Awards & Recognition

Winning entries and honorable mentions (maximum of two per category) will be selected by the Competition Jury and will be recognized as described below.

Student Category Awards & Cash Prizes

  • Per the Jury’s discretion (2) Selected Designs will be awarded $1,000 each

Professional Category Awards & Cash Prizes

  • Per the Jury’s discretion (4) selected designs will each be awarded $2,000 each

City of Phoenix Standard Plans 

At their discretion, the City of Phoenix may choose to develop some or all winning designs to be approved for use as a Standard Plan. Once approved, the chosen designs will be placed in the City of Phoenix's ADU Standard Plan Library. The intention will be to connect property owners with designers of the ADU Standard Plans to develop the plans for permit. 

The designs chosen by the City of Phoenix to be developed for use as a Standard Plan will be awarded an additional $20,000. This funding is dedicated to help offset the costs associated with developing a drawing set for the standard plan review process. *Plans become property of the City of Phoenix.

Publication of Competition Entries
All entries will be on digital display at the competition awards ceremony. Competition boards of winning entries will be printed, mounted, and displayed at the competition award ceremony at no cost to entrants.

The City of Phoenix and AIA Phoenix Metro may choose all or a portion of the entries for public exhibition at their discretion. This may include publishing entries through the AIA Phoenix Metro competition website, and AIA newsletters.

The City of Phoenix and AIA Phoenix Metro may also seek to publicize the competition winners through online and print media outlets and hold the right to reproduce project imagery at their discretion. Entrants maintain all copyright of their work and will be properly cited in any publication.

Awards Disclaimer
The Competition Jury may choose, at the sole discretion of the Competition Jury and AIA Phoenix Metro as the competition organizer, to award fewer prizes than listed in the Professional Category Awards & Cash Prizes and Student Category Awards & Cash Prizes sections above.