2022 Golden Hammer Awards

The Golden Hammer Awards were started in 2000 with a goal of honoring excellence in neighborhood revitalization projects throughout Greater Richmond. Historic Richmond and Storefront for Community Design will partner for a sixth year to host the awards program to recognize professionals and community members improving our neighborhoods through restoration, adaptive reuse, new construction, placemaking, and historic preservation.

The Golden Hammer Awards
Were Celebrated
Thursday, October 27, 6-8 p.m.
at Hardywood Richmond!

Who won a Golden Hammer?

Categories included:
Best Adaptive Reuse: Includes projects that were rehabilitated for a new use, multi-family residential and historic tax credit projects welcome.WINNER: NOVA of Virginia Aquatics
WINNER: Oakwood Arts
WINNER: RVA Kids First CollaborativeBest New Construction: Includes neighborhood infill.

WINNER: SMALL: Richmond’s First
3-D Printed Home
WINNER: MEDIUM: The 2200 at Cary
WINNER: LARGE: The Current

Best Placemaking & Urban Design: Arts and culture projects, park and green-space projects, transportation and infrastructure projects, or other neighborhood enhancing features. Large scale (i.e., parks, urban streetscapes, etc.) or small scale (i.e., community garden, grass roots programming, etc.).

WINNER: Brook and Marshall
Placemaking Project
WINNER: Huguenot Flatwater Accessible Ramp
WINNER: Seed Award for Reimagining Public Housing: Playground+

Best Restoration: Includes restoration by a homeowner, contractor, or developer. Includes historic tax credit projects.

WINNER: Historic Restoration in Poplar Lawn

BEST RESTORATION – COMMUNITY INSTITUTION REVITALIZATION

WINNER: Sarah Dooley Center for Autism
WINNER: YWCA Richmond

TEENS’ CHOICE AWARD:
WINNER: Playground+

CONGRATULATIONS to all those who improved Richmond in 2022!

 

We are grateful for our generous sponsors!

              

                         

ARCHITECTUREFIRM         Atlantic Union Bank          Baskervill          Capital Square

Douglas Development Corporation         Dunbar            Highwoods Properties

Inversity Consulting Engineers, PLLC           James River Housing Partners

Johannes Design Group          Kjellstrom + Lee Construction

Sadler & Whitehead LLC          Salas O’Brien          smbw

SouthState Bank          Thompson Consulting Engineers