Celebrate the winners at the 2026 AIA Arizona Design Awards Gala on the evening of Saturday, November 14, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. Early bird best-rate tickets are available now through October 27 only!
Awards will recognize the many people and projects of AIA Arizona. This year, AIA Arizona will celebrate both an Arizona Medal honoree and a Firm of the Year, as well as AIA10, Associate, and Allied members. Design excellence will be recognized with many projects to be honored across multiple categories.
The opening reception with buffet and bar will be outdoors in the Heard Museum courtyard, the awards ceremony will be indoors in the museum’s Steele Auditorium, and a closing reception will include dessert and bar. Added bonus: the museum exhibitions will be open for all attendees to view!
The reception includes a bar, with one drink ticket per guest generously sponsored by Concrete Masonry Checkoff. Arcadia is the AIA Arizona Title Sponsor.
Saturday, November 14
5:30PM – 7:15PM: Opening Reception
7:15PM – 9:00PM: Awards Ceremony
9:00PM – 10:30PM: Closing Reception
Information on sponsorship opportunities for both the awards gala (Nov. 14) is seen here.
The 2026 AIA Arizona Design Awards Chair is James Trahan, AIA, a Partner at 180 Degrees Design + Build in Phoenix.
The 2026 Jury Chair is Byron Mouton, AIA, Principal, bildDESIGN, and Lacey Senior Professor of Practice – Architecture, Tulane University
View all winners in Project categories from the past four years at this link.
View the recent winners of the Practice categories at this link.
What is the gala experience like? Click on the video below to see highlights from last year’s AIA Arizona Design Awards Gala!
DESIGN AWARDS GALA SPONSORS [confirmed as of October 9]
Title Arcadia
Bar Concrete Masonry Checkoff
Premier Sponsors Elevate / Salt River Project
Achievement Sponsors Arizona Architecture Foundation / Clayco / McCarthy
Supporting Sponsors 180 Degrees Design + Build / Airpark Signs / Arizona Restaurant Consulting / Available Light / Ayers Saint Gross / beSpoke Real Estate / BWS Architects / Corporate Interior Systems / Creative Designs in Lighting / DeBartolo Architects / Grace Design Studios / Holly Street Studio / Inszone Insurance Services / JFK Electrical Contracting / Meyer Borgman Johnson / Optima / Primak Construction Group / RC Lurie / Shepley Bulfinch / Telgian Engineering & Consulting / Treanor / Walter P Moore
Thank You Level Sponsors 1GPA / AIA Phoenix Metro / Arizona Masonry Council / Boyer Vertical / Multistudio / Norris Design / Okland Construction / Schaefer Structural Engineering / suoLL Architects / Terracon / The Construction Zone / Timely Industries / triARC Architecture & Design / YKK AP
Friend Level Sponsors Associated Mechanical Engineers / Line and Space / Sazan Group / Timmerman Photography
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09/27/2026