Updated 1/08
Design Excellence: Illustrations and Awards
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Illustrations of Good Design
Illustrations of successful examples of development projects can be helpful in encouraging good design.
- Image Banks - Images of Multiple Planning-Related Subjects (MRSC)
- Density Mitigated by Design (MRSC)
- Seattle's Design Review Program, What We Do: Gallery of Great Examples - Shows positive examples of projects that meet Seattle's design guidelines.
Design Awards
Some communities and organizations give awards to recognize excellence in design. Among the best known of these are the annual American Institute of Architects (AIA) awards given by many local and state chapters.
- AIA Washington Civic Design Awards
- Seattle AIA Honors and Awards Archive
- Seattle AIA 2007 Awards
- Clark County Community Pride Design Awards
- Redmond Excellence in Design Awards
- Puget Sound Regional Council Vision 2020 Awards and Award Winners
- 1000 Friends of Minnesota Smart Growth Design Awards
- Better Bricks Program Awards (Oregon, Idaho, and Southwest Washington)
- AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Design Awards
- Washington APA Planning Awards
Visual Preference Surveys
The Visual Preference Survey was developed by architect Anton Nelessen and is an effective tool for educating and involving community members in land use planning. The process involves members of the community in ranking images of a community or region, including photographs of streets, houses, stores, office buildings, parks, open space and other key civic features.
- A. Nelessen Associates - Specialists in visual preference surveys
- Community Image Surveys, Local Government Commission (California) - Useful summary of visual preference surveys
- Maple Valley
- Maple Valley Vision 2020 - A charrette exercise, focus groups and visual preference survey were used to involve citizens in Maple Valley's process
- Maple Valley Visual Survey Results
- Northgate 5th Avenue Streetscape Design Project, Visual Preference Survey Highlights
- Redmond Visual Preference Survey
- Sammamish Town Center Plan – Visual Preference Survey Results, Makers Architecture and Urban Design, 2006
- Snapshots of a Community's Preferences, by Jeff Schommer, The Charrette Center
- Wahkiakum County Visual Preference Survey
- Walkable Communities Visual Preference Survey Photos
- City of Orlando (FL) Visual Preference Survey - Explains and illustrates Orlando's survey.