AIA Los Angeles (AIA|LA) announced the 2013 Design Awards winners Monday night, October 28, 2013.  The ceremony incorporated local design & architecture journalists, academic and civic leaders as well as community movers and shakers. The varied program included special appearances via video by LACMA CEO, Michael Govan, CicLAvia’s Executive Director Aaron Paley and Omar Brownson, Executive Director of the L.A. River Revitalization Corporation.

Held at the Broad Stage Theater in the Santa Monica Performing Arts Center, the ceremony went smoothly with 31 firms and 25 Presidential Honorees receiving awards.  Awards included the Cultural Affairs Architecture Awards (presented by Jennifer Ferro, KCRW General Manager), the Next LA Awards (presented by Alexis Drosu, Form Magazine Editor in Chief & Pauline O’Connor of CurbedLA), the Design Awards (presented by David Martin, FAIA & Danielle Martin, AIA of AC Martin Associates) and the Presidential Honor Awards (presented by AIA|LA Chapter President, Scott Johnson, FAIA).

Presidential Honorees included, among others, Mayor Eric Garcetti, international artist James Turrell, LACMA CEO, Michael Govan. The Building Team Award went to LAX Building Team, and the Gold Medal went to Frederick Fisher of Frederick Fisher and Partners.

The annual AIA Los Angeles Design Awards honor excellence in work built by Los Angeles architects (Design Awards) as well as work by Los Angeles designers as yet unbuilt (Next LA Awards). In both the Design and Next LA categories, jury awards are given in three classifications: Citation, Merit and Honor.

For high quality images of winners and for more information about the event, please call, 213-639-0763 or email, nathalia@aialosangeles.org.

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And the winners are…
 
DESIGN AWARDS

Metalsa Center for
Manufacturing Innovation
Brooks + Scarpa
Monterrey, Mexico
Category: Merit

CAM Museum of Art
Brooks + Scarpa
Raleigh, NC
Category: Citation

Broadway Housing
Daly Genik
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Merit

The Alfond-Lunder
Family Pavilion
Fred Fisher and Partners w/
Brian E. Duffy Associates
Waterville, ME
Category: Merit

Gensler Los Angeles
Gensler
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Citation

M Building
Gensler
Beverly Hills, CA
Category: Merit

St. Thomas the Apostle School
Griffin Enright Architects
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Citation

Ehrlich Retreat +
John Friedman Alice Kimm
Architects
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Merit

Villas at Gower
Killefer Flammang Architects
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Citation

28th St. Apartments
Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Honor

John Adams Middle School
Koning Eizenberg Architecture w/
Osborn Architects
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Honor

Reseda Community Aquatic Center
Lehrer Architects LA
Reseda, CA
Category: Citation

Las Vegas Prefab
Marmol Radziner
Las Vegas, NV
Category: Citation

Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Morphosis Architects
Dallas, TX
Category: Honor

Morphosis Los Angeles
Morphosis Architects
Culver City, CA
Category: Citation

Kayne Griffin Corcoran Gallery
Standard
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Merit

Maidsonhouse
XTEN Architecture
La Quinta, CA
Category: Merit

Dual House
Dimster Architecture
Venice, CA
Category: Citation

L House
Lee+Mundwiler Architects
Culver City, CA
Category: Merit

NEXT LA AWARDS

Interfaith Chapel at
University of North Florida
Brooks + Scarpa
Jacksonville, Fl
Category: Merit

Metabolicscapes
Tina Chee
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Merit

Building Blocks
Hodgetts+Fung
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Citation

Beverly & Fairfax
Howard Laks Architects
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Citation

Helsinki Central Library
Platform for Architecture + Research
Helsinki, Finland
Category: Honor

Bergamot Station
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Citation

Southwest School of Art
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
San Antonio, TX
Category: Honor

New United States Courthouse
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Merit

Pure Tension Pavilion
Synthesis Design + Architecture
Rome, Italy
Category: Merit

LA Frame House
Tim Durfee & Iris Regn
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Merit

Villegas House Garden Wall and Bench
Bureau for Architecture and Design
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Merit