Tag: awards
Georgia Design Awards recognize excellence and highlight top residential and commercial projects
Top designers from across the state were honored December 1 at the inaugural Georgia Design Awards Gala, produced by Atlanta magazine and Atlanta Magazine’s HOME. The event, held at the Starling in Midtown, brought together all segments of the design community—architecture, interior design, homebuilding, remodeling, and landscape design—to recognize excellence and highlight outstanding residential and commercial projects.
How the Townsend Prize for Fiction, which honors Georgia writers, came to be
James L. Townsend, Atlanta magazine's founding editor, passed away in 1981 after a battle with cancer. At his funeral, several former close associates—including Pat Conroy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and Terry Kay—decided to launch a literary award in his honor. Recent winners inspire us to follow Townsend’s frequent admonition: “Brilliant, dear heart. Write it down. Write it all down.”