ACSA honors architectural educators for exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service. The award-winning professors inspire and challenge students, contribute to the profession’s knowledge base, and extend their work beyond the borders of academia into practice and the public sector.
Topaz Submission Deadline: TBA | Architectural Education Awards Submission Deadline: September 23, 2026
Awarded to an individual who has had significant impact upon architectural education and the discipline and practice of architecture. An AIA/ACSA Award.
To recognize individuals that have had a positive, stimulating, and nurturing influence upon students.
To recognize demonstrated excellence and innovation in teaching performance during the formative years of an architectural teaching career. An AIAS/ACSA…
To recognize a specific creative achievement in teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service that advances architectural education.
To recognize the work of faculty, administrators, or students in creating effective methods and models to achieve greater diversity in…
To recognize "best practice" examples of highly effective teaching, scholarship, and outreach in the areas of professional practice and leadership.…
To honor the best practices in school-based community outreach programs.
To provide a venue for work that advances the reflective nature of practice and teaching by recognizing and encouraging creative…
To recognize the importance of good education in housing design to produce architects ready for practice in a wide range…
The JAE Award was instituted in 1985 and is now given annually for outstanding peer-reviewed articles published in the Essay,…
The TAD Award for Research Contribution recognizes outstanding peer reviewed research published in Technology | Architecture + Design.
The Best Paper and Best Project Awards recognizes outstanding peer reviewed research presented at the ACSA Annual Meeting. Sponsored by…
To recognize individuals that have had a positive, stimulating, and nurturing influence upon students.
To recognize demonstrated excellence and innovation in teaching performance during the formative years of an architectural teaching career. An AIAS/ACSA…
To recognize a specific creative achievement in teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service that advances architectural education.
To recognize the work of faculty, administrators, or students in creating effective methods and models to achieve greater diversity in…
To recognize "best practice" examples of highly effective teaching, scholarship, and outreach in the areas of professional practice and leadership.…
To honor the best practices in school-based community outreach programs.
To provide a venue for work that advances the reflective nature of practice and teaching by recognizing and encouraging creative…
To recognize the importance of good education in housing design to produce architects ready for practice in a wide range…
The JAE Award was instituted in 1985 and is now given annually for outstanding peer-reviewed articles published in the Essay,…
The TAD Award for Research Contribution recognizes outstanding peer reviewed research published in Technology | Architecture + Design.
The Best Paper and Best Project Awards recognizes outstanding peer reviewed research presented at the ACSA Annual Meeting. Sponsored by…
Edwin Hernández-Ventura
Awards and Competitions Manager
tel: 202-785-2324
email: ehernandez@acsa-arch.org
Eric W. Ellis
Senior Director of Operations and Programs
tel: 202-785-2324
email: eellis@acsa-arch.org
Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, ACSA is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. Our membership includes all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together ACSA schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.
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