DAHLIN Architecture | Planning | Interiors, a diverse architecture, planning and interiors practice of 180+ multicultural professionals, has received seven Grand Awards at the 2024 Gold Nugget Awards. Presented by PCBC, the Gold Nugget Awards are the oldest and most prestigious residential design awards in the nation and recognize those who improve communities through exceptional concepts in design, planning, and development. The Gold Nugget Grand Awards ceremony was held on June 19, 2024 at PCBC in Anaheim, California. Winners this year were selected from a competitive field of over 675 entries from around the world.
Winning projects designed by DAHLIN include:
Stony Oaks by Meta Housing Corporation
Santa Rosa, CA
Best Affordable Community – 30 to 60 du/acre
Description:
This project brings 142 units of affordable housing units to Santa Rosa. The unit mix offers one- to three-bedroom units reserved for individuals and families earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. On-site amenities include a community center, learning center, indoor children’s playroom, lending library, game rooms, fitness rooms, work from home center with flex rooms, on-site property manager and resident services with 184 surface parking spaces and 47 bicycle parking stalls.
Steeple Rock by the Cordillera Group
Kirkland, WA
Best Multifamily Housing Community – 30 to 60 du/acre
Description:
Featuring views of Lake Washington, this is a boutique, four-story condominium building (first-floor garage and three stories of stacked flats) in the heart of downtown Kirkland, just blocks from boutique shops, gourmet restaurants and less than half a mile from Marina Park and Heritage Park. It is comprised of 15 single-story flats, including four penthouses. Ranging from one to three bedrooms and two to three and a half bathrooms, each unit comes with ample storage, a laundry room, and a flex space.
The Pine by MainStreet Property Group
Kirkland, WA
Best Multifamily Housing Community – 100 to 200 du/acre
Description:
This new multifamily, mixed-use project is a health & wellness-focused community that embraces its natural environment while still providing a modern, urban, indoor/outdoor ambience. Set within wooded surroundings,the seven-story building with basement is comprised of five upper floors consisting of 140 residential units with a mix of one two, and three-bedroom apartment homes with 10 percent of the apartment homes participating in the ARCH affordable housing program. Designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and in accordance with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Built Smart guidelines, it sourced reclaimed building materials from the warehouse originally on the site and delivers a high level of energy and water efficiency from its building design to landscape.
Indigo by Meristem Communities
Fort Bend County, TX
Best On-the-Boards Site Plan
Description:
Indigo is a 235-acre neighborhood in Fort Bend County, Texas with a foundational connection to agriculture, built around a human-scale working farm and pasture. The community is designed with complete resiliency at the forefront—from soil to water conversation to solar to sidewalks and interconnectivity—for the people who will make Indigo “home.” The founders of Indigo, Meristem Communities, have a rich history in farming and lead with a respect for land and its natural resources. From the core, the community is unique in every aspect of its design with a philosophy that creating places for people where life is better, where people come first in a healthy hand-crafted community culture that welcomes all.
Centre Cottages by Toll Brothers
Kirkland, WA
Best Single-Family Detached Home – Under 2,000 sq. ft.
Description:
This boutique community offers 33 luxury two-story homes within surprisingly compact footprints designed to provide a high quality of livability in contemporary and modern farmhouse architectural style options. This two-bed, two-bath plan is 1,289 square feet.
NorthGrove by Toll Brothers
Magnolia, TX
Best Interior Merchandising of a Home priced under $600,000
Description:
This home offers a feeling of tranquility and relaxed country living.
New Century Tonglu Senbo Resort by TBC
Tonglu County, China
Best International Commercial & Special Use Project
Description:
The project is located by the banks of the Fuchun River and the Fenshui River. The design of the Visitor Center & Waterpark Part takes inspiration from the beautiful landscapes and winding river valleys surrounding the site. The concept of green ecology is reflected both the interior and exterior of the hotel.