Press Room: Obie Awards

Lew Oliver's Designs Take Top Honors at Obie Awards

Atlanta, GA: The work of Atlanta-based designer Lew Oliver made a strong showing at the recent 27th Annual Obie Awards of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, earning five gold awards and four silver awards:

Single Family Detached, All Builders
Gold Award in the range of $600,000-699,999 for “Delphi Cottage”
Silver Award in the range of $520,000-599,999 for “Palmetto Cottage”
Silver Award in the range of $600,000-699,999 for “Carriage House”

Single Family Cluster, All Builders
Gold Award in the range of $250,000-349,999 for “Glen Falls"

Best Building Design, Detached Model
Gold Award in the range of $300,000-399,999 for “Glen Falls"

Single Family Attached, All Builders
Gold Award in the range of $375,000-499,000 for “Glenwood Park"
Silver Award in the range of $275,000-374,999 for “Woodstock Downtown"
Silver Award in the range of $375,000-499,000 for “Glenwood Park"

Best Attached Model, All Builders
Gold Award in the range of $500,000+ for “Manget"

Oliver’s latest achievement follows his sweep of the gold awards at last year’s Professionalism Awards of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association in eight different categories. This and his recent wins add to a long roster of national and international awards awarded his work, including the New American Home for the National Association of Homebuilders and Westin’s Best in Brand worldwide for five consecutive years.

Oliver’s homes are among the most sought-after in the business, and are known for their elegance, livability, and cutting-edge floor plans. His work has aptly been described as a fusion of classicism and vernacularism with great attention paid to form, detail, and proportion. “Lew Oliver is the fastest person of great talent that I know," says Andres Duany, founding co-principal of the influential firm of Duany Plater-Zyberk and widely recognized as the leader of New Urbanism. “His eye is among the most incisive I’ve ever seen," concurs Steve Mouzon, President of the New Urban Guild. “Most architects can do no better than a cartoon of traditional architecture. Lew’s work is emphatically the real thing."

Oliver has had a hand in many of the major New Urbanist towns and neighborhoods across the U.S., including Rosemary Beach, Celebration, Lost Rabbit, and I’on. He is town architect of Vickery, Serenbe, Clark’s Grove, Norcross Downtown, and Woodstock Downtown, and has been involved with the creation and design of McDaniel Glenn, Briar Rose, and Glenwood Park as well as several city blocks in downtown Marietta and historic Roswell, where he served for many years on the Historic Preservation Commission. He is founder and principal of Lew Oliver, Inc.–Whole Town Solutions.