The 2009 VSAIA Prize for Design Research & Scholarship

The Virginia Society AIA, recognizing the importance of both theory and applied research in architecture, the importance of discourse in the architectural process, and the role that discourse plays in driving both, has created the VSAIA Prize for Design Research & Scholarship. The purpose of this prize is to encourage theoretical awareness, educational exchange, thought and research in architecture, both within academic institutions and within the offices of practicing architects who participate in these pursuits. The resulting exchange of design research and scholarship will encourage another method of collaboration between professors and practitioners.


Lisa M. Tucker, Ph.D., AIA, LEED AP has been awarded the Prize for Design Research and Scholarship for her work studying the relationship of the AIA and the Architects’ Small House Service Bureau to the evolution of the single-family house design.

2010 VSAIA Prize Student Design Competition

The program for the competition rotates among the state's architecture schools, and for 2010 it was designed by faculty at the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

The 2010 VSAIA Prize Student Design Competition begins at 5:00 pm on Friday January 29.

Students from Hampton University, Virginia Tech—Blacksburg, Virginia Tech WAAC, and the University of Virginia are eligible for this competition.

The competition problem may be found here.

Contact Wayne Conners at (804) 644-3041, ext. 303, for additional information on these programs.