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Signatures of Loudoun Design Excellence Program 2017 Awards The buildings, interiors, places and details that, together, make our county unlike any other

2017 Signatures of Loudoun Design Excellence Awards

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Signatures of Loudoun Design Excellence Program

2017 Awards

The buildings, interiors, places and details that, together, make our county unlike any other

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Loudoun County Design Cabinet

The Loudoun County Design Cabinet is an award-winning volunteer group of professional architects, landscape architects, planners and engineers formed in 2003. To

complement Loudoun’s natural beauty, and to reinforce its sense of place and community, the cabinet encourages

the highest quality urban, architectural, landscape and transportation planning.

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Loudoun County Design Cabinet

Design Cabinet Members at a Charrette

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The AwardsThe Signatures of Loudoun Design Excellence Awards were developed more than a decade ago to uniquely

define and recognize Loudoun County’s architecture and iconic communities. The current categories are:

• Details

• Familiar

• Interiors

• Legends

• Makeovers

• Public Spaces

• Pace Setters

• Students’ Choice

The following highlights the 2017 selection process and awards.

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The Awards

Selection Day 2017

Mentor > Review > Debate > Vote > Celebrate

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The Awards

2017 Student Panel

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LegendsStanding the test of time

• Design excellence for more than 25 years

• Withstood the “test of time”

• Icons of Loudoun County’s collective memory

• Unique objects

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Legends

Zephaniah Farm Vineyard, Leesburg

Courtesy of Rum Ngo

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MakeoversPreserving history

• Historic renovation and/or adaptive reuse

• Preserving Loudoun County’s unique history

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Makeovers

Black Hops Farm, Lucketts

Courtesy of Tommy Skelly

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Makeovers

Mountville Church on Mountville Road, Middleburg

Courtesy of Paul Lawrence

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Public SpacesExcellence in space design

• Demonstrated form of public greens, streets, plazas and squares

• Organization and design makes them a mixing place

• Gathering places that are icons of the community

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Public Spaces

The Plaza at Cascades Overlook, Sterling

Courtesy of Andrew Sample

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Public Spaces

Raflo Park Sculpture Garden, Leesburg

Courtesy of Loudoun County Department of Economic Development

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• Design excellence

• Whimsically demonstrated finishing touches

• Strengthens Loudoun’s reputation as a place of rich contrasts

DetailsIt’s those little details that count

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Details

Painted Barrels Around Purcellville

Courtesy of Samantha Hagan

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• Exceptional attention to surrounding buildings, places and detail during the project design

• Highly “contextual” design solution to preserve the visual harmony

FamiliarThe right place, the right fit

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Familiar

Stone Springs Hospital Center, Dulles

Courtesy of Chris Hoal

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• Design excellence in an interior space

• Includes residential, commercial, retail, and public sector spaces

Interiors Excellence in interior design

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Interiors

Ocean Blue, Sterlingcean Blue, Sterling

Courtesy of Ocean Blue

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Interiors

Brickyard, Ashburn

Courtesy of Benjamin Burgess

Design Cabinet Selection

and Students’ Choice Award

2017

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• This special award category recognizes an individual or group, living or deceased, for the successful pursuit of a meaningful design vision completed in Loudoun County.

• This award focuses on very significant architectural design contributions made to Loudoun, be it for an individual project, or for a lifetime of achievement.

• The projects or designs may have been pursued at times when others could not fully appreciate them, but which have proven their worth over time.

Vision in DesignSuccessful pursuit of a meaningful design vision

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Vision in Design

Robert Klancher

His vision for Loudoun was to make it better for the citizens. He had a strong civic mind and cared very much about the community.

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Vision in Design

Robert Klancher

Courtesy of the Klancher family

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Vision in Design

Congratulations to this year’s award winners