TRADITIONAL BUILDING’S 2024 Palladio Awards program is still open for submissions.

Founded in 2002, the annual Palladio Awards honor outstanding achievement in traditional design.

Palladio is an annual national competition and its winning projects are published in TRADITIONAL BUILDING'S July issue, posted on traditionalbuilding.com, and celebrated during a ceremony and dinner during the Traditional Building Conference in June.

Even if a project does not win, all projects submitted are considered for publication throughout the year. Many of the project submissions have been published in TRADITIONAL BUILDING'S sister magazine NEW OLD HOUSE.

The Palladio Awards are very competitive and attract numerous entries—more than any other traditional awards program in the country. I have juried several awards programs and some of the submissions I have seen twice—in ICAA's regional chapter awards programs and the Palladio awards. Once you have done the work to assemble a submission, it’s a good idea to enter it in more than one appropriate awards program.

Last fall I served as the jury chair for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ICAA’s Jacques Benedict Awards. Thanks to excellent leadership from chapter president Steve Ekman, chapter coordinator Ashley Jacobs and awards committee chairman Bill Miller, the Jacques Benedict Awards jury process was well run.

In their jury information packet, the Jacques Benedict Awards included a mission statement that also applies to TRADITIONAL BUILDING’S Palladio Awards as well as all other classical design award programs:

"To acknowledge, support, and advance traditional concepts in craftsmanship and design. To support the belief that the universal language of classical proportion and design will add to our culture, built environment, and environmental consciousness."

Their jury packet goes further to outline “core values of the classical language,’” which is useful for any traditional building professional:

Order
Rhythm
Symmetry
Scale
Proportion
Tectonics
Ornament
Decorum
Craftsmanship
Rule and Invention
Beauty

For more information and inspiration about entering Palladio 2024, listen as Michael Imber, Michael Franck, and Jean Carroon talk about their own winning approach to entering design award competitions including Palladio. Good luck.

Peter H. Miller, Hon. AIAAuthor

Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA, is the publisher of TRADITIONAL BUILDING and PERIOD HOMES, the producer of The Traditional building Conference Series, the author of a monthly blog "For Pete's Sake" and host of the "Building Tradition" podcast. This business-to-business platform is part of Active Interest Media. AIM also publishes OLD HOUSE JOURNAL; ARTS and CRAFTS HOMES; FINE HOMEBUILDING; TIMBER HOME LIVING; ARTISAN HOMES ; FINE GARDENING; HORTICULTURE and several other titles for home arts professionals and enthusiasts. The AIM integrated media portfolio serves 50 million homeowners, home buyers, architects, builders, interior designers, landscape designers, building artisans, and building owners. Pete lives in a Sears house, a 1924 Craftsman four-square which he has lovingly restored. Before joining AIM, Pete co-founded Restore Media in 2000, which he sold to AIM in 2012. Pete participates actively with the American Institute's Historic Resources Committee and serves as the president of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Washington DC Mid Atlantic chapter. He is a long-time member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and an advocate for urbanism, the revitalization of historic neighborhoods and the benefits of sustainably including the adaptive use of historic buildings.

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