Know a firm you’d like to nominate for 2026 NEWH/LA Design Recognition Award?
Please send them this URL and ask them to complete this application form no later than August 22, 2025 (no extensions)

DESIGN FIRMS: Please complete the application form below.

Submissions will be accepted until August 22, 2025 (no extensions)

Minimum Criteria (required)

  • Current Membership: one person within the local firm must be a current voting member in good standing with NEWH/LA Chapter (if you are unsure of a member’s status please contact [email protected] for confirmation)
  • Submit your local firm’s ONE highlighted complete design project* completed within the last 24 months (July 2023 to June 2025). This project should represent “the best” of the firm as it will be judged on elements of design. The submitted project will be judged by the Committee for well-articulated design elements, aesthetics, and purpose. *Design (non-hospitality) projects can include any one of the following types of projects: multi-family, student housing, private clubs open only to members (i.e. golf club), senior living, or a healthcare/medical-related facility.
  • PHOTO Requirement: Project submitted with the nomination must be photographed. You will be contacted by the NEWH/LA Chapter board for instructions on how to submit your photographs. Photos must be a minimum 300 dpi resolution jpeg or tif file format. A mininum of 3 (maximum of 6) installation photographs are required for your project submission. Renderings will NOT be accepted.
  • Firm must have an accessible website for qualification purposes.

Judging takes into consideration:

  • Number of NEWH members in the local design firm
  • Type of membership held (i.e. individual or business members)
  • Number of active members within the firm
  • NEWH/LA Chapter volunteer support, event/annual sponsorships, event attendance, participation in panels, hosting event space
  • Leadership/board positions held in the NEWH/LA Chapter and NEWH, Inc. level
  • Number of awards and publications of design project(s) received by your local firm
  • If the submitted project is posted on NEWH’s designLINQ
  • The submitted project will also be judged by the Committee for well articulated design elements, aesthetics, and purpose.

*PLEASE NOTE:

  • The nomination form will Time Out in approximately two hours if not submitted and any information entered will be lost. Please allow time to complete this form.
  • If your firm has multiple locations, only information related to the local firm in the NEWH/LA Chapter region is qualified for submission. Each local firm can only submit one project as a firm. The project is only one piece of the judging criteria – the other criteria is based on the firm itself and its support of NEWH.

 

NEWH/LA Design Recognition Award Submission
Does anyone in your LOCAL firm hold professional certifications?
Does your LOCAL firm have current NEWH/LA members?
Is your firm a Chapter Business Member in the NEWH/LA Chapter?

Do you currently have an internship program at your LOCAL firm?
Did any of these interns become members of NEWH/LA?

If you have questions on the NEWH/LA Design Recognition Award Nomination, please contact:

Katie Smith
(425) 681-3078