1. Design resolution, which demonstrates exemplary skill and sensitivity in resolution of formal, functional, and technical requirements
2. Design advancement, which furthers the contemporary understanding of design by proposing new approaches to the development of architectural form

• Technical advancement, which explores new technologies and their architectural applications
• Environmental advancement, which demonstrates a commitment to environmentally sensitive design and conservation
• Preservation/restoration, which demonstrates skill, sensitivity, and thoughtfulness in preservation, restoration, or the alternative reuse of existing buildings regardless of their original architectural intentions

1. Design resolution, which demonstrates exemplary skill and sensitivity in resolution of formal, functional, and technical requirements
2. Design advancement, which furthers the contemporary understanding of design by proposing new approaches to the development of architectural form

• Technical advancement, which explores new technologies and their architectural applications
• Environmental advancement, which demonstrates a commitment to environmentally sensitive design and conservation
• Preservation/restoration, which demonstrates skill, sensitivity, and thoughtfulness in preservation, restoration, or the alternative reuse of existing buildings regardless of their original architectural intentions

• The Maybeck Award is not considered a Lifetime Achievement Award. If you are interested in nominating or applying for the AIACC Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service, Call for Entries will be available Fall 2008.
• The Maybeck Award is not a Firm Award. Firm principals who are nominees should include images of individual designs, not firm designs per se.
• Include photographic images of completed projects that represent a breadth of experience and a range of projects.
• On the graphic images provided please include the name of the project, the project type (i.e., residential home, church, museum, etc), and the year the project was completed.
• We encourage creativity. You may produce montage images that showcase more than one image on a photograph. However, we recommend that this be done in such a way that individual details and characteristics are not lost.

The 2008 Awards for Urban Design program will be administered jointly by the American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) and the California Chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CCASLA).  Awards will be given to recognize excellence in the creation and improvement of our physical environment by Architects and Landscape Architects.

Urban Design is defined for the awards program as the realm of physical design encompassing master planning and landscape plans to conceptual architectural design.  This definition includes research and the design of spaces at all scales: from places between buildings to regional master plans.  It looks at time from the conception and expression of an idea to the many phases of a master plan.

1. Environments between and among buildings,
2. Built and landscape environments around and on top of structures,
3. Realms in time between idea and construction, and of long or short duration,
4. The natural environment, the human constructed environment, and combinations and junctures of the two,
5. Public and private works and the combination of the two,
6. Information and design for and by the public sector and the development sector,
7. Design and research, built work and publications,
8. Projects small and large,
9. Expanse of time from concepts and thoughts to built or partially built, and
10. Experience of daytime, nighttime and the four seasons.

1. Work(s) can be projects, designs, plans, papers and publications.
2. Areas of projects can include campuses, transit centers, resorts, downtowns, town centers, parts of cities, neighborhoods, parks, trails, and open space.
3. The project description must include a description of the important urban design and landscape architecture concepts.
4. Submissions cannot include public relations materials.
5. Submissions must include an aerial photograph or site plan with a clear depiction of the area of the work, a north arrow and a scale.
6. The time period(s) of the project must be clearly stated.
7. Submissions must include a brief statistical summary of areas and counts for the work(s).

Resource efficiency, responsibility for environment, human productivity, and quality of life are essential benefits of well-designed buildings. Of the design professionals entrusted with creating significant spaces, only a few achieve a rare combination of superlative design and creativity, environmental sensitivity, and innovative energy efficiency solutions.

By making that extra effort to aim beyond minimum energy performance codes, design teams produce many benefits, not only for clients, but also for building occupants and the public:

• Owners enjoy lower operating costs and higher property values.
• Occupants gain greater comfort, health, and productivity.
• The public is rewarded with cleaner air due to reduced power plant emissions.

• Site Characteristics
• Site Context
• Client Profile
• Project Size (square footage of building and size of site area)
• Title 24 compliance margin

• Design Intent
• Energy Efficiency Achievements
• Sustainability Strategies
• Technological Advancement
• Interior Environment Quality
• Team Coordination      
• Integrated Design Solutions
• Site & Urban Sensitivity
• Space Programming & Flexibility
• Resource and Materials Conservation
• Research and Technology
• Social Concerns
• Other Lessons Learned