Call for Entries
Submissions open through: August 15, 2025
In celebration of our SoA Centennial, the School of Architecture proudly announces the launch of the First Annual Alumni Design Awards.
The University of Florida School of Architecture Alumni Design Awards were created to recognize design excellence with the University of Florida Architecture and Design Alumni Community. 100% of entry fees will go to the School of Architecture Excellence Fund which supports student excellence, including assistantships, scholarships, and student support.
2025 Alumni
Design Awards
Categories
Architecture Award
Architecture Award category celebrates design excellence and recognizes the impact of architecture in the world.
Interior Architecture
Interior Architecture category celebrates design excellence of interior spaces and recognizes the impact of building interiors on all aspects of life.
Unbuilt Design Award
Unbuilt category celebrates unbuilt projects of any scale.
Design Research Award
Unbuilt category celebrates emerging ideas, research, and theoretical projects from professionals.
Historic Preservation & Adaptive Reuse Award
Historic Preservation & Adaptive Reuse category celebrates design excellence and commitment to preservation, restoration, and adaptation of existing buildings and structures.
Regional & Urban Design Award
Regional & Urban Design Category celebrates design excellence in urban design, community and neighborhood development, and city planning.
Small Project & Objects Award
Small Project & Objects category acknowledges the value and impact of a small and single design element.
Program
In celebration of our SoA Centennial, the School of Architecture proudly announces the launch of the First Annual Alumni Design Awards.
The University of Florida School of Architecture Alumni Design Awards were created to recognize design excellence with the University of Florida Architecture and Design Alumni Community.
Any B. Des, M.Arch, or MSAS graduate from UF’s School of Architecture is eligible to submit projects for the 2025 UF SoA Design Awards. Awards for winning designs will be presented at the awards ceremony in November. These projects will be featured in the DCP Alumni Magazine, on this website, and through social media. Submissions must be anonymous during the review process.
Use of Funds
100% of entry fees will go to the University of Florida School of Architecture Excellence Fund which supports student excellence.
Eligibility
Any B. Des, M.Arch, or MSAS graduate from UF’s School of Architecture is eligible to submit projects for the 2025 UF SoA Alumni Design Awards. Only alumni who submit an entry will be eligible to receive the award. Projects must have been completed within 5 years of entry deadline.
Deadline
August 15, 2025, 11:59:59 PM ET
Fees
$100 for first submission, $75 for each subsequent submission.
Additional donations are encouraged. 100% of entry fees will go to the School of Architecture Excellence Fund which supports student excellence, including assistantships, scholarships, and student support.
Payment Notice
You will receive an invoice within 72 hours after each submission. Payment for submission must be received by September 1, 2025, to be eligible for award.
Recognition
The 2025 SoA Alumni Design Awards Presentation and Centennial Gala is November 6th, 2025. Awarded Projects will be published on college website and social media and featured in Annual DCP College Perspective Magazine. Winners will receive an Award Plaque (additional plaques available at $75 each).
Jury
Anne Marie Duvall Decker
Anne Marie Duvall Decker, FAIA, is a founding principal of Duvall Decker Architects, an expanded practice in Jackson, Mississippi, that provides architecture, development consulting, and facilities maintenance services. Anne Marie sees architecture as instrument, engaging the material phenomena of our environment and culture to create the potential for education and growth. She leads the studio in creating elusive forms and engaging spaces, no matter the type, size, or budget of projects.She has served the profession in many capacities, as a long-term board member and past president of AIA Mississippi and as a Trustee and 2021 Chair of the AIA Trust. Anne Marie is often invited to share her experience as a lecturer, critic, visiting professor, and design juror. She was recently appointed to serve the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations as a 2021-2023 Industry Advisory Group peer and was awarded the 2023 Mississippi State University College of Architecture, Art, & Design Alumna of the Year Recipient. In 2023, Anne Marie Duvall Decker was a recipient of Architectural Record’s Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award. In 2025, Duvall Decker was selected to feature their work in PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity, the U.S. Pavilion exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Katherine Hogan
Katherine Hogan, FAIA is principal and co-owner of Katherine Hogan Architects, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. As architect and educator, Katherine approaches each project with the belief that good design can happen at any scale and budget. Throughout her career, she has worked on projects of various scales and typologies, including institutional, commercial, and residential projects. Her firm has crafted a diverse body of work and has received AIA awards at the local, state, and national levels for innovative design solutions to complex problems and for using ordinary materials in inventive ways. The portfolio represents a fresh, distinctive approach to design that balances craft, making, and implementation of architecture.
Katherine Hogan Architects was recently recognized as a 2023 Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York and 2024 Best of Practice -Southeast by the Architects Newspaper. The firm was also included in the 2025 US Pavilion at the International Biennale Architettura di Venezia—PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity. Katherine Hogan Architects’ work is currently exhibited at the National Building Museum as part of a show entitled A SOUTH FORTY. The exhibit includes 40 regional firms and aims to provide an overview of the current vitality of contemporary architecture and design in the American South.
Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Elizabeth Pagliacolo is the Editor in Chief at Azure magazine. She is a National Magazine Award–winning writer and editor, and has reported on design fairs around the world, covered prominent architecture projects, and delved into new trends and technologies, from the emergence of LEDs to the evolution of sustainable concrete. She has also interviewed the leading lights of modern architecture and design, such as Patricia Urquiola, Lawrence Scarpa and Walter Hood, and participated on design juries in Toronto and New York. From 2016 to 2017, she was the Director of Programming for EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation and Technology, a 10-day festival produced by the Design Exchange, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme. At Azure, she leads the editorial team in conceptualizing and producing six print issues a year, helps organize the AZ Awards, and guides the content programming of Human/Nature, AZURE’s climate conference inaugurated in 2024.