2025 AIA San Francisco Leadership Awards
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The AIA San Francisco (AIASF) Leadership Awards honor individuals, firms, and organizations that demonstrate exceptional leadership and contribute significantly to the architecture and design community. These awards recognize outstanding achievements in professional practice, education, and community impact. Self-nominations are allowed and encouraged for all award categories.
Emerging Professional Award
Recognizes an Associate AIA member or an AIA Architect member registered for 10 years or less who exemplifies exceptional leadership and demonstrates unparalleled commitment to AIASF, the design and construction industry, or the broader community.
Student Award
Honors an individual student, student team, or student organization, demonstrating a significant commitment to the community or the building industry.
Firm Achievement Award
Celebrates an architecture firm's outstanding contributions to the community, advancement of the profession, development of interns, or creation of distinguished architecture.
Sandra Vivanco, AIA Education Award
Named in honor of Sandra Vivanco, a renowned architect, educator, and advocate for diversity in design, this award recognizes an organization or individual advancing architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service excellence. Sandra Vivanco's legacy includes her impactful work in cross-cultural design and her commitment to mentoring underrepresented communities in architecture.
Marsha Maytum, FAIA Citizen Architect Award
Named for Marsha Maytum, FAIA, a trailblazer in sustainable design and community engagement, this award recognizes lifelong contributions to the community by individuals whose achievements have largely gone unrecognized. Marsha's work emphasizes the transformative power of architecture in addressing environmental and social challenges, inspiring generations of architects to serve their communities.