Leading the pack with 12 awards, Kevin Knight was the standout in the crowd at the annual awards ceremony that took place tonight at the 2009 BIA Parade of Homes preview party at Tartan Ridge in Dublin. Knight’s generational farm house with reclaimed wood floors, a live roof garden, an 18 foot retractable wall into a central courtyard garden, unique floor plan and overall design set the entry apart.
Duffy Homes by Michael Edwards with its French country chateau adorned with original antiques from Provence, dramatic interior stone wall, elegant first floor master suite and functional floor plan came in with eight awards.
Gossing Construction, which won best exterior architecture for its unique craftsman-style approach, also won five more awards highlighting it’s stunning entryway, greatroom and inviting arts & crafts interiors.
Below you will find a complete list of all award winners and accompanying photos for each category. We encourage you to make sure to visit the Parade to see these building, design and landscape awardees in person.
Many thanks to the nine judges (listed with the awards) who took a whole day out of their busy schedules to help with the judging on Wednesday. Touring eleven homes with a critical eye was a big job and we appreciate their service to the BIA!
2009 BIA Parade of Homes Award Winners
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Although I am most certainly impressed with the parade homes and the efforts of each award recipient, I am both unimpressed and disappointed that the judges for the interior design category were not chosen in a fair and unbiased fashion when all of the other parade categories were justly represented! Judges with varied design expertise, business group affiliations, and/or a more diverse study of interior design should have been chosen.
Award recipients chosen by three designers who all belong to the same ASID chapter (instead of being chosen from different Ohio chapters) , 2 of which both work in traditional retail furniture stores, and all of which adhere to primarily a traditional style of interior design seems less than fair.
I hope that next year leed certified designers, noted and local modern interior designers, IDS and other design affiliated designers or even Artists will be considered as judges for this category!
Sherri – We are grateful for your feedback and appreciate your point of view. Certainly, next year, we will keep these comments in mind as we choose our next panel of judges. We think, however, if you look at the award winners the ones chosen for leading design were executed by long-standing members of the design community and presented outstanding entries – which has been confirmed over and over by feedback we have received from the general public since the parade opened. Thanks again.
BIA of Central Ohio (posted by Ruth Milligan)