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Loudoun County Design Cabinet issued the following announcement on March 30.

The Loudoun County Design Cabinet is seeking nominations for the 2021 Signatures of Loudoun Awards program.

The  Signatures of Loudoun program recognizes the buildings and public  spaces that reflect outstanding design, renovation, adaptive reuse and  visually groundbreaking projects throughout the county. 

All  varieties of nominations are encouraged: private and public, large and  small. Nominations are considered by the Design Cabinet for awards in  eight categories:

• Details: excellence or  whimsy demonstrated in the form of minutiae or finishing touches, which  visually delight or offer a sense of continuity with Loudoun’s history. 
• Familiar:  the exceptional attention given to surrounding buildings, places and  details during the project design. A highly “contextual” design solution  in which the new design looks as if it had always been a visually  harmonious part of the neighborhood.
• Infrastructure: including facilities, utilities, roadways, bridges, streetscape, parkways and trails.
• Interiors: an interior space in residential, commercial, retail or public sector structures.
• Legends: projects or places that have stood the “test of time” over 25 years or more – icons that make Loudoun County unique.
• Makeovers:  historic renovation and/or adaptive reuse projects that mirror  Loudoun’s reputation as a place of rich contrasts and preserve a piece  of its unique history.
• Public Spaces: public greens, plazas and squares that have become a favorite gathering place.
• Pace Setters: recent, visually groundbreaking projects. Pace Setters may well be the Legends of a quarter century from now.

Entries  will be judged by members of the county’s Design Cabinet, a volunteer  organization of engineers, architects, planners and designers who  encourage high-quality ecological, urban, architectural and landscape  design in Loudoun County.

For more information, and to nominate a favorite Loudoun building, project or place, visit loudoun.gov/SignaturesofLoudoun and submit an online nomination form. The nomination period is open  through April 23, 2021. Previous applicants for the canceled 2020 awards  will be contacted directly and offered the option of being considered  for the 2021 awards. This year’s awardees will be honored at a virtual  event in June 2021.

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