Nominations Sought For Chicago Bungalow Awards

CHICAGO – There's no home-style more Chicago than a bungalow, and the Chicago Bungalow Association is once again looking to highlight the best in the city. The organization announced a call for nominations this week for the upcoming 14th annual Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Bungalow Awards.

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

Winners in all categories will be awarded $1,000 and a handcrafted bronze plaque. Projects completed within the past five years are eligible.

The awards, which honor the creativity and efforts of bungalow owners for home improvement and restoration projects both large and small, are given in the following categories:

• Exterior Rehabilitation: Demonstrates appropriate rehabilitation projects and/or compatible new additions
• Interior Rehabilitation: Demonstrates a contemporary use of space while maintaining significant features
• Interior Restoration: Accurately recovers the details and forms of the Chicago bungalow
• Small Project: 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: Demonstrates the use of energy-efficient design and renovation while maintaining classic features—can be a rain garden or landscape project if it incorporates green elements such as native plants, permeable pavers, etc.
• Landscape Design: Demonstrates a creative design solution and enhances the bungalow’s overall visual impression
• Window Restoration: Preserves historic detail and materials of original wood windows using appropriate methods for repair/restoration

Homes that will be considered must be CBA-certified brick Chicago-style bungalows located in the City of Chicago. Nominations can be made by bungalow owners themselves, a neighbor, friend or neighborhood association. Nominated projects can be whole homes, single rooms or small projects and will be judged by a panel of architects, preservation experts and civic leaders.

All nominations are due by Tuesday, Oct. 30.

They can be submitted online or mailed to the Chicago Bungalow Association at 53 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 740, Chicago, IL 60604. Submissions must include before and after photographs of the project.

On-site viewing of the finalists’ bungalows will be conducted on Friday, Nov. 9, and Saturday, Nov. 10.

Patch file photo / Tim Moran