The Palladio Awards

The Palladio Awards Program
The Palladio Awards Program is designed to honor outstanding achievement in traditional design. The Program recognizes individual designers and/or design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment through creative interpretation or adaptation of design principles developed through 2,500 years of the Western architectural tradition.

Palladio Awards Categories
Commercial, Institutional & Public Projects
Restoration & Renovation
Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition
New Design & Construction – less than 30,000 sq.ft.
New Design & Construction – more than 30,000 sq.ft.
Public Spaces: Parks, Plazas, Gardens, Streetscapes

Residential Projects
Restoration & Renovation
Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition
New Design & Construction – less than 5,000 sq.ft.
New Design & Construction – more than 5,000 sq.ft.
Exterior Spaces: Gardens & Landscapes
Residential Multi-Unit Projects

Awards Presentation Ceremony
The Palladio Awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Traditional Building Exhibition & Conference, March 19 – 21, 2009, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

Judging of the Palladio Awards
Judging and selection of the Award Winners is done by a panel of distinguished architectural designers selected by the editors of both Traditional Building and Period Homes.

Judging Criteria
The Palladio Awards are named in honor of Andrea Palladio, the Renaissance architect who created modern architecture for his time while using models from the past for inspiration and guidance. The judges will be applying the same criteria that Palladio used in his own work: The projects should meet all the functional needs of contemporary usage while applying lessons learned from previous generations to create beauty in the built environment. Among the factors that the judges will be evaluating are: Refinement and appropriateness of the design; suitability of design in relation to the program and the project’s context; appropriate selection and use of materials, quality of construction and craftsmanship and overall design excellence.

Eligibility
Who’s Eligible: Architects, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, Custom Builders, Developers and other design and building professionals are eligible to submit entries. Submissions can be from an individual or on behalf of a design team.

What’s Eligible: The judges will consider completed projects in any of the 11 categories specified above. The projects should have been completed sometime between November 15, 2006 and November 14, 2008. The project can be a complete building, landscape, streetscape, etc. The project can also be a significant sub-unit of a larger project (e.g., an interior) where the applicant had control over the entire design and/or execution of the sub-unit. The judges will be primarily interested in projects in North America although projects elsewhere in the world will be considered.

If You Are One of the Winners
Winners of the Palladio Awards will be announced during an Awards Ceremony at the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference. Attracting an average of 6,000 registrants, this Conference is the largest event in North America focused on traditional architecture and restoration.

• Winners will be invited to give an illustrated presentation of their winning projects during a General Session at the Conference.
• Winners receive an engraved architectural cast-bronze trophy – The Palladium – designed and custom-cast for this competition by Historical Arts & Casting, Inc., of West Jordan, UT.
• Winners will also be honored at a special V.I.P. PALLADIO AWARDS dinner held during the Conference.
• Winning projects for Residential Architecture will receive full-color editorial coverage in the July Issue of Period Homes magazine.
• Winning projects for Commercial, Institutional & Public Architecture will receive full-color editorial coverage in the June Issue of Traditional Building magazine.

Each winning firm receives complimentary V.I.P. Guest Passes to the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference for your staff and clients. This entitles them to free admission to the Exhibition and Conference general sessions – including the Award Ceremonies. They can also get discounts on conference lectures, workshops and seminars.

Winning projects will also be highlighted in the Palladio Awards section of the Websites of both Period Homes and Traditional Building magazines.

Deadlines, Fees and Entry Requirements
How to Enter: Fill out the Official Entry Form, and carefully follow the instructions on the reverse side of the entry form to prepare the rest of your submission. Download Application, Entry Procedures and Requirements

Fees: Entry fees are $125 for the first project submitted, and $100 for each subsequent project. Entry fees are non-refundable and must accompany each submission. Checks should be made payable to “Restore Media, LLC.”

Deadline: Deadline for receipt of the completed entry forms and supporting materials is November 14, 2008.

Questions: If there are additional questions about the Awards Program, Judging Criteria or Submission Requirements, call Traditional Building or Period Homes at (718) 636-0788.

Co-Producers of the Palladio Awards
Traditional Building Magazine
Period Homes Magazine
45 Main Street, Suite 705
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 636-0788
Fax: (718) 636-0750

www.palladioawards.com