It's Time! The 2025 designKC Awards portal is now open
Portal is open from September 3 through October 25, 2024
Our third annual competition begins! Enter your top projects now for review by our third-party jury for a chance to earn one of our designKC Awards! Gather your materials—professional photos, floor plans and essays—and upload them to our IMPROVED online portal, which allows you the ability to save your work before submission. Find submission guidelines, categories and portal link below.
Don’t miss this golden opportunity!
designKC magazine is hosting our third annual awards program to recognize outstanding projects and professionals in the home design industry in Greater Kansas City. The awards process will honor projects completed since January 1, 2019 within the generalized boundaries of the metro.
Eligibility:
Professional architects, designers, builders, remodelers, landscapers and artisans are invited to submit their work for review by our third-party jury. Materials used for the judging process and subsequent publication must be submitted in the online portal at mydesignkc.com in order to be considered. They include:
- contact information for all project principals
- a written component that includes the project description, goals, challenges and solutions
- up to 12 professional photos — Projects must be finished and furnished
- before photos, if applicable
- floor plans and elevations, if applicable
- a resource list of vendors and subcontractors affiliated with the project
- photographer contact information
- homeowner’s permission, if applicable
$175 entry fee per entry
Submission Categories:
- Custom Home (a newly built home for a specific client)
- up to 3,000 square feet of finished space
- 3,000 to 6,000 square feet of finished space
- 6,000 to 10,000 square feet of finished space
- more than 10,000 square feet of finished space
- Model/Spec Home (a newly built home for the real estate market)
- up to 3,000 square feet of finished space
- 3,000 to 6,000 square feet of finished space
- 6,000 to 10,000 square feet of finished space
- more than 10,000 square feet of finished space
- Redesigned Residence (a whole-house remodel or redesign)
- up to 3,000 square feet of finished space
- 3,000 to 6,000 square feet of finished space
- 6,000 to 10,000 square feet of finished space
- more than 10,000 square feet of finished space
- Interior Project
- single space (1 room or 1 area, such as a finished basement)
- multispace (several different rooms within a project but not the whole house)
- home addition
- Kitchen
- Bath
- Detached Structure (barn, pool house, in-law quarters)
- Outdoor Space or Landscape (commercial, public or residential)
- Multifamily Housing (luxury apartment, condo, townhome, mixed-use project)
- Public Place or Commercial Space (hotel, restaurant, retail)
- Design Detail (for artisans and specialty design work)
Judging Process:
A wide-ranging panel of design professionals will evaluate each project for excellence in design, aesthetics, creativity and functionality under a code of ethics. Photo quality and satisfactory solutions to the project challenges outlined in the written component will also be considered. The jury reserves the right to award multiple winners in each category or no winner in a category. Entries are judged individually—not in competition with each other. Note: We do not share judges’ forms or comments.
Winner Benefits:
Winners will have their work showcased in a standalone print edition of designKC magazine, on mydesignkc.com, and across designKC social media channels. Winners will also receive a custom award to be handed out at a ticketed awards gala on January 23, 2025, as well as an official designKC competition winner logo to use for self-promotion.