LOS ANGELES, CA, March 27, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Gold Nugget Awards (GNA) invites eligible entries for its 47th annual competition. Showcasing the "Best in the West" and around the world, GNA honors stellar achievements in design and planning from the Western U.S, and all international countries. Deadlines: April 2 for fees and applications and April 15 for completed entries. For categories, requirements, sponsorship opportunities and more, see http://www.goldnuggetawards.com/ or email lparrish@thenationals.com, or call 800-658-2751.

Categories cover: community design, design of detached and attached homes, site planning, seniors housing, commercial, retail and mixed use projects. This year's program expands entry opportunities for international, on the boards and green projects, and debuts "special focus" spaces: kitchen, bath, outdoor spaces and interior specialty rooms. 2010 entrants may re-submit eligible entries from previous years.

"Gold Nugget is the achievement benchmark for architects, planners, builders and developers in the Western United States," said Doug Dahlin, AIA, President of Dahlin Group Architecture Planning and a 2010 Gold Nugget Judge. "We look to Gold Nugget to measure our work, get inspiration from fellow competitors and to celebrate together the exceptional talent and innovation that come to the forefront each year."

Gold Nugget Winners are celebrated in multiple ways at PCBC-The Premier Building Show in San Francisco. See http://www.pcbc.com. Winners are showcased at PCBC, on http://www.goldnuggetawards.com, in a color online Winners Book and in trade and professional media. Official Sponsor Cadreas.com will showcase award winners at PCBC, on http://www.cadreas.com and with Gold Nugget Celebrity videos at its PCBC booth.

BUILDER magazine, the official publication of the National Association of Home Builders, is the principal Media co-sponsor. Regarded as the Academy Awards of the building industry, the ceremonies have been produced since 1977 by Peter Mayer Productions.

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