Bungalow Association Seeks Nominations For Driehaus Awards

CHICAGO, IL -- Bungalow owners in Beverly and throughout the city of Chicago can now enter their home for a chance to win $1,000 as part of the 13th annual Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Bungalow Awards created by the Chicago Bungalow Association. The CBA released its call for nominations this week as a way to "honor the creativity and efforts of bungalow owners for home improvement and restoration projects both large and small."

"The number of Driehaus Award nominations from throughout the City increases each year,” said Mary Ellen Guest, executive director of the CBA. “This is a reflection of homeowners who take pride in caring for their bungalows.”

The awards are divided into seven categories, with the first-place winner in each winning a handcrafted bronze plaque in addition to the $1,000 prize money.

According to the CBA, awards are given for exterior rehabilitation that is consistent with the lines and look of the particular bungalow and those around it, interior rehabilitation that demonstrates a contemporary use of space while maintaining the integrity and distinctive features of the structure, interior restoration that accurately recovers the details and forms of the Chicago bungalow, small project that preserves historic detail and form while improving one aspect of a room or the exterior at a cost of $5,000 or less, green project that demonstrates the use of energy-efficient design and renovation while maintaining classic features, landscape design that demonstrates a creative design solution and enhances the bungalow’s architecture and overall visual impression of landscaped space and window restoration that preserves historic detail and materials of original wood windows using appropriate methods for repair/restoration.

All nominations must be CBA-certified brick Chicago-style bungalows in which the projects have been completed within the last five years. The projects will be judged by a panel of architects, preservation experts and civic leaders.

Nominations can be submitted online here or mailed to CBA at 53 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 1125 in Chicago. Submissions must include 3-5 "before and after" photographs of the project. The due date is Monday, Oct. 30.

Photo: The 2015 Honorable Mention in Interior Rehabilitation, Ted and Alison Kiper of Beverly. Photo courtesy of Chicago Bungalow Association