[1] They began with the Street Architecture Medal, awarded between 1929 and 1942.
[2] To mark the 75th Victorian Architecture Awards in 2003, the Institute published Judging Architecture – Issues, Divisions, Triumphs, which lists all awards since 1929.
The numbers and categories of awards has expanded and changed over the years.
Since the 1990s, some categories have been named after significant architects or firms who have practiced in Victoria.
[3] In 2024 the AIA Victoria Chapter received the largest total entries of all Australian States and Territories chapters with 228 submissions across 15 categories for judging.