{"id":6126,"date":"2019-06-11T09:57:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T13:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=6126"},"modified":"2019-06-12T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:32:59","slug":"montgomery-countys-design-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2019\/06\/montgomery-countys-design-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery County\u2019s Design Excellence Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><!--<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6146 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DX_Logo_2019-300x298.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DX_Logo_2019-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DX_Logo_2019-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DX_Logo_2019-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DX_Logo_2019.png 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>--><em>The 2019 awards will honor multifamily housing along with top-quality buildings, public spaces and landscapes in the county<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Design excellence requires balancing the functional goals and artistic vision of a building, a space or a landscape to serve and inspire people. In Montgomery County, design excellence is about elevating architecture and urban design to make the mundane more compelling and create streetscapes and spaces that enhance human interaction in rural, suburban and urban settings.<\/p>\n<p>Design excellence is becoming increasingly important in Montgomery County as available land for development is shrinking, densities in our centers are increasing and the need for attractive buildings, parks and public spaces. Quality design is now more urgent as competition for the best and brightest residents and businesses in the region continues to intensify. These challenges present great opportunities to create attractive, safe and sustainable places to live, work, shop and play.<\/p>\n<p><em><div id=\"metaslider-id-6130\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 ml-slider-pro-2-56-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-6130 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-_theme_1601499156\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Design Excellence Awards\" data-height=\"400\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_6130\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_6130\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6138 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-06-11 10:06:25\" data-filename=\"2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day.jpg\" class=\"slider-6130 slide-6138 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"2017 Design Excellence Winner \u2013 Holy Cross Hospital Silver Spring \u2013 by SmithGroup\" rel=\"\" title=\"2017 Design Excellence Winner \u2013 Holy Cross Hospital Silver Spring \u2013 by SmithGroup\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day-620x326.jpg 620w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_HolyCrossHospital_day-400x210.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">2017 Design Excellence Winner \u2013 Holy Cross Hospital Silver Spring \u2013 by SmithGroup<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6135 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-06-11 10:06:25\" data-filename=\"2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600.png\" class=\"slider-6130 slide-6135 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"A couple sits on a picnic bench in a park, surrounded by large, spiky metal sculptures. A badge on the image reads &quot;Montgomery Planning Design Excellence Awards Winner.&quot; Lush greenery and a distant forest are visible in the background.\" rel=\"\" title=\"2017 \u2013 Open Space and Landscape Award Winner \u2013 Little Bennett Regional Park\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600.png 1600w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600-800x420.png 800w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600-620x326.png 620w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2017_Winner_LittleBennettPark_1600-400x210.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">2017 \u2013 Open Space and Landscape Award Winner \u2013 Little Bennett Regional Park \u2013Montgomery County Department of Parks \u2013 Park Development Division  <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6136 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-06-11 10:06:25\" data-filename=\"2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600.jpg\" class=\"slider-6130 slide-6136 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"A modern glass-fronted building illuminated at dusk, featuring angular architecture and surrounded by city buildings. An award badge in the corner reads &quot;Design Excellence Awards Winner.\" rel=\"\" title=\"2016 \u2013 Design Excellence Winner \u2013 Silver Spring Library \u2013 Lukmire Partnership Inc.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600-620x326.jpg 620w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016_Winner_SilverSpringLibrary_1600-400x210.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">2016 \u2013 Design Excellence Winner \u2013 Silver Spring Library \u2013 Lukmire Partnership Inc.   <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6137 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-06-11 10:06:25\" data-filename=\"2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600.jpg\" class=\"slider-6130 slide-6137 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"Aerial view of a modern building complex with a large plaza, trees, and seating areas. A badge on the image reads &quot;Montgomery Planning Design Excellence Awards Winner.&quot; The sky is clear with a few clouds.\" rel=\"\" title=\"2015 Design Excellence Winner - Silver Spring Civic Center\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600-620x326.jpg 620w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2015_Winner_CivicCenter_1600-400x210.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">2015 Design Excellence Winner - Silver Spring Civic Center \u2013 by Machado Silvetti Architects<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To raise the quality of design throughout the county, the Montgomery County Planning Department launched its comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/planning\/design-excellence\/\">Design Excellence initiative<\/a> in 2015. The program has grown to include a design awards competition, upgraded design guidelines, a design advisory panel to review new development in Bethesda and a greater emphasis on design excellence through our project review process. We want to be better without losing those qualities that make Montgomery County great.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Montgomery County Planning Department is accepting submissions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/planning\/design-excellence\/2019-design-excellence-award\/\">2019 Design Excellence Awards<\/a>. Submissions are due by 5 p.m. on July 11, 2019. The fourth Design Excellence Awards program seeks to honor projects that enhance the strength, appeal and vitality of our county. We want to honor the places and spaces that people love.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we will recognize design excellence in two categories. The first award will highlight exceptional buildings, landscapes and urban designs and their contributions to enhancing the public realm. These designs will promote strong community character through sustainable, innovative and place-sensitive architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The second award will focus on exemplary multifamily housing that embodies design excellence and enhances the lives of those who live there and within the greater neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s winners will be honored at our biannual awards celebration. Together, with the Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Montgomery Planning will be hosting this year\u2019s awards celebration at AMP at Strathmore in North Bethesda on Thursday, October 17, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County has long been revered as one of the country\u2019s most dynamic and desirable places to live work and play. Not only is our Design Excellence Awards event a chance to shine a bright light on those projects that make Montgomery County great, but an opportunity to get inspired, mix and mingle with county leaders, designers and community developers, and continue to support the vitality of Montgomery County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><em>The 2019 awards will honor multifamily housing along with top-quality buildings, public spaces and landscapes in the county<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Design excellence requires balancing the functional goals and artistic vision of a building, a space or a landscape to serve and inspire people. In Montgomery County, design excellence is about elevating architecture and urban design to make the mundane more compelling and create streetscapes and spaces that enhance human interaction in rural, suburban and urban settings.<\/p>\n<p>Design excellence is becoming increasingly important in Montgomery County as available land for development is shrinking, densities in our centers are increasing and the need for attractive buildings, parks and public spaces. Quality design is now more urgent as competition for the best and brightest &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2019\/06\/montgomery-countys-design-excellence-awards\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[484,510,495,492],"class_list":["post-6126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","tag-design","tag-design-excellence","tag-design-excellence-award","tag-designx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6126"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6139,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions\/6139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}