The Auckland Architecture Association (AAA) is now inviting entries for the 2014 Visionary Architecture Awards.

The AAA Visionary Architecture Awards (previously the Unbuilt Architecture Awards) is a renowned event on Auckland’s architectural calendar with over 200 entries each year from leading architectural practices and architectural students. The awards recognise unrestrained conceptual process and thinking on theoretical or not-yet-realised architectural projects.

Make sure to submit your entry for the first round of judging before 6pm on Friday 14 November.

The panel of judges are lead judge Patrick Clifford, the 2014 NZIA Gold Medal winner and a director at Architectus, who will be joined by Julie Stout, a director at Mitchell & Stout Architects, recent recipient of the A+W.NZ Chrystall Excellence Award and member of the New Zealand exhibition team at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, and Justine Harvey, editor of Architecture NZ and a recent judge at the 2014 World Architecture Festival in Singapore.

There are three categories in which to enter the 2014 AAA Visionary Architecture Awards:

•  The Conceptual category is open to New Zealand practicing architects, architectural graduates and related architectural professionals. Entries are to be conceptual in nature, however each must deal with an aspect of the built environment. The entry does not need to be the result of a ‘real world’ commission.
• The Work-in-progress category is open to New Zealand practicing architects, architectural graduates and related professionals. Entries are to be concept or preliminary design proposals for ‘real world’ projects. A site address is to be identified with each entry. Entries in this category must not have completed construction by the submission deadline.
• The Student category is open to students currently enrolled at a New Zealand educational institution. Entries must deal with an aspect of the built environment.

Each winner will receive a trophy and cash prize to be awarded at a ceremony on Friday 5 December 2014 at the Neon Foyer, The University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland.

Lead judge and recipient of the 2014 NZIA Gold Medal, Patrick Clifford, will give a lecture on the topic of Visionary Architecture in Auckland at 5.30pm, ahead of the awards ceremony.

Selected finalist entries will be exhibited at the awards ceremony and subsequent public exhibition, held in the Neon Foyer, which will be open to the public on Saturday 6 December.

To enter, click here.