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

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.