The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Florida Chapter is pleased to announce our Annual Addison Mizner Award Design Competition for Excellence in Classical and Traditional Architecture. The Addison Mizner Awards was founded in 2012 to celebrate the achievements of the finest practioners and design firms who excel in the advancement and promotion of the ideals of classicism and traditional design in the fields of Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism, as well as, Craftsmanship and the Allied Arts. The awards are named for Addison Mizner, the architect whose civic and domestic works defined the standards of excellence in compostion and craftsmanship for classical and traditional design in the early years of urban development in Florida. 

Recipients are selected annually by a jury of peers selected from among architects, designers and academics recognized for their knowledge of and experience in the practice and theory of classical and traditional architecture through a blind adjudication process.

The Jury process considers the following in their deliberations:

Classical design is that portion of the spectrum of traditional design which has achieved the most articulate, and most refined expression.

High Classical design is often reserved for society's most important structures, such as government and institutional buildings, places of worship, memorials or museums.

Vernacular design often represents regional building typologies and uses of regional materials. Vernacular structures may have only a few explicity classical elements, but they should observe the conceptual, compostitional and tectonic principles of classical design.

Core Values of the Classical Language

• Order
• Ornament
• Rhythm
• Decorum
• Symmetry
• Craftsmanship
• Scale
• Rule & Invention
• Proportion
• Beauty
• Tectonics
• Presentation Merits

Eligibility

The Individual or Firm making the submission must have the approval of all parties with legal ownership of the project and/or its design: including client, architect/designer of record, and/or developer. Those making the submission must have permission to use all photography and/or printed material contained within the submission. The ICAA FL Chapter and ICAA reserve the right to use all materials submitted in future print and digital media for promotional purposes.

Submissions must conform to one of two eligibility requirements:

Option 1:
Any project, regardless of location, completed by members of the Florida Chapter of the ICAA are eligible for consideration.
Note: Individuals and firms may join the Florida Chapter of the ICAA at any time by visiting https://www.classicist.org/membership/ and choosing "Florida" as your region.

Option 2:
National and International ICAA members are eligible to submit projects built in Florida and the Caribbean.

Projects submitted must have been completed within the last ten (10) years, excepting those in the Emerging Classicist category which is within the last five (5) years.