See the winners of the 2018 Mayor’s Design Awards (slideshow)

Backyard on Blake

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Reimagining Learning Landscapes

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

The Art Alley at Dairy Block

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Thomas Jefferson High School Bus Shelter

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

2200 California

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Steam on the Platte

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Colorado Health Foundation

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

The Wheatley

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Denver Botanic Gardens Ticket Centers

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Molly Brown House Museum Renovation

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

The Ramble Hotel

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

River North Storm Water Outfall

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Punchbowl Social in Stapleton

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Rainbow Crosswalk

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Circa Building

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

The Bosler House

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Black and White House at Sloan's Lake

(Courtesy of Denver Community Planning and Development)

Seventeen Denver projects have been chosen by Mayor Michael Hancock to receive a 2018 Mayor’s Design Award.

The awards, presented annually since 2005, highlight excellence in architecture, design and placemaking. The city announced the winners Thursday.

“The field of winners this year is the most diverse ever selected,” Hancock said in a statement. “The list is the perfect showcase of what we can do as a city when we design with the intent of lifting up our community.”

The 2018 Mayor’s Design Award winners are as follows:

Backyard on Blake
3070 Blake St.
Category: Active Spaces
Owner: Mainspring
Designer: Ivy Street Design
Builder: Sprocket DB

Reimagining Learning Landscapes: Garden Place Academy Research Station and Community Garden
4425 Lincoln St.
Category: Active Spaces
Owner: Denver Public Schools
Designers: Jesse Van Horne, Eric Crotty, Lois Brink
Builders: The Big SandBox, the Globeville Community, Parents of Garden Place Academy parents, Kiewit, Colorado Designscapes

The Art Alley at Dairy Block
1800 Wazee St.
Category: Art All Around
Owners: McWHINNEY, Sage Hospitality and Grand American Inc.
Art Curation: NINE dot ARTS
Architect: Shears Adkins Rockmore
Builder: Saunders Construction

Thomas Jefferson High School Bus Shelter
East Hampden Avenue and South Ivanhoe Street
Category: Art All Around
Project coordinators: Council District 4, Thomas Jefferson Parent Teacher Organization
Artists: TJHS students and staff, community members

2200 California
2200 California St.
Category: Back to the Future
Owner: 550 Spyder LLC
Architect: Arrow B Architecture – Shane Martin, Ally Frueauf
Builder: Spectrum General Contractors Inc – John Lanphie

Steam on the Platte
401 Zuni St.
Category: Back to the Future
Owner: Urban Ventures, LLC and Zuni Corridor, LLC, Tim White & Dour Decker
Architect: tres birds workshop
Builder: White Construction Group

Colorado Health Foundation Building
1780 Pennsylvania St.
Category: Building Well Living Well
Owner: Colorado Health Foundation
Architect: Davis Partnership Architects
Builder: Saunders Construction

The Wheatley
530 25th Street
Category: Density by Design
Owner: 2460 Welton St., LLC
Developer: Palisade Partners
Architect: Craine Architecture
Builder: Confluence Builders

Botanic Gardens Ticket Centers
1007 York St.
Category: Distinctive Denver
Owner: Denver Botanic Gardens
Architect and builder: University of Colorado – Boulder Program in Environmental Design

Molly Brown House Renovation
1340 Pennsylvania St.
Category: Distinctive Denver
Owner: Historic Denver, Inc.
Architect: Anderson Mason Dale, Hoehn Architects
Builder: Spectrum General Contractors, Buildings Restoration Specialties, Watkins Stained Glass

The Ramble Hotel
2450 Larimer St.
Category: Distinctive Denver
Owners: Gravitas Development Group
Architect: Johnson Nathan Strohe.
Interior Designer: Avenue Interior Designer
Builder: Sprung Construction

River North Stormwater Outfall
Arkins Court, between 31st and 35th streets
Category: Landscapes in Focus
Owner: City and County of Denver and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
Architect: Stream Landscape Architecture
Engineer: Muller Engineering Company
Builder: Concrete Express

Punch Bowl Social – Stapleton
3120 N. Uinta St.
Category: Neighborhood Gem
Owner: Robert Thompson
Architect: OZ Architecture and Megan Freckelton, Frank Mataipule, Punch Bowl Social
Builder: R&M General Contractors LLC

The Rainbow Crosswalk
Broadway and Irvington Place
Category: Neighborhood Gem
Owner: Buffalo Exchange Colorado

The Circa Building
1615 Platte St.
Category: Sustainable Style
Owners: Unico Properties
Architect: Open Studio Architecture
Builder: Swinerton Builders

The Bosler House
3209 W. Fairview Place
Category: This Is Home
Owners: Steven and Janise Davis
Architect: Jessica Reske, Restoration Architect, Form + Works Design Group
Builder: Steven Davis

Black and White House @ Sloan’s Lake
4200 W. 23rd Ave.
Category: This Is Home
Owners: Erin Little and Marc Perusse
Architect: Davis Urban Architecture & Design
Builder: Brown Construction