PORTAGE PARK — Chicago bungalow owners who have poured their blood, sweat and tears into restoring their historic homes can nominate their work for the 2015 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Bungalow Awards.
The 11th annual awards, administered by the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association, celebrate Chicago's historic bungalows and their owners' dedication to renovating and restoring them, officials said.
The awards honor the creativity and efforts of bungalow owners for interior and exterior renovations, restoration, green design, landscape design and, for the first time, window restoration, officials said.
"For many Chicagoans, a bungalow is the first house and the only house they have ever owned," Driehaus said. "For those of us who were raised in one, the bungalow will always occupy a special place in our hearts."
The categories are:
• Interior restoration for accurately recovering the details and forms of the Chicago bungalow
• Interior rehabilitation for demonstrating a contemporary use of space while maintaining the integrity and distinctive features of the structure
• Exterior rehabilitation that complements the lines and look of the particular bungalow and those around it
• Green project for demonstrating the use of energy-efficient design and renovation while maintaining classic features
• Small project for preserving historic detail and form while improving one aspect of a room or the exterior at a cost of $5,000 or less
• Landscape design for demonstrating a creative design solution and enhances the bungalow's architecture and overall visual impression of landscaped space.
The first-place winner in each category will be awarded $1,000 and a handcrafted bronze plaque.
Homes, single rooms or small projects completed within the past five years can be nominated. A panel of architects, preservation experts and civic leaders will judge the nominations, which are due Nov. 2 and must include three to five before and after photographs of the project.
The panel is scheduled to visit finalists' bungalows Nov. 13-14.
Nominations can be submitted online at chicagobungalow.org, or mailed to the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association at 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1125, Chicago, IL 60604.
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