IIDA Northern Pacific

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The IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter (NPC) is proud to present the 23rd annual INawards, a juried competition for interior design excellence and innovation.

Interior designers, architects and industrial designers from the regions covered by the Northern Pacific Chapter (Alaska, Idaho, Washington, Alberta and British Columbia) are invited to submit entries for interior spaces and products completed after January 2024 (published or unpublished). Members of other professional design organizations are also invited to enter their projects at the IIDA Member price level. Award recipients will be honored in a ceremony in early November, date and location TBD, WA. Winners will be announced on https://www.iida-northernpacific.org/ and our social media platforms. Winners will also be shared with the IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter Membership, a group of over 400 professionals, via an electronic newsletter. Entries will receive additional exposure via virtual voting for the People’s Choice Award.

IIDA NPC includes one complimentary ticket for the Awards Ceremony for each entry purchased. If you are not planning to attend the Awards Ceremony, you may delegate your ticket to someone else to be there to accept your award should you win.

ENTRY FEES:

$300 - Early Bird - for Members of IIDA
$350 - Member of IIDA
$400 - Member of AIA, NEWH, or ASID & Chapter Patrons
$550 - Non-Member

Early Bird pricing ends on August 31st, 2026.

All entries are due end of day 11:59 pm on September 25th, 2026.

For questions, please contact iidanpc.inawardsentry@gmail.com.

CATEGORIES:

INeducation Early – Recognizes projects for early education and K-12 facilities.
INeducation Higher – Recognizes higher educational facilities, colleges/universities.
INhealthcare – Recognizes hospitals, outpatient clinics, and medical facilities.
INworkplace Micro – Recognizes corporate and not-for-profit workspaces less than 15k sq ft.*
INworkplace Mid – Recognizes corporate and not-for-profit workspaces 15k-40ksq.ft.*
INworkplace Macro – Recognizes corporate and not-for-profit workspaces 40k +.*
INpublic – Recognizes government/municipal spaces, institutional, cultural, libraries, religious spaces, assembly, religious, museums, and civic projects.
INmulti-family – Recognizes multi-unit housing projects and assisted living projects.
INhome – Recognizes single-family residential projects.
INhospitality + INretail – Recognizes hotels, resorts, lodges, bars, wineries, breweries, restaurants and direct sales locations – retail branches, grocery stores, boutiques, etc.
INconcept – Recognizes not yet completed projects.
People's Choice – Recognizes a project from any category voted best by the general public during the People's Choice voting time.
INshow – ALL entries will be considered by the judges for the highest honor of “INshow."