The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Community Design Impact Award

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Community Design Impact Award recognizes an emerging architect who is engaged in community design as part of their portfolio of work.

• Nominee is an emerging architect (residential, commercial, urban design, landscape)
• Nominee has not previously been a recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design.
• Nominee's portfolio of work includes projects – large or small - that serve a predominantly low-to- moderate income population AND/OR are located in a predominantly low- to moderate-income communities in Cook County.
• Nominee may have been a lead architect on projects meeting these criteria or an integral part of a design team.

Instructions for the nomination process for the award will be available in September 2025.

Qualified nominees will be contacted in December 2025 to provide additional information about their work.

Finalists will be identified and scheduled for an in-person meeting with the award selection committee in February 2026.

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Community Design Impact Award winner will receive a monetary prize of $10,000 and will be recognized at the Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards event in June of 2026.