Entrants are encouraged to submit their energy efficient sustainable residential or commercial architectural projects (conceptual or completed) for a chance to win valuable prizes and vie for prestigious awards in this one-of-a-kind challenge.
The challenge is open to everyone, from individuals to firms, and all entries will be featured prominently on ShareAEC.com and given full project exposure in AECCAfe.com's popular ArchShowcase.
We are awarding thousands of dollars in prizes. There will be three winners. First place will receive a powerful HP EliteBook 8760 Mobile Workstation, second place receives ArchiCAD 15, architectural BIM software from GRAPHISOFT, and third place will win BunkSpeed Shot Pro rendering software. Each winner will also receive a handsome award plaque in recognition of their achievement.
1st Prize
HP EliteBook 8760w Mobile WorkstationGenerate intensive animation, multi-dimensional engineering plans, and complex designs with this powerful HP EliteBook 8760w Mobile Workstation that boasts expanded memory capacity and high-performance graphics. Learn more about this powerful portable workstation and then see how an architect uses it on the job here. Approximate MSRP: > $1,899 | 
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2nd Prize
ArchiCAD 15 from GRAPHISOFT
ArchiCAD 15, just released in May 2011, is GRAPHISOFT's flagship BIM software for architecture. This release expands its BIM tools design capabilities:
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3rd Prize
Bunkspeed Shot™ Pro
Bunkspeed is excited to announce Bunkspeed SHOT Pro, the Professional version of Bunkspeed SHOT, the world's first consistent, physically correct, hybrid, real-time creative 3D rendering solution that harnesses the power of both CPUs and GPUs.
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Bunkspeed invites you to use Shot Pro to render your submission.
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How to Enter
By midnight PST Wednesday August 31, 2011 entrants are required to:
1. Login or Register
Visit www.ShareAEC.com and either sign-up for a new account, or login using your existing ShareCG.com, ShareMCAD.com, or ShareAEC.com user name and password.2. Submit Visualizations
Submit up to eight (8) finished and original photorealistic renderings, photographs, or site elevations etc. of a conceptual or completed sustainable residential or commercial project to the ShareAEC.com Visualization (Viz) gallery with the Project Awards Challenge category selected. If you do not select this category you will not be included in the challenge.- See an example entry HERE.
- Watch this short video to learn how to upload and display multiple images and your complete project.
- Make sure to accurately and fully describe your project, including your inspiration, and the tools you used to create it.
3. Upload Your Project
Upload a .zip or .rar file that contains your complete project HERE or by clicking the ArchShowcase Upload link in the navigation bar above each page, to include:- Project Description
- photorealistic renderings and/or photographs (In low-res .jpg format, 600 to 1,500 pixel width)
- Drawings, plans, sections, elevations, sketches (Optional)
The .zip or .rar file content is needed to present your complete project in the AECCafe.com ArchShowcase.
On or before Friday, September 9, 2011, we will select the first, second and third place winners, as well as a few who deserve honorable mention. Winners will be prominently recognized on ShareAEC.com, AECCafe.com, and on ShareCG.com.
Enter early! User ratings and comments are seriously taken into consideration during the judging process, and the longer you've got your submission on display the more ratings and feedback you'll get.
Rules
We are looking for quality work --- work that you'd be proud to present in your portfolio. The work MUST comply with all site regulations.
The work must be original, yours, and never entered in another challenge. If we find your entry in a past or current challenge or by anyone else, we will automatically disqualify you.
Crediting
Entries may be inspired by and/or include a range of material from third parties. This is permissible as long as the finished entry is substantially a new work by the entrant(s). The appropriate use of this material in no way diminishes your finished work or the chances of winning. However, failure to correctly credit all inspirations, third party works, team members etc will result in automatic disqualification.
Copyright
You must credit any work you use as an inspiration for your entry. This does not diminish your work or the chances of winning in any way. Failure to acknowledge inspirational works will trigger an automatic disqualification.
Your work will be all yours - you hold the Copyright. However, if it was based on any inspirational works that are not yours then you must credit it as a derivative work. You will be free to show your finished work anywhere you want as long as you include in the credit the original work and author. You cannot make any claim or imply in any way that you created the work for the original artist and must not allow your work to appear in any form under the original artist's imprimatur.
Disqualification
ShareAEC staff may disqualify you for any reason, including a suspected abuse of the rating system, a suspected copyright breach, inappropriate material, or for any other reason.
Winning and Claiming Prizes
The challenge ends on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 and we will announce the winning entries on our ShareAEC.com, ShareCG.com, and AECCafe.com websites on or before Friday, September 9, 2011, and we will contact the winners by e-mail. Make sure that your name and the e-mail address you furnish while registering/uploading your visualizations is correct, since this is the ONLY way we will attempt to contact you. If you fail to provide a usable e-mailing address, we will try to contact you for three days. If we are still unable to establish contact with you after trying for three days you will be disqualified and we will select a new winner.