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2022 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards

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Honoring excellence in library interior design and promoting examples of extraordinary design reflected through innovative concepts across nine categories.

Submissions for the 2024 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards opens January 8, 2024. To learn more about the 2024 Awards, please contact IIDA Design Competitions Manager, Veronica Whitaker at vwhitaker@iida.org

Winners

Competition Guidelines

Submission Requirements

All submissions must be completed electronically. No hard copy submissions will be accepted. To enter a project into this competition, you will need to prepare and submit the following:

Written Component

  • Your firm's contact information including name, address, phone number, and email

  • Your design project's information including name and location
  • Project description, a brief project summary (50-word maximum)
  • Challenge statement, a description of your design challenge (250-word maximum)
  • Solution statement, a description of specific solutions to project challenges (250-word maximum)

Images

Please submit color images of your completed project, in JPG or JPEG format with a maximum file size of 1MB. You may submit captions to your images, not to exceed 50 words. Take note of the following additional guidelines:

  • Submit 7-10 color images total, of these images, only one exterior image is permitted, and a maximum three (3) floorplans

  • No composite images, only one photograph per image upload
  • Conceptual renderings will not be accepted, unless submitting to the "On The Boards" category
  • Use numbers to name your image files, in order of uploads (01, 02, 03, etc). Please use the following format for floor plans: "floorplan1, floorplan2, floorplan3"
  • Do not reference or include your design/architectural firm name/logo in the images
  • Images may be edited to improve contrast ratio, color balance, and composition through cropping only
  • Images may not be edited to add, remove, or alter any aspect or element of the project including its context. Images should represent the project as it exists in the built environment

Categories

Projects must be submitted in one of the categories below. Categories may be renamed, consolidated, or eliminated (and projects reclassified) at the discretion of IIDA and/or the jurors.

  • Public Libraries, Small: 30,000 sq. ft. and under

  • Public Libraries, Large: Over 30,000 sq. ft.
  • Academic Libraries, Small: 30,000 sq. ft. and under
  • Academic Libraries, Large: Over 30,000 sq. ft.
  • Special Libraries, Small: 30,000 sq. ft. and under
  • Special Libraries, Large: Over 30,000 sq. ft.
  • Outstanding Historic Renovation Project
  • Single Space - a small project that focuses on a specific room or area in a library
  • On the Boards - a project currently in the design phase and not under construction

Judging

The winning design projects will be selected by a jury of design professionals. Submissions are judged on excellence in aesthetics, design, creativity, and function as well as the suitability of the design solution to the project challenge and the successful integration of the elements of design. The jury reserves the right not to select a winner from the entries submitted.

Prize

Winners and their clients will be honored at the Annual ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C., June 23-28, 2022. There will be a special winner’s celebration on June 26th. Winners will be featured on IIDA.org, published in the American Libraries Magazine, receive official digital assets, including competition winner logos for self-promotion, mention on IIDA’s social media accounts, and coverage in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.

For questions, or more information, contact Veronica Whitaker at vwhitaker@iida.org

Past Winners