ArchiCAD Awards Overview

The second annual ArchiCAD Awards & Expo for Southern CA will recognize excellence in the use of ArchiCAD software for architecture, interior design and related applications. This juried competition is open to all ArchiCAD users in Southern California (information for international users). Work must be created primarily in ArchiCAD, but can be processed in other rendering, modeling, animation or multimedia/presentation programs.

The categories for submission are a matrix checklist that will allow the jury to award worthy entries using flexible criteria. Broader than traditional design competitions, recognition may be given for the design of buildings, exceptional construction documents, innovative information presentation, renderings or animations.

Sponsors / Organizers

The Los Angeles ArchiCAD User Group (a Committee of the A.I.A., Los Angeles Chapter)
Bobrow Consulting Group, ArchiCAD Reseller, Los Angeles
Digital Vision, ArchiCAD Reseller, Irvine
Graphisoft U.S., Inc.
Objects Online
GDL Alliance

Jury

Kimon Onuma, AIA, Principal of Onuma and Associates, Pasadena and Tokyo; Principal of Webscape (www.webscape.com) and Chairman of the GDL Alliance.

Abeer Sweis, Principal of Syn-the-sis in Santa Monica, Professor at UCLA Extension and L.A. Pierce College, and Senior Trainer with Bobrow Consulting Group

Categories / Matrix

Architecture - Interior Design - Urban Planning - Landscape - Set Design
Residential - Commercial - Retail - Institutional - Hospitality - Special Use
New Construction - Remodel - Tenant Improvement - Addition
Concept - Developed Design - Construction Documentation - Renderings - Presentation

Special Categories: Short Essays on “The ArchiCAD Virtual Building Working Process”
“Architectural Practice as an Information Delivery System”
Also, new this year: submit your CUSTOM GDL OBJECTS.

Entry Fees & Submission Guidelines

Preregistered Entry Fee: $50 first project, $25 additional, per individual or firm
After October 23, Entry Fees will be $65 for the first project, $35 for additional; send in your registration early and save!
Submission Materials: Flexible, depending on category. Recommended (but not limited to): excerpted set of half-size prints, 1 or 2 pages each of plans, elevations, sections and detail drawings, plus “.PLA” archive file on CD or Zip. Renderings and presentations can be submitted on CD, Zip or paper.

Award Calendar and Schedule

Tuesday October 23, 2001:
Early registration date for reduced price entries

Monday November 12, 2001:
Submission Deadline

Friday November 16, 2001: Awards Event:
Southern California Institute of Architecture -- SCI-Arc
960 E. 3rd St. (at Santa Fe), Los Angeles

ArchiCAD Expo -- 3:00 - 7:00 pm
View the entries

ArchiCAD Overview Seminar -- 6:00 – 7:00 pm
-- Invite your colleagues to see what ArchiCAD is about

Registration & Hors D’Oeuvres -- 7:00 – 7:30 pm

Awards Ceremony -- 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Keynote Speaker:

Michael Hricak, FAIA, Principal of Rockefeller Hricak Architects in Marina Del Rey, and President of the California Council of the A.I.A. His firm has 16 licenses of ArchiCAD.

Website of "The second annual ArchiCAD Awards & Expo for Southern CA 2001":

www.ArchiCAD-LA.com