According to a release received yesterday from the Columbus Landmarks Foundation, the organization is seeking nominations for its 2008 Design and Preservation Awards.  This year’s edition is expanding awards categories, including not only the coveted James B. Recchie Design Award for a “building, parkland, public interior or landscape that has made a significant impact within the past five years,” but also awards for Outstanding Person, Outstanding Group, Outstanding Patron, Outstanding Student and an “Open Category” for exceptional design.

Each of these awards is designed to reflect the Foundation’s twin goals of promoting both historic preservation and quality new urban design.  To access an online nomination form (with nominations due by September 2), click here.

Photo: I670 Cap, High Street, Columbus, Winner of the 2005 James B. Recchie Design Award -- Payton Chung/Creative Commons License