El Salvador, and currently on the Pritzker Prize jury. Harvard Design Press published Carlos Jimenez, House and Studio, Reflections, in connection with his appointment as Eliot Noyes Visiting Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard Design School.

� John Morris Dixon FAIA, Moderator
An MIT graduate, John Morris Dixon began his career as an architectural journalist in 1960. He served as chief editor of Progressive Architecture 1972-96, helping achieve the magazine's worldwide influence. The breadth of his knowledge and insight has made John Dixon a much-valued observer on numerous design juries and selection panels. In recent years, he has written for such publications as Architectural Record, Architectural Research Quarterly, Architecture, Competitions, Domus, Harvard Design Magazine, House & Garden, Officeinsight, and Places. Books he has written include The World Bank: Kohn Pedersen Fox and the Architecture of a Landmark Building. A grant from the Graham Foundation supports his current project, a book tracing the course of modern architecture from 1950 to the present.

References:
* Honor Awards 2003
* Honor Awards 2002
* Honor Awards 2001
* Honor Roll 1950-2000

ELIGIBILITY:
Completed Category: any built work completed January 1999-November 2004 for which the project team includes a Washington-licensed architect. The program accepts entries for single buildings or a complex of buildings and related spaces, interiors, additions, restorations, renovations, new construction, or urban design. Entrants may submit any number of projects, each as a separate entry. Not eligible: projects previously cited by a professional jury in an AIA Seattle Honor Awards program Built/Completed category.
Unbuilt/Not Yet Built Category: open to all design professionals, artists, students, or anyone with a concept to present and share. The jury will review and select entries in this category on the basis of the originality, power, and potential of the ideas presented. Entries may include any work not yet built or not intended for construction, as well as incomplete projects.

Questions about submittal format?
CLICK HERE for summary information.

Out of towners: Planning a Seattle visit for Honor Awards weekend? Consider lodging suggestions.

Tickets for 11/8 Honor Awards (advance ticket prices closed 11/5) available at the door 6pm.