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Eligibility
In order to be eligible for this year’s Architectural Excellence COTE Awards, a project(s) must meet the eligibility criteria for the Architectural Excellence Design Awards and must be submitted to the 2024 Architectural Excellence Design Awards program in one of the following categories: Architecture, Impact Design, Interior Architecture, Preservation Architecture, Regional and Urban Design, Single Family Residential, Small Project, or Un-Built. Projects have two opportunities for recognition – a Design Award and a COTE award.
With this eligibility requirement, AIA Pennsylvania aims to emphasize that the highest standards of design excellence go beyond aesthetics and programming to include building performance measures that indicate community connection, resilience, and stewardship of the natural environment.
The COTE Awards remains an opt-in program with a separate jury review and assessment. The Framework for Design Excellence Assessment, the criteria for the awards program, is based on the AIA's Framework for Design Excellence.
The assessment criteria are identical to AIA Philadelphia Design Awards "Framework to Design Excellence/Sustainability Form" required for entry in the AIA Philadelphia Design Awards. If you are a Philadelphia firm participating in the AIA Philadelphia Design Awards or have participated in Philadelphia's Design Awards in previous years and have collected the assessment criteria from the "Framework to Design Excellence/Sustainability Form", we strongly encourage you to transcribe the identical assessment criteria into the state chapter assessment to enter your project in the COTE Awards program.
If you intend to submit your project to the Architectural Excellence COTE Awards, you must opt to do so simultaneously with your submission to the Architectural Excellence Design Awards.
Complete the fields on the “Submitter Information” page and advance to the “Project Information” page where you will be prompted to select a dropdown item under the “Award Program and Project Category Selection” field.
Please select the “2024 Architectural Excellence DESIGN AWARDS” program and project category in the next dropdown field. There will be a link that appears under the project category description that reads “Add Another Award Program and Project Category Selection.” Please select the “2024 Architectural Excellence COTE AWARDS” dropdown and proceed with the submission.