“Small Firms, Great Projects” Submission

2024 "Small Firms, Great Projects" Programs, 19th Edition

The 19th Edition of the Small Firms, Great Projects program aligns with AIASF's mission of enhancing the quality of life in the Bay Area by promoting excellence in architecture, design, and the built environment. This year, we're highlighting architects and designers revitalizing San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, one neighborhood at a time. Clients have questions, and we want to answer them.

SFGP represents the best of everything local in 2024, focusing on processes and policies shaping our city, such as adaptive reuse, ADUs, parklets, and building shared spaces. How does your work contribute to enhancing the Bay Area’s built environment?

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Submission Eligibility

Open to small firms representing San Francisco Bay Area architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, and architectural lighting, Small Firms, Great Projects 19th edition provides a platform to feature their best work in print, online, and in conjunction with AIASF programming.

Featured work and profiles may include any project type or client sector. Firms may submit work for a profile in a one-page layout or two-page spread. Firms may submit projects previously published in Small Firms, Great Projects, or other publications.

Submission Deadline

Early Bird Deadline: Thursday, June 13, 2024. Submissions are due by 5:00 PM (PST).

Regular Deadline: Thursday, June 27, 2024. Submissions are due by 5:00 PM (PST).

Layout Options + Pricing

One–Page Layout

Members + 2024 Sustaining Sponsors:

  • Early Bird Deadline: $600
  • Regular Deadline: $650

General:

  • Early Bird Deadline: $900
  • Regular Deadline: $950

Two–Page Spread

Members + 2024 Sustaining Sponsors:

  • Early Deadline: $850
  • Regular Deadline: $950

General:

  • Early Deadline: $1,650
  • Regular Deadline: $1,750

Entry Fees are nonrefundable. Submissions must be fully completed and entered on or before the deadline.

Benefits You Receive When You Submit an Entry

You’ll Get Exposure (for a long time!)

It’s true: submitting to Small Firms, Great Projects gives you exposure to potential clients for the long-term. Individuals are still coming into our office for our complimentary past publications. With quarterly content refreshes tied to AIASF topical programming conversations, viewers will visit the dynamic digital publication throughout the year.

Networking

In the design world, collaborating with people is integral to business. Having your work in our publication alongside other skilled design firms is an easy way to connect with like-minded people.

Strengthen Your Firm's Reputation

Having your work in an AIASF publication increases the chances that a client will trust your business. AIASF is nationally and internationally recognized, and engaging with AIASF elevates your firm’s profile!

Programming Opportunities
Through curated firm tours and topical panel discussions across a year, AIASF and the Center for Architecture + Design will continue to spotlight SFGP participants.

Submission Details

The online submission form will collect:

  • Firm Details + Description
  • Firm Logo — recommended 3” W x 3” H image in a JPG format, 300 DPI Resolution
  • Main Image + Caption — recommended 12” W x 10” H image in a JPG Format, 300 DPI Resolution
  • Detail Image + Caption — recommended 3” W x 3” H image in a JPG format, 300 DPI Resolution
  • Full-Page Image + Caption (2 Page spread only) — recommended 10” W x 12” H image in a JPG Format,
    300 DPI Resolution
  • Photographer Agreement (recommended, but not required) — a suggested template for the agreement (specific to a design competition, but adaptable for other uses) is made available by the American Society of Media Photographers here

All images specs are recommended, but not required. Copy must be clear, concise, and written in the third person.

Call for Editorial Submissions (Optional)

Submit an editorial pitch for an article for consideration in the either print or digital editions. AIASF will contact selected contributors to coordinate their submission. There is no additional charge to participate.

This year's editorial articles will highlight the best of everything local in 2024, focusing on the processes and policies shaping our city, such as designing all-electric, office-to-housing, adaptive reuse, ADUs, building shared spaces, and so much more that make our region unique and innovative.

Participants are invited to pitch editorial articles highlighting how small firms contribute to their local communities by advancing processes and policies that move the needle for positive change. The 19th edition of SFGP is interested in showcasing the Process, from start to finish. We want to hear your architecture and design expertise on topics ranging from sustainable housing and neighborhood vitality to safe streets and downtown revitalization.

Editorial submissions should focus on one or more of these topics. Have an idea that relates to the theme? Propose a topic of your own!

We reserve the right to make edits to all submissions for grammar, clarity or otherwise noted.

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To collect submissions, AIASF uses the Submittable platform. To access the submission form, you will need to log in to an account with Submittable; if you do not already have a login, you may set one up here.

Our Publisher

AIASF is excited to partner with Innovative Publishing on the publication of the Small Firms, Great Projects program. For advertisement opportunities outside of design firm profiles, please contact Innovative at 844.423.7272 or advertise@innovativepublishing.com.

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Questions

Sophia Teng
Communications Coordinator
steng@aiasf.org