The Commonwealth Association of Architects has launced the 2024 CAA Award Program, calling all architects and Architecture students to submit their entries. The CAA Awards recognise work that engages with contemporary challenges such as climate change and rapid urbanisation.

The CAA Award program is open to all registered architects who are members of a CAA member organisation and to students from all accredited schools which are associated with CAA member countries. The program is free to enter.

The works submitted should engage with contemporary challenges, together with associated increases in vulnerability, inequality, and biodiversity loss. 

We are proud to announce that Dr Byron Ioannou, Head of our University's Department of Architecture, is representing Europe as a member of the Jury in the Education category.  

Award Categories

• Lifetime Achievement Award

CAA Lifetime Achievement Award (also known as the CAA Robert Matthew Lifetime Achievement Award): The CAA Lifetime Achievement Award recognises a Commonwealth architect, or architectural practice, whose body of work is considered to have made a significant impact to the advancement of architecture in the Commonwealth over a number of years. 

• Professional Practice Awards

CAA Environmental Impact Award: The CAA Environmental Impact Award will recognise work in any sector which can demonstrate having achieved a significant positive environmental impact in areas such as circular economy, energy & carbon, water, ecology & biodiversity and/or connectivity & transport.

CAA Social Impact Award: The CAA Social Impact Award will recognise work in any sector which can demonstrate having achieved significant positive social impact in areas such as affordability, community development, health & well-being, and social value.

• Education Awards

CAA Student Award: The CAA Student Award will recognise the work of students in Years 1-3 which creatively addresses issues associated with social, economic, and environmental well-being in the context of the current biodiversity crisis and climate emergency.

CAA President’s Award: The CAA President’s Award will recognise the work of students in Years 4, 5 & 6 which critically and creatively addresses the issues associated with social, economic, and environmental well-being in the context of the current biodiversity crisis and climate emergency.

Eligibility

Please note that entries for the CAA Student Award and for the CAA President’s Award shall be nominated by their faculty and should have been produced by a student, or a team of up to 3 students, from an accredited university in a CAA member country during the academic years 2022-2023 or 2023-2024. Frederick University is included in the list of eligible architectural faculties.

Jury Members

Lifetime achievement & Professional Practice
• CAA Chair of Professional Practice: Ms Mina Hasman, (United Kingdom)
• Caribbean & Americas: Mr Bryan Bullen, (Grenada)
• Europe: Ms Nana Biamah-Ofosu (United Kingdom)
• Africa: Mr Christian Benimana (Rwanda)
• Asia: Prof Rafiq Azam, (Bangladesh)
• Pacific: Ms Caroline Pidcock, (Australia)

Education
• CAA Chair of Education: Mr Alex Ndibwami, (Kigali Rwanda)
• Caribbean & Americas: Ms Nooshin Esmaeili, (Canada)
• Europe: Dr Byron Ioannou, (Cyprus)
• Africa: Dr Hermie Delport, (South Africa)
• Asia: Prof Sajida Haider Vandal, (Pakistan)
• Pacific: Dr Rachel Hurst, (Australia)

Full details of the award categories, the award criteria, the award programme and the submission criteria can be found online here. The deadline for Categories 1, 2 and 3 is 19 April 2024 and the deadline for Categories 4 & 5 is 31 May 2024. Further information can also be found online at www.commonwealtharchitects.org.