NEWH TopID Nomination Form

Know a firm you’d like to nominate for 2026 TopID?
Please send them this URL and ask them to complete this application form no later than June 13, 2025 (no extensions)

DESIGN FIRMS: Please complete the application form below.

Submissions will be accepted March 18, 2025 – June 13, 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 (if you are unsure of a member’s status please contact [email protected] for confirmation)
• Submit your local firm’s ONE highlighted complete custom Hospitality design project* completed within the last 24 months (June 2023 to May 2025). (*custom Hospitality design projects are non-program work where designs are not pre-determined by a brand.) This project should represent “the best” of the firm as it will be judged on elements of design. NEW FOR 2026: The submitted project will be judged by the Committee for well-articulated design elements, aesthetics, and purpose. Hospitality projects can include any one of the following types of projects: Guest rooms (no model rooms), hotel or casino public area space, bar, restaurant, spa, meeting space, etc. This applies to new construction and renovations. Please do not include previously submitted TopID projects. (see Note below for more information regarding definition of Hospitality projects)
• PHOTO Requirement: Project submitted with the nomination must be photographed. You will be contacted by your local chapter/regional 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.

*For purposes of the TopID award, NEWH defines Hospitality as a property in which its facilities can be enjoyed by the general public. Properties such as multi-family, student housing, senior living, or a medical-related facility where the facility is utilized mainly by members/patients only (even if a specific project area within these types of facilities is open to the public), would not fit NEWH’s definition of Hospitality for this award.

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
• Local NEWH chapter/region volunteer support, event/annual sponsorships, event attendance, participation in panels, hosting event space
• Leadership/board positions held in the local chapter/region and NEWH, Inc. level
• Number of awards and publications of custom hospitality project(s) received by your local firm
• If the submitted project is posted on NEWH’s designLINQ
• NEW FOR 2026:  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 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.

If you have questions on the NEWH TopID Nomination, please contact:

Diane Federwitz
800-593-6394