The 2023 edition of the City of Atlanta’s annual Design Awards honored many projects, organizations and people around town June 23. There are two categories of awards whose nominees are voted on by different groups: the Awards of Excellence, chosen by the Atlanta Urban Design Commission, which oversees changes to historic buildings, and the Community […]
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Projects big and smaller honored with Atlanta Design Awards
Some famous and not-so-famous projects were honored with the City of Atlanta’s annual Design Awards May 17.
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Atlanta’s Design Awards honor preservation efforts as city diversifies its idea of ‘historic’
Historic preservation and reuse projects took home a majority of the City of Atlanta’s 43rd annual Design Awards in a May 18 virtual ceremony. Meanwhile, city planners teased their intention to diversify their definition of historic sites, as they seek a grant to study LGBTQ history and may landmark more icons of Atlanta’s Black culture […]
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Atlanta’s Design Awards offer chance to contemplate the city being built
In the yin and yang duality that illustrates Atlanta’s development cycles, the annual Design Awards presented by Atlanta’s Urban Design Commission represent a moment to pause and take stock of the city’s built environment, of what has been lost and gained.
