The Palladio Awards
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Founded in 2002, the annual Palladio Awards honor outstanding achievement in traditional design. The Palladio Awards Ceremony celebrates both individual designers and design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment. Through creative interpretation or adaptation of design principles, we honor techniques developed through 2,500 years of Western architectural tradition.
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The Palladio Awards is produced by TRADITIONAL BUILDING and presented at the TRADITIONAL BUILDING CONFERENCE, the first and only national awards program for the traditional design of residential and commercial/institutional projects.
The 2025 Palladio Awards Ceremony takes Place June 10, during the Traditional Building Conference in Williamsburg VA.
2024 Palladio Award Winners
TRADITIONAL BUILDING is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Palladio Awards, a program which celebrates outstanding achievement in traditional design. An esteemed jury of design practitioners and architecture critics have chosen 19 Palladio Award winners from over 200 entrants.
For more than 20 years, the Palladio Awards have recognized both individual designers and design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment. Categories include both restoration and renovation and new traditional design. Peter H. Miller, Hon AIA, publisher, TRADITIONAL BUILDING exclaims, “The excellence in traditional and classical design around the country is extraordinary, and the preservation and restoration work superb.”
The winners will be featured in TRADITIONAL BUILDING’S July Palladio Awards issue. TRADITIONAL BUILDING is a national publication which serves architects, designers, builders, interior designers, craftspeople and building artisans who design and build classical buildings.
See Application and Entry Requirements for the Palladio Awards.
For inspiration on the types of projects we consider, see our previous winners.
We are no longer accepting entries for the 2024 Raphael Awards.
The Raphael Awards recognizes the best in traditional architectural drawing and painting. The Raphael Award, named in honor of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbina (1483-1520), a leading painter of the Italian Renaissance who was a renowned draftsman as well. The award seeks to encourage the study of Classical and Neoclassical architecture through the practice of drawing by hand. Submissions for this annual awards program will be accepted starting in May of each year.