Monarch Award for School Facility Excellence

Monarch Award The annual Southwest Region Monarch Award recognizes and honors the members of the Southwest Region and their influence for creating, delivering and maintaining excellence in school facilities planning. The Southwest Region Monarch Award recognizes EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNING EXCELLENCE – from determination of the need for the facility, through occupancy – and all segments in between.

The project(s) being recognized will best demonstrate the comprehensive effectiveness of planning, design, and construction as outlined in the criteria listed below.

The SOUTHWEST REGION MONARCH AWARD will be presented to the Southwest Region member, school district, higher education institution, consultant, architectural firm, and/or construction management firm whose project best meets the following criteria.
  • A thorough, comprehensive planning process.
  • Development of a comprehensive educational specification and/or program of requirements.
  • A design that meets the requirements of the educational program with special emphasis on functionality of educational spaces.
  • Project must be within the seven states that comprise the Southwest Region.
  • All entries must register projects.

Registration Fee: Member $250 | Non-Member $350

Download the PowerPoint template, Project Data and Photo Release forms.

Please send your completed submission to Stephanie Stewart. If the file is larger than 20 MB, please use Dropbox or other FTP site.

Deadline: February 23, 2024 by 5:00 PM – Project submissions are due at close of registration.


2024 Monarch Award Winner

EPIC EPIC Explorative Pathways for Innovative Careers Campus (EPIC)
Littleton Public Schools
Cuningham

Project of Distinction

Logan Memorial Educational Campus Logan Memorial Educational Campus Logan Memorial Educational Campus
SDUSD
DLR Group

Honorable Mention

Crenshaw High School Crenshaw High School Crenshaw High School
LAUSD
NAC Architecture

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