
Nominations will open on January 1, 2024, for the Architectural Practice Community of Interest Design Awards!
The SAME Design Awards, hosted by the Architectural Practice COI, celebrates design excellence in the built environment for planned and constructed works throughout the world. The SAME Design Awards occur every other year beginning in 2020, with award presentations at JETC. Submissions open January 1, 2024, and will close on February 4, 2024.
Awards are made in two categories: Built Projects and Planning, Design, and Studies. Built projects must be complete within the last 5 years. Planning, design, and studies must have been completed within the last 5 years. Any facility, infrastructure, landscape, planning, or facility-related project designed, completed, or constructed for a SAME partner agency (DOD, VA, DHS, Public Health Service, or GSA) is eligible for consideration.
For more information on the nomination and submission process, or to submit a nomination, follow the link below.
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