The Elizabeth Mills Brown Award recognizes design excellence in the restoration, rehabilitation, adaptation, and reuse of historic structures. The award is named after and honors the work of Betty Brown, a prominent Connecticut architectural historian, preservationist, and civic leader, and author of the extraordinarily comprehensive and meticulously researched New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (Yale University Press, 1976). This award is presented in conjunction with Preservation Connecticut .
Registration Opens: June 14, 2021
Registration Deadline: August 2, 2021
Submission Deadline: September 10, 2021
2021 Elizabeth Mills Brown Jury
Tod Bryant
Principal
Heritage Resources
Julie Carmelich
Historian
State of Connecticut
Historic Preservation Office
Wes Haynes
Executive Director
Merritt Parkway Conservancy
Eligibility:
- Projects must be in Connecticut and involve the restoration, rehabilitation, or reuse of historic buildings.
- Form-Based Codes for historic areas may be considered.
- Projects must have been completed within the past 5 years
Judging Criteria:
- The jury will be comprised of professionals from the architecture and preservation disciplines, including AIA CT and Preservation Connecticut.
- The Jurors will take into consideration and acknowledge:
- Projects will be judged to the Secretary of Interior’s Standards in one or more of the four preservation approaches recognized by the Standards: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, or Reconstruction.
- Design Excellence.
- Clarity of the submission narrative to describe how the project accomplished its goals while complying with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards.
Submission Requirements:
- Submissions are to be composed as a single multi-page PDF document. The document is to include:
- A clear and concise narrative that describes specific challenges, goals, and how the project follows the Secretary of Interior’s Standards (500 words maximum)
- A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 pages which should include:
- Photographs: existing conditions prior to any work
- Photographs: of the completed interior and exterior
- Drawings: plans, sections, elevations, details
- All photography permissions and releases are the responsibility of the submitting architect whose project has been selected. If the Project is recognized with an award, individual high-res photographs in JPEG format will be required from the submitter.
Member of AIA Connecticut: $100.00
Member of Connecticut Trust: $100.00
Non-Member Registered Architect: $200.00