Welcome to the Faith & Form/IFRAA International Awards Program
for Religious Art & Architecture

The Annual Religious Art and Architecture Design Awards program is co-sponsored by Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA), a knowledge community of the American Institute of Architects. The awards program was founded in 1978 with the goal of honoring the best in architecture, liturgical design and art for religious spaces. The program offers five primary categories for awards: Religious Architecture, Liturgical/Interior Design, Sacred Landscape, Religious Arts, and Unbuilt Work (a new category for 2010).

Entry is a simple process!

Thank you for your interest and participation in the Faith & Form/IFRAA International Awards Program. Watch this site for announcements concerning this year's winning entries and next year's Call for Entries.

• Read the general submission guidelines and specific instructions (lower on this page) and gather all your materials.
• Sign up for a US/Canada or International account; choose your own password and remember it! Passwords are case-sensitive.
• Receive your user name via email.
• Log in with your new user name and the password you chose. (Remember: passwords are case-sensitive!)
• Select the number and type of entries you'll be submitting; pay for them via our convenient shopping cart.
• Enter all your information and upload your photos.
• You're done!

The 2010 Jury Panel

• Chair/Architect: Trey Trahan, Trahan Architects, Baton Rouge, LA
• Architect: Roberto Chiotti, Larkin Architect Ltd., Toronto, ON
• Liturgical Consultant: Mark Joseph Costello, Liturgical Consulting and Design, Chicago, IL
• Clergy: The Reverend Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees, Vorhees Design, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA
• Artist: Chas Fagan, Chas Fagan Fine Art, Charlotte, NC

Awards and Recognition

Award recipients receive significant recognition including printed and framed citations, recognition at an IFRAA awards presentation, full-page coverage in Faith & Form’s Annual Awards Issue and project board exhibition at the AIA National Convention.

Award Categories

Entries are welcomed and encouraged from architects, landscape architects, designers, artists, and consultants. This year’s program includes the following categories:

Religious Architecture Awards

• New Facilities Awards
  Any new building or complex of buildings that supports a religious purpose.
• Renovation Awards
  Any renovated building or complex of buildings that supports a religious purpose.
• Restoration Awards
  Any restored building or complex of buildings that supports a religious purpose. This award recognizes a creative use of craft, technology, research and new-meets-old concepts without sacrificing the original intent of the architecture.

Open to architects licensed in the United States and abroad.

Cost per entry: $200 (IFRAA Members), $235 (non-members)

Religious Architecture Eligibility, Judging Criteria, and Submission Requirements

Sacred Landscape Awards

Any landscape design that supports a religious or spiritual purpose. This award recognizes the use of landscape and man-made materials to create outdoor environments—new or restored—conducive to prayer, meditation, or transcendence. This category is open to architects, landscape architects, designers, design consultants, and artists.

Cost per entry: $100 (IFRAA Members), $125 (non-members)

Sacred Landscape Eligibility, Judging Criteria, and Submission Requirements

Liturgical/Interior Design Awards

This award recognizes the design of interior space in the context of how ambiance and character have been established through the interaction of form and ritual ceremony; how the design reflects the understanding of a particular theology and its ritual symbolism; and how it brings spirituality to the space. This category is open to architects, designers, interior designers, design consultants in the U.S. or abroad.

Cost per entry: $200 (IFRAA Members), $235 (non-members)

Liturgical/Interior Design Eligibility, Judging Criteria, and Submission Requirements

Unbuilt Work (a new category for 2010)

Any new building, complex of buildings, interior design, or landscape environment designed for an actual client, that supports a religious purpose, but has yet to be constructed (has not attained “substantial completion”). This category is open to all architects, landscape architects, designers, interior designers, and design consultants in the U.S. and abroad.

Cost per entry: $100 (IFRAA Members), $125 (non-members)

Unbuilt Work Eligibility, Judging Criteria, and Submission Requirements

Religious Arts Awards

• Visual Arts Awards
  Including painting, mosaics, stained glass, sculpture, iconography, textiles, etc.
• Liturgical Furnishings Awards
  Furnishing design that enhances the ritual ceremony.
• Ceremonial Object Awards
  Objects playing supportive roles in ritual ceremony.

This category is open to all artists, designers, design consultants, and architects in the U.S. or abroad.

Cost per entry: $100 (IFRAA Members), $125 (non-members)

Religious Arts Eligibility, Judging Criteria, and Submission Requirements

Questions?

Contact Trena McClure at 704-927-2253