Celebrating the best of the best in design excellence through the lens of sustainability, inclusion and resilience.
Our legacy as a profession stands on our ability to rise to today’s challenges, to support our local communities through design and to inspire others through our artful response to today’s complexities. Design excellence is about climate and social response, about beauty and invention, about inspiration and craft. We are proud of the design legacy in San Diego, and continue to look for work that embodies our values and pushes design forward in our region. Show us your best work, and let us celebrate and amplify your voice and add you to San Diego’s legacy of design!
2026 AWARDS PROGRAM
To provide a fair and equitable review, a jury is recruited from esteemed architect members from non-local metropolitan areas. The recruitment of a non-local jury of highly distinguished architects ensures that the work awarded embodies design excellence to the highest extent.
2026 AIA San Diego Design Awards Jury
Jury Chair: Anne Marie Duvall Decker, FAIA
Anne Marie Duvall Decker is a founding principal of Duvall Decker, an expanded practice in Jackson, Mississippi that provides architecture, development consulting, and facilities maintenance services.
Anne Marie sees architecture as instrument, engaging the material phenomena of our environment and culture to create the potential for education and growth. She leads the studio in creating elusive forms and engaging spaces, no matter the type, size, or budget of projects. She has served the profession in many capacities, as a long-term board member and past president of AIA Mississippi and as a Trustee and 2021 Chair of the AIA Trust. Anne Marie is often invited to share her experience as a lecturer, critic, visiting professor, and design juror. She was appointed to serve the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations as a 2021-2023 Industry Advisory Group peer and was awarded the 2023 Mississippi State University College of Architecture, Art, & Design Alumna of the Year Recipient. In 2023, Anne Marie Duvall Decker was a recipient of Architectural Record’s Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award. Duvall Decker was profoundly honored to be named the 2026 recipient of the AIA Architecture Firm Award.
Amanda Loper, FAIA, LEED AP - Principal · David Baker Architects
Javier Sánchez - Founding Partner, Lead Designer · JSª
Scott Magic, AIA, NCARB - Founder, Principal · Magic Architecture
Michael Cotton - Director, Senior Architect · Snøhetta
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The best of the best in San Diego/Tijuana
The annual design awards shine a light on projects that are pushing innovation, growth, sustainability and renewal in San Diego and Tijuana. Celebrate groundbreaking architectural projects, treasured icons, and exceptional design concepts that have redefined the boundaries of creativity and design in our region.
Distinguished work
Gain inspiration from the remarkable achievements of the award winners, groundbreaking architectural projects and exceptional design concepts. These exemplary projects are selected through a rigorous process and demonstrate sustainability, social responsibility, and a strong sense of place.
Legendary design pros
Every year the Design Awards Ceremony attracts over 250+ architects, design experts and advocates as we gather in celebration of the places, spaces, and people that make our region unique, making this a tremendous opportunity for fraternizing and networking.
Awards Archives
Project Information and credit to project partners is provided by the architectural firm or entrant of record in AIA San Diego's Design Awards Call for Entries. AIA San Diego, its Design Awards Committee/Representatives, and its Design Awards Jury (Juries) are not the authors of this content, nor are they responsible for verifying its accuracy. Companies/consultants/contractors should contact the firm of record to address discrepancies. To be eligible for consideration and receipt of award in AIA San Diego's Design Awards, entries must be made by AIA members in good standing who abide by the Ethical Standards of Attribution of Credit set forth by the American Institute of Architects.
