Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Hammer Award. The Hammer Award will be presented at Cincinnati Design Awards (CDA 14) on November 12, 2010 at the Freedom Center.

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Criteria

The Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati (AFC) makes the award to a practitioner who has made a consistent and significant contribution to the built environment in the Greater Cincinnati region. The award is for an individual, not a firm or other entity.

Practitioners include architects of all disciplines, designers, artists. engineers, builders, developers, planners, officials – anyone who has taken a hands-on role in creating the built environment. Consistent is taken to mean his or her involvement has exceeded twenty years.

Nominations:

Nominations may be made by any member of the Foundation, the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Society of Environmental Graphic Designers, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the American Society of Interior Designers, or The International Interior Design Association. These same groups jointly organize the Cincinnati Design Awards.

Submissions:

Please prepare one electronic packet in PDF format or five hard copy packets of the following:

Section One: Facts and Narrative:

(8.5 by 11 format, may be single-spaced type but no smaller than 11 point.)

• Nominator: Name, occupation and company or organization name if applicable, address, phone number, and email;
• Nominee: Name, field of practice and company name(s), number of years as a practitioner, current address, phone number, and email;
• Narrative: (two-page limit, 8.5 by 11 format) an explanation of why you believe the person deserves the Hammer Award.

Section Two: Attachments

(May be scanned and included in the electronic packet)

• Optional - Testamentary letters from persons (limit two) besides yourself;
• One set of one-to-five images (may be scanned and included in the electronic packet) or other exhibits of the nominees’ accomplishments that support your explanation. Please refer to these attachments in your narrative. Material will not be returned.

Deadline:

Completed nominations must have been received by email to the executive director painter@cincyarchitecture.org (Sue Ann Painter), or by delivery to the Foundation office no later than 1 p.m. EST, Monday, August 30, 2010.

Contact and Delivery:

Send packets by electronic mail or REGULAR mail.

• Email your nomination to painter@cincyarchitecture.org (Sue Ann Painter).
• For hard copy delivery of nomination (FIVE sets), and supplemental materials contact the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati, (513) 421-4469. The office address is 127 West Ninth St. # 1, Cincinnati OH 45202.

Receipt of submissions will be confirmed by email to the nominator. The nominator and the winner will be contacted by telephone before the general announcement.

Process:

All nominations are reviewed by an AFC board of trustees subcommittee. Three submissions are presented to the entire board for final selection.

Questions:

Address any questions to the Executive Director, Sue Ann Painter, (513) 421-4469 or mobile (513) 304-3633.