Four area projects up for Golden Hammer Awards

The 2024 Golden Hammer Awards will be celebrated this Wednesday, October 30th, with several Southside projects up for consideration.

The Golden Hammer Awards honor neighborhood revitalization projects throughout Richmond “by recognizing professionals and community members improving our neighborhoods through restoration, adaptive reuse, new construction, placemaking, and historic preservation” in categories Best Restoration, Best Adaptive Reuse, Best New Construction, Best Placemaking & Urban Design, and Best Residential.

The Golden Hammer Awards were started by the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods in 2000 to recognize excellence in neighborhood revitalization projects throughout Greater Richmond. Better Housing Coalition ran the awards for a few years, and since 2017 have been organized by Historic Richmond and Storefront for Community Design.

Check out the 2024 Awards program (PDF) for the full list of nominees and more info.

 
BEST ADAPTIVE REUSE/REHABILITATION

Includes projects that were creatively adapted and rehabilitated for a new use and projects that were rehabilitated for a similar use.

The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Depot at 604 Hull Street is the 1 nominees (of 11) from Southside.

 
BEST NEW CONSTRUCTION

Includes neighborhood infill.

The Noon Hioaks apartment complex at 475 Hioaks Road is the 1 nominee (of 9) from Southside.

 
BEST PLACEMAKING & URBAN DESIGN

Arts and culture projects, park and green-space projects, transportation and infrastructure projects, or other neighborhood enhancing features.

Belle Isle Vision Plan on Belle Isle, 1 of 3 projects in the category, is close enough to claim.

 
BEST PLACEMAKING / ARTS + CULTURE

Placemaking projects with a focus on Arts and Culture

Studio Two Three at 109 West 15th Street is the 1 of 3 projects in the category.

 

There are no nominees from the area for BEST RESIDENTIAL / SMALL SCALE or BEST RESTORATION