The San Jose Downtown Association bestows the honor each year to a project that exhibits distinctive architecture and design.

After more than a year of design work by four local agencies, preliminary plans for a re-envisioned Diridon Station have been unveiled.

Starting on Dec. 28, the local transit authority will roll out a more frequent bus network and a new orange light rail line.

Details of the development surfaced earlier this week when Urban Catalyst submitted preliminary plans to the city.

News of Google’s latest housing investment comes just two weeks after it submitted plans for its upcoming San Jose campus.

Now that the application is in the city’s hands, the project will embark on a year-long public engagement and environmental review process.

The Keystone project at 491 W. San Carlos St. lies close to Adobe’s headquarters, the Diridon Station and the SAP Center.

Delmas Park resident Kathy Sutherland is one of the founding members of the just-launched Diridon Area Neighborhood Group (DANG).

Mayor Sam Liccardo said the funding means BART can now go “full speed ahead” on a project that’s been decades in the making.

Judge Patricia Lucas on Friday threw out the case, which accused city officials of unlawful secrecy in their dealings with Google.