The Progressive Architecture Awards (P/A Awards) annually recognize risk-taking practitioners and seek to promote progress in the field of architecture.
In June 1920, Pencil Points magazine was founded.
[1] In 1996, the Progressive Architecture magazine name and subscriber list was sold to BPI Communications, by Penton Publishing.
[2][3] The editors of Progressive Architecture magazine hosted the first Progressive Architecture Award jury in 1954, whose members were Victor Gruen, George Howe, Eero Saarinen, and Fred Severud.
[2] In 2007, Architecture folded, and the awards were inherited by a new publication, titled ARCHITECT.