Jeff Harnar
Awards 2026
Jeff Harnar
Awards 2021
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Deadline: March 15, 2021
Jeff Harnar
Awards 2021
Jeff Harnar
Awards 2021
Registration Now Open
Deadline: March 15, 2021
Registration Now Open
Deadline: March 15, 2021
The JEFF HARNAR AWARDS program was created by Garrett Thornburg in 2007 to honor the memory of Jeff Harnar and help continue his groundbreaking work in the area of contemporary design in the Southwest. In 2018, the award program was expanded to include Unbuilt Work and Landscape Architecture. In 2020, the program was further expanded to include: Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest, Unbuilt Architecture, Unbuilt Landscape Architecture, Student Architecture Award, and Student Landscape Architecture Award.
- Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest
- Unbuilt Architecture
- Unbuilt Landscape Architecture
- Innovative Regional Design
- Student Architecture Award
- Student Landscape Architecture Award
Four of the six JEFF HARNAR AWARDS are open to submissions for work designed for the Four Corners states (AZ, CO, NM, UT). The student awards expand into the Four Corners states to include work in the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion of West Texas, and the Sonoran and Mojave Desert ecoregions of Southern California and Southern Nevada.
Recipients of the 2026 Jeff Harnar Awards will be announced by the jury and the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning during Spring 2026. Best of Show submissions will be selected for a digital exhibition following the awards ceremony. That evening, UNM SA+P will host a lecture, followed by an announcement of the winners.
You can view the jurors and categories from the 2025 Jeff Harnar Awards below:
The JEFF HARNAR AWARDS program was created by Garrett Thornburg in 2007 to honor the memory of Jeff Harnar and help continue his groundbreaking work in the area of contemporary design. In 2018, the award program was expanded to include Unbuilt Work and Landscape Architecture. In 2020, the program was further expanded to include the following six categories:
- Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest
- An Emerging Practice in New Mexico
- Unbuilt Architecture
- Unbuilt Landscape Architecture
- Student Architecture Award
- Student Landscape Architecture Award
Five of the six JEFF HARNAR AWARDS are open to submissions for work designed for the Four Corners states (AZ, CO, NM, UT). The Emerging Practice Award is reserved for firms of architecture and landscape architecture in New Mexico.
For more information, please contact Anthony Fettes at [email protected].
Jeff Harnar
Award
Submissions due: March 24, 2025
Meet the Jury:
Chris Cornelius
University of New Mexico
Studio Indigenous
Monica Ponce de Leon
Princeton University
Gabriel Diaz Montemayor
University of Arkansas
This award recognizes recently completed works of architecture in the Four Corner states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Entries should push the definition of exemplary design in the Southwest. One winner will be selected. There are no finalists. Best of Show submissions will be selected for a digital exhibition following the Awards Ceremony, held at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning (George Pearl Hall) on the evening of Friday, April 11, 2025.
PRIZE: $10.000 (To be used to support architectural interns within the firm.)
ELIGIBILITY: Open to architects and architecture firms based anywhere in the world. Previous recipients of the award are eligible to enter new works. The submitted building must be located in one of the Four Corner states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) and have been completed between January 1, 2019 and December 31. 2024. Entrants must succinctly explain how they will use the $10.000 to support architectural interns within their firm.
ENTRY FEE: $200
If you have additional questions, please contact Anthony Fettes at [email protected]. To submit an entry, visit: jeffharnaraward.slideroom.com
Jeff Harnar Award
for Contemporary Architecture in the SouthwestSubmissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Marion Blackwell
University of Arkansas
Elaine Molinar
Snchetta
Thaisa Way
Dumbarton Oaks
This award recognizes the best recently built work of architecture in the Four Corners states, one that broadens the definition of Southwestern architecture. One winning building
will be selected. There are no finalists.
PRIZE: $10,000
ELIGIBILITY: Open to architects and architecture firms based anywhere in the world.
The submitted building must be located in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) and have been completed between 1.1.15 and 12,31.20.
Entrants should include in their PowerPoint submission one slide that explains succinctly how they will use the $10,000 to encourage Equity, Diversity and Inclusion withing their firm.
ENTRY FEE: $200
For submission requirements and entry forms, please visit jeffharnaraward.com.
Jeff Harnar Award
for an Emerging Practice in New MexicoSubmissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Marion Blackwell
University of Arkansas
Elaine Molinar
Snchetta
Thaisa Way
Dumbarton Oaks
This award recognizes a professional practice in architecture or landscape architecture that has engaged in creative work of note, and shows promise through design innovation and/or community engagement.
PRIZE: $5,000
ELIGIBILITY: New Mexico-based firms that have been established for 10 years or less.
One Emerging Practice will be selected as winner. There are no finalists.
ENTRY FEE: $150
For submission requirements and entry forms, please visit jeffharnaraward.com.
Jeff Harnar
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Jeff Harnar
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Unbuilt Architecture
Jeff Harnar
Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 24, 2025
Jeff Harnar
Award
Jeff Harnar
Award
Unbuilt ArchitectureJeff Harnar
Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Chris Cornelius
University of New Mexico
Studio Indigenous
Monica Ponce de Leon
Princeton University
Gabriel Diaz Montemayor
Univeristy of Arkansas
This award recognizes recent unbuilt and conceptual works of architecture in the Four Corner states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Entries should push the definition of exemplary design in the Southwest. One winning project will be selected. There are no finalists. Best of Show submissions will be selected for a digital exhibition following the Awards Ceremony, held at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning (George Pearl Hall) on the evening of Friday, April 11, 2025.
PRIZE: $3000
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to design firms based anywhere in the world. Previous recipients of the award are eligible to enter new works. The submitted building must be located in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) and have been completed between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2024.
ENTRY FEE: $150
If you have additional questions, please contact Anthony Fettes at [email protected]. To submit an entrv, visit: jeffharnaraward slideroom.com
Jeff Harnar Award
Unbuilt ArchitectureSubmissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Andrés Jaque
Columbia University
Carlos Jimenez
Rice University
Phoebe Lickwar
University of Texas at Austin
This award recognizes an unbuilt work of exemplary contemporary architecture in the Four Corners states, and one that broadens the definition of Southwestern architecture.
PRIZE: $2,500
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to architects and architecture firms based anywhere in the world.
The project must be designed for a site in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) and been completed between 1.1.15 and 12.31.20.
One winning project will be selected. There are no finalists.
ENTRY FEE: $150
For submission requirements and entry forms, please visit jeffharnaraward.com.
Jeff Harnar
Award
Jeff Harnar
Award
Unbuilt Landscape ArchitectureJeff Harnar
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Jeff Harnar
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Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 24, 2025
Jeff Harnar
Award
Jeff Harnar
Award
Unbuilt Landscape ArchitectureJeff Harnar
Award
Jeff Harnar
Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Chris Cornelius
University of New Mexico
Studio Indigenous
Monica Ponce de Leon
Princeton University
Gabriel Diaz Montemayor
Univeristy of Arkansas
This award recognizes recent unbuilt and conceptual works of landscape architecture in the Four Corners states of Arizona.
Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Entries should push the definition of exemplary design in the Southwest. One winning project will be selected. There are no finalists. Best of Show submissions will be selected for a digital exhibition following the Awards Ceremony, held at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning (George Pearl Hall) on the evening of Friday, April 11, 2025.
PRIZE: $3.000
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to design firms based anywhere in the world. Previous recipients of the award are eligible to enter new works. The submitted building must be located in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) and have been completed between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2024.
ENTRY FEE: $150
If you have additional questions, please contact Anthony Fettes at [email protected]. To submit an entry, visit: jeffharnaraward.slideroom.com
Jeff Harnar Award
Unbuilt Landscape ArchitectureSubmissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Andrés Jaque
Columbia University
Carlos Jimenez
Rice University
Phoebe Lickwar
University of Texas at Austin
This award recognizes an unbuilt work of exemplary contemporary landscape architecture in the Four Corners states, and one that broadens the definition of Southwestern landscape architecture.
PRIZE: $2,500
ELIGIBILITY: Open to landscape architects and landscape architecture firms based anywhere in the world.
The project must be designed for a site in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) and been completed between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2020
One winning project will be selected. There are no finalists.
ENTRY FEE: $150
For submission requirements and entry forms, please visit jeffharnaraward.com.
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 24, 2025
Jeff Harnar
Award
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Claudia Meyer Horn
Design Office
Winnifred E. Newman
Clemson University
Francisco J. Rodriguez-Suárez
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
This student award recognizes design excellence by a current student (s) or recent graduate(s) (2022-2024) enrolled in an accredited program of architecture in the United States For this award projects must be located in the Southwestern United States and focus on regionally specific design challenges and solutions. The proiect locations for the student category may expand the definition of the Southwest beyond the Four Corner states of NM, AZ, CO, and UT, to include arid lands in the adjacent states.
This may include projects in the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion of West Texas and the Sonoran and Mojave Desert ecoregion of CA and NV.
Students may submit team entries. One student shall serve as the point of contact and submit one entry on behalf of the team. You will be asked to select your field (Architecture/ Landscape Architecture) in the application. Best of Show submissions will be selected for an exhibition at George Pearl Hall at the Awards Ceremony on April 11, 2025.
PRIZE: First Place $2000. Second Place $1000
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to recent graduates (2022-2024) and students currently enrolled at a school in an accredited program of architecture and landscape architecture in the United States. All graduate students are eligible. Undergraduates must be in the last two years of their respective programs.
ENTRY FEE: $20 per entry
If you have additional questions, please contact Anthony Fettes at [email protected]. To submit an entry, visit: jeffharnaraward.slideroom.com.
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Deborah Burke
Yale University
Rene Davids
UC Berkeley
Frederick Steiner
University of Pennsylvania
This award recognizes excellence in contemporary design by a current student of landscape architecture engaged in the study of regional architecture.
PRIZE: $1,500
One winning project will be selected, and one finalist will be recognized with an Honorable Mention.
ELIGIBILITY:
Currently matriculated at a school in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah). The student must be in their last two years of study.
ENTRY FEE: none
For submission requirements and entry forms, please visit jeffharnaraward.com.
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 24, 2025
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Claudia Meyer Horn
Design Office
Winnifred E. Newman
Clemson University
Francisco J. Rodriguez-Suárez
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
This student award recognizes design excellence by a current student (s) or recent graduate(s) (2022-2024) enrolled in an accredited program of landscape architecture in the United States For this award projects must be located in the Southwestern United States and focus on regionally specific design challenges and solutions. The project locations for the student category may expand the definition of the Southwest beyond the Four Corner states of NM, AZ, CO, and UT, to include arid lands in the adjacent states. This may include projects in the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion of West Texas and the Sonoran and Mojave Desert ecoregion of CA and NV.
Students may submit team entries. One student shall serve as the point of contact and submit one entry on behalf of the team. You will be asked to select vour field (Architecture/ Landscape Architecture) in the application. Best of Show submissions will be selected for an exhibition at George Pearl Hall at the Awards Ceremony on April 11, 2025.
PRIZE: First Place $2000, Second Place $1000
ELIGIBILITY: Open to recent graduates (2022-2024) and students currently enrolled at a school in an accredited program of architecture and landscape architecture in the United States. All graduate students are eligible. Undergraduates must be in the last two years of their respective programs
ENTRY FEE: $20 per entry
If you have additional questions, please contact Anthony Fettes at [email protected].
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Deborah Burke
Yale University
Rene Davids
UC Berkeley
Frederick Steiner
University of Pennsylvania
This award recognizes excellence in contemporary design by a current student of architecture engaged in the study of regional architecture.
PRIZE: $1,500
One winning project will be selected, and one finalist will be recognized with an Honorable Mention.
ELIGIBILITY:
Currently matriculated at a school in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah). The student must be in their last two years of study.
ENTRY FEE: none
For submission requirements and entry forms, please visit jeffharnaraward.com.
Jeff Harnar
Award
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Chris Cornelius
University of New Mexico
Studio Indigenous
Monica Ponce de Leon
Princeton University
Gabriel Diaz Montemayor
University of Arkansas
Claudia Meyer Horn
Design Office
Winnifred E. Newman
Clemson University
Francisco J. Rodriguez-Suárez
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
One project will be selected from all the Jeff Harnar Award entries from the other categories for this distinguished category.
This award recognizes architecture and landscape architecture projects in the Southwest that respond to the challenge of the region's arid climate through an innovative approach to regional design. Projects considered for this category should transcend the definition of sustainability, demonstrating net positive impacts within its regional landscape setting.
There are no finalists. However, top scoring entries will be given an Honorable Mention by being included in a digital exhibition following the Awards Ceremony, held at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning (George Pearl Hall) on the evening of Friday, April 11, 2025.
PRIZE: $3.000
The jurors from each Jeff Harnar Award category will consider each entry for this distinction. There is no separate submission for this award. If you have additional questions, please contact Anthonv Fettes at [email protected].
Jeff Harnar
Student Award
Submissions due: March 15, 2021
Meet the Jury:
Deborah Burke
Yale University
Rene Davids
UC Berkeley
Frederick Steiner
University of Pennsylvania
This award recognizes excellence in contemporary design by a current student of architecture engaged in the study of regional architecture.
PRIZE: $1,500
One winning project will be selected, and one finalist will be recognized with an Honorable Mention.
ELIGIBILITY:
Currently matriculated at a school in one of the Four Corners states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah). The student must be in their last two years of study.
ENTRY FEE: none
For submission requirements and entry forms, please visit jeffharnaraward.com.
