{"id":67457,"date":"2021-01-22T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T13:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=67457"},"modified":"2021-01-22T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:24:00","slug":"architecture-changing-world-plus-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inside-architizer\/updates\/architecture-changing-world-plus-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"4 New A+Award Categories Celebrate Architecture for a Changing World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architizer is pleased to announced four new A+Awards Plus Categories<\/a> for 2021. The Early Entry Deadline for the 9th Annual A+Awards is fast approaching \u2014 submit<\/a> before January 29th for early bird pricing!\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In the past year, societal change accelerated at a rate not seen for generations, while the pace of our daily lives paradoxically slowed like never before. Over the course of 2020, leaders looked to architectural and urban design as both cause and solution for the many challenges that arose: we saw designers respond to various crises with innovation,<\/a> while cities pedestrianized<\/a> at a previously unimaginable<\/a> rate.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, with increasing time spend at home and its immediate surroundings, we gained greater appreciation for \u2014 and, sometimes, formed astute criticisms of \u2014 previously overlooked details that play important roles in our living spaces. With design on the forefront of discussions related to the climate and global health crises, the multi-scale impact of architecture has never been more apparent.<\/p>\n

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New River Train Observation Tower<\/a> by Virginia Tech Center for Low-Carbon Structures and Systems<\/a>, Radford, Virginia. Jury Winner, 2020 A+Awards, Details – Plus – Architecture +New Materials<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Architecture’s crucial role in mediating between social and material worlds is often eclipsed by its more easily identifiable function in providing programmatic solutions. Yet, design does not exist in the vacuum of the studio, and Architizer’s A+Awards Plus Categories allows architectural firms to gain recognition specifically for their larger societal engagements.<\/p>\n

The Plus Categories<\/a> are subdivided into two distinct scales. On a micro-scale, the Detail<\/strong> categories<\/strong> focus on specific building features and material applications that, independent of program, are often preconditions for formal and spatial exploration. For example:<\/p>\n