Architecture
CATEGORY A1.1 - RESIDENTIAL
Housing | Affordable | Condominiums | Apartments | Row Houses
CATEGORY A1.2 - RESIDENTIAL BUDGET HOUSE
Upto 1500 sft built up area
All Residential Independent houses (Choice of category budget/luxury as per Architects discretion)
CATEGORY A1.3 - RESIDENTIAL BUDGET HOUSE
1500 sft to 3000 sft built up area
All Residential Independent houses (Choice of category budget/luxury as per Architects discretion)
CATEGORY A1.4 - RESIDENTIAL LUXURY HOUSE
3000 sft to 10000 sft built up area
All Residential Independent houses (Choice of category budget/luxury as per Architects discretion)
CATEGORY A1.5 - RESIDENTIAL LUXURY HOUSE
More than 10000 sft built up area
All Residential Independent houses (Choice of category budget/luxury as per Architects discretion)
CATEGORY A1.6 - RESIDENTIAL RECREATIONAL HOUSE
Vacation Homes | Weekend Homes | Party Houses
CATEGORY A2 - COMMERCIAL
IT Parks | Convention Centres | Office Complexes | Corporate Headquarters | Data Centres | General Business and Commercial District Centres
CATEGORY A3 - MERCANTILE RETAIL
Malls | Shopping Complexes | Retail Shops | Departmental Stores | Supermarkets | Wholesale Godowns | Warehousing | Regulated Markets
CATEGORY A4 - HOSPITALITY
Spas and Salons | Budget Hotels | Luxury Hotels | Boutique Hotels | Cinema Halls | Concert Halls and Theatres | Restaurants | Banquet Halls | Bakeries / Independent Food Courts
CATEGORY A5 - INSTITUTIONAL
College Buildings | Universities | Kindergarten | Libraries | Research Buildings | Veterinary Clinics | Medical and Health Clinics | Art Galleries | Observatories | Auditoriums | Aquaria | Exhibition and Exposition Buildings | School Buildings | Hospitals | Hospices | Commune / Old age Homes| Student Housing | Hostels
CATEGORY A6 - INDUSTRIAL
Farm Buildings | Storage or Warehouse Buildings | Telephone Exchange Buildings | Power Stations | Power Plants | Industrial Buildings with Manufacturing and Packaging Facilities | Audio Visual and Telecommunication Buildings | Assembly Plants | Laboratories | Refineries | Mills | Dairies | Factories
CATEGORY A7 - PUBLIC AND SEMI PUBLIC
Govt, Semi Govt, Public Offices | Police stations | Fire Stations | Post offices | Prisons | Banks | Legislative Buildings | Halls of Assembly | Places of Worship | Mausoleums | Memorials | Monuments | Museums | Embassy Buildings
CATEGORY A8 - MIXED USE
A Building or Campus with two or more typologies housed in a composite manner. Eg : A building that has Commercial, Hotel and Office together.
CATEGORY A9 - RECREATIONAL
Playgrounds | Golf Courses | Indoor & Outdoor Stadiums | Sports academies | Gymnasium | Indoor Sporting facilities | Sports Building | Sports Complexes | Gymkhanas | Stadium | Parks | Clubhouses | Gardens | Zoos
CATEGORY A10 - TRANSPORTATION
Bus Terminals | Railway Stations | Airports | Ferry Terminal Buildings | Metro Stations
Interior Architecture
CATEGORY IA1.1 - RESIDENTIAL-BUDGET HOUSE
Apartment | Villa | Bungalow | Palace interior | Common facilities of housing premises
CATEGORY IA1.2 - RESIDENTIAL-LUXURY HOUSE
Apartment | Villa | Bungalow | Palace interior | Common facilities of housing premises
CATEGORY IA1.3 - RESIDENTIAL-RECREATIONAL HOUSE
Apartment | Villa | Bungalow | Palace interior | Common facilities of housing premises
CATEGORY IA2 - COMMERCIAL
IT Parks | Convention Centres | Office Complexes | Corporate Headquarters | Data Centres | General Business and Commercial District Centres
CATEGORY IA3 - MERCANTILE RETAIL
Malls | Shopping Complexes | Retail Shops | Departmental Stores | Supermarkets | Wholesale Godowns | Warehousing / Regulated Markets
CATEGORY IA4 - HOSPITALITY
Spas and Salons | Budget Hotels | Luxury Hotels | Boutique Hotels | Cinema Halls | Concert Halls and Theatres | Restaurants | Banquet Halls | Bakeries / Independent Food Courts
CATEGORY IA5 - RECREATIONAL
Playgrounds | Golf Courses | Indoor & Outdoor Stadiums | Sports academies | Gymnasium | Indoor Sporting facilities | Sports Building | Sports Complexes | Gymkhanas | Stadium | Parks | Clubhouses | Gardens / Zoos
CATEGORY IA6 - INSTITUTIONAL
College Buildings | Universities | Kindergarten | Libraries | Research Buildings | Veterinary Clinics | Medical and Health Clinics | Art Galleries | Observatories | Auditoriums | Aquaria | Exhibition and Exposition Buildings | School Buildings / Hospitals
CATEGORY IA7 - INDUSTRIAL
Farm Buildings | Storage or Warehouse Buildings | Telephone Exchange Buildings | Power Stations | Power Plants | Industrial Buildings with Manufacturing and Packaging Facilities | Audio Visual and Telecommunication Buildings | Assembly Plants | Laboratories | Refineries | Mills | Dairies | Factories
CATEGORY IA8 - PUBLIC AND SEMI PUBLIC
Govt, Semi Govt, Public Offices | Police stations | Fire Stations | Post offices | Prisons | Banks | Legislative Buildings | Halls of Assembly | Places of Worship | Mausoleums | Memorials | Monuments | Museums | Embassy Buildings | Bus Terminals | Railway Stations | Airports | Ferry Terminal Buildings | Metro Stations
Landscape Architecture
CATEGORY LA1 - SMALL (SITE UPTO 1 ACRE)
Terrace garden | Courtyard design | Housing and Commercial fringes | Government or Private Parks | All project type upto 1 acre of site area.
CATEGORY LA2 - LARGE (SITE MORE THAN 1 ACRE)
Large scale projects of all project type with site more than 1 acre.
Conservation
CATEGORY C1 - CONSERVATION & RESTORATION & PRESERVATION & ADAPTIVE REUSE
All types of buildings and infrastructure.
Urban Interventions
CATEGORY U1 - URBAN INTERVENTIONS
Seafront Development | Riverfront Development | Streets | Urban Amenities | Public Art Installations | Pop-Up Parks and Plazas | Tactical Urbanism | Street Art and Graffiti Projects | Lighting Installations | Pocket Parks | Pedestrianization Projects | Community Gardens | Interactive Technology Installations
Special Category
CATEGORY S1 - RESEARCH PAPER
Original Research Papers on Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Architecture, Landscape and all other sectors of the profession.
CATEGORY S2 - BOOKS
Original Books on Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Architecture, Landscape and all other sectors of the profession.
CATEGORY S3 - WOMEN ARCHITECTS IN FOREFRONT
Award for firms / practices run exclusively by Women Architects.
CATEGORY S4 - EMERGING PRACTICE
An Award to recognize the principals of an emerging Architectural practice/firm that has consistently produced distinguished Architecture.
CATEGORY S5 - UNBUILT
Exemplary, innovative ideation possessing application value in the Indian context and deserving meritorious recognition.
CATEGORY S6 - IIA MEMBERS' CHOICE
A unique opportunity for all IIA members to choose their favourite project from shortlisted projects. The IIA Members' Choice will be announced during the Awards event through live voting by all attending IIA members.
