Gold Nugget Awards Expands 2011 Competition, Offers 50 Categories for U.S. and International Design/Planning Achievements

    SANTA BARBARA, CA, March 24, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- For the first time, entries from throughout the United States and internationally are eligible in the Gold Nugget Awards competition, which offers unprecedented opportunities for recognition of professional excellence in design, planning and project development. The nation's oldest and most notable awards program will offer another update for 2011: the ease of online entry processing.

"Architects, planners and builder/developers will have greater opportunities than ever before to present their best work to Gold Nugget judges, and we are excited about reaching out to entrants from throughout our nation and abroad," said Peter Mayer, Gold Nugget Judging Chairman. "We're also moving the entire entry process online, making it more convenient and cost effective."

Eligible entries that were open for sale, lease or rental at any time after January 1, 2009, are eligible for the 2011 competition. Previous Merit award winners are eligible if they meet this time and date criteria.

Residential categories for 2011 cover custom homes, renovations and adaptive re-use, detached and attached for-sale homes, apartment projects, age qualified housing, affordable projects and campus housing. Residential Project of the Year categories, green and sustainable development and diverse elements of community site planning also highlight residential categories.

Commercial/Retail categories include rehabilitation projects, office/professional building designs, public or private special use and recreational projects and retail projects. International projects include attached and detached residential projects, site plans, commercial and on-the-boards work.

Special focus recognition covers kitchen, bath, outdoor living space and special interior spaces. At the judges' discretion, a Home of the Year and/or Judges' Special Awards may be presented.

Key dates:
- Fees and applications--on or before April 1, 2011
- Entry materials/online--on or before April 15
- Gold Nugget Merit Award winners will be announced the week of May 16 and posted on
www.goldnuggetawards.com; these winners are finalists for a Gold Nugget Grand Award
- The Gold Nugget celebration of Merit and Grand Award winners is June 23 in San Francisco at PCBC--The Premier Building Show

See www.goldnuggetawards.com for complete information, or email [email protected], or call 800-658-2751. Host sponsor, PCBC-The Premier Building Show joins with BUILDER magazine, principal co-sponsor.

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