43. Residential Building Designer of the Year

Okanagan Housing Awards 2025 | CHBA Central Okanagan

Description

All CHBA-CO building designer members, including design-build members that submit for awards, or are listed as a project partner, in at least two (2) categories in the following: 1-13, 15-39 and are in good standing are eligible for this award. Architects are eligible to apply for this award. In addition to the awards submissions, entrants will need to submit a written entry based on the criteria below.


Requirements

Criteria (Category 43)

Entry will be judged on the following criteria, with a maximum of 300 words.:

  • Quality of submissions in previous categories: The two highest scores in the previous categories
    will be averaged and applied to the Grand Awards Score.
  • Industry involvement support of the CHBA-CO or other industry initiatives (Events and Committee
    participation - CHBA or Otherwise within the industry.)
  • Career development within the organization (Education & Training) and mentoring of staff and
    new professionals.
  • Charitable, volunteer, and social contributions to the community
  • Innovation within the industry (Carbon code, Step Code, Implementation of new and innovative
    technologies or details)

Requirements (Category 43)

  • Completed online entry
  • 12 digital images that best represent the entrant based on judging criteria
Criteria
Criterion Weight
Quality of submissions in previous categories 20.0%
Industry involvement support of the CHBA-CO or other industry initiatives 20.0%
Career development within the organization (Education & Training) and mentoring of staff and new professionals 20.0%
Charitable, volunteer, and social contributions to the community 20.0%
Innovation within the industry 20.0%