Dear Volunteers,
It’s architecture awards season at AIA Chicago, the local chapter of The American Institute of Architects. For the third year in a row, CAC’s docents and volunteer community are invited to serve as the round 1 jury for the Lerch Bates People’s Choice Awards. This means you’ll soon have the chance to help select the projects you believe exemplify the best of what Chicago has to offer.
Whether it is a project across your block, across the city, or across the globe, you are invited to judge your favorite contemporary projects and newly completed or restored works from the more than 130 Lerch Bates People’s Choice Award submissions AIA Chicago received in 2024. After you vote, AIA Chicago will take the top projects and present them to the public for a final voting round. The winners will be presented at AIA Chicago’s annual awards ceremony, Designight, taking place Thursday, September 5 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance and Rooftop.
In the coming days, you will receive an email from Reviewr, AIA Chicago’s awards platform, inviting you to create an account that you will use to cast your votes. Other than signing in, you will not need to take any other action at that time. Then, later this month, you will receive specific instructions from the AIA Chicago staff about how to cast your vote. Voting will be open to CAC volunteers from July 24 – July 31, 2024.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact AIA Chicago awards advisor and former CAC docent Dillon Goodson at dg******@ai********.org.
On behalf of CAC and our friends at AIA Chicago, thank you for contributing your unique perspective to the Lerch Bates People’s Choice Awards!
Thanks,
Caroline