AIA|LA Announces 2015 Design Award Winners!
Los Angeles, CA – October 30, 2015 – The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles (AIA|LA) announced the winners of its prestigious 2015 Design Awards program Thursday night, October 29, 2015, at an event celebrating recipients.
Selected by a jury of noted architects from across the United States, the AIA|LA Design Awards recognize design excellence in some of the most exemplary built work in the country at this time.
“The competition is tremendous which is exactly what we are looking for to raise the bar for the profession,” noted the 2015 AIA|LA Design Awards jury. “Los Angeles is raising the bar for the rest of the country.”
Winners of the competition’s counterpart, the AIA|LA Next LA awards, bestowed on as yet unbuilt commissions, were also announced. A jury of experts residing in Los Angeles, a city that is seeing its dream of true urban living realized, noted the many interesting strategies used to create more connection and engagement on an urban level in a number of winning submissions.
2015 AIA|LA Presidential Honorees as previously announced by the AIA|LA were also bestowed. Names of Presidential Honorees follow Design Award and Next LA award recipients in this story.
By setting the 2015 AIA|LA Design Awards Ceremony + Party in two downtown locations, the evening both honored and embodied a burgeoning focus on placemaking at the heart of Los Angeles. Well over six hundred attendees gathered at the Aratani Theatre in the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo for a pre-event reception and ceremony. Winners, Presidential Honorees, and Design Award attendees then moved to the A+D Museum, in the Arts District, for an après-party which included buffet dinner.
Design Award and Next LA awards are given in three classifications: Honor, Merit and Citation, with Honor being the highest category.
Completed projects, located anywhere, that are designed by AIA members from firms based in the LA area, and architecture constructed in Los Angeles by any AIA member, no matter their base of operations, are eligible for submission for Design Awards.
For high quality images of winners and for more information about the event, please call, 213-639-0762 or email willmckenna@aialosangeles.org
2015 AIA|LA DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS
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Click on image to view 2015 Design Awards (Built Projects) winners slideshow.
HONOR AWARDS
One Santa Fe
Los Angeles, CA
Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.
Star Apartments
Los Angeles, CA
Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.
Morgan Phoa Residence/Library
Los Angeles, CA
Studio Pali Fekete architects [SPF:a]
MERIT AWARDS
Mulholland Annex
Los Angeles, CA
A L M Project Inc.
Blackbirds
Los Angeles, CA
Bestor Architecture
Cellular Complexity Evolve
Los Angeles, CA
kais Al-Rawi, Julia Koerner & Marie Boltenstern
Hyundai Motor America Headquarters
Fountain Valley, CA
Gensler
En Pointe
Los Angeles, CA
Heather Roberge | murmur
CITATION AWARDS
Long Beach Airport - Passenger Concourse
Long Beach, CA
HOK
Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
Anaheim, CA
HOK
The Guidance Center
Long Beach, CA
Lynch Eisinger Design Architects
Olan G. and Aida T. Hafley House
Long Beach, CA
Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, Inc.
Pressed Juicery Prototype Store
Beverly Hills, CA
Standard
Modern Barn House
Santa Monica, CA
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
WeHo Duplex
West Hollywood, CA
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Shulman Home and Studio
Los Angeles, CA
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
Pterodactyl, Culver City, CA
Eric Owen Moss Architects
Hyundai Capital Europe
Frankfurt, Germany
Gensler
Surfhouse
Hermosa Beach, CA
XTEN Architecture
Hollyhock House Restoration Project
Hollywood, CA
The City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Architectural Division
2015 AIA|LA NEXT LA RECIPIENTS
Mulholland Annex
Los Angeles, CA
A L M Project Inc.
Blackbirds
Los Angeles, CA
Bestor Architecture
Cellular Complexity Evolve
Los Angeles, CA
kais Al-Rawi, Julia Koerner & Marie Boltenstern
Hyundai Motor America Headquarters
Fountain Valley, CA
Gensler
En Pointe
Los Angeles, CA
Heather Roberge | murmur
CITATION AWARDS
Long Beach Airport - Passenger Concourse
Long Beach, CA
HOK
Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
Anaheim, CA
HOK
The Guidance Center
Long Beach, CA
Lynch Eisinger Design Architects
Olan G. and Aida T. Hafley House
Long Beach, CA
Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, Inc.
Pressed Juicery Prototype Store
Beverly Hills, CA
Standard
Modern Barn House
Santa Monica, CA
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
WeHo Duplex
West Hollywood, CA
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Shulman Home and Studio
Los Angeles, CA
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
Pterodactyl, Culver City, CA
Eric Owen Moss Architects
Hyundai Capital Europe
Frankfurt, Germany
Gensler
Surfhouse
Hermosa Beach, CA
XTEN Architecture
Hollyhock House Restoration Project
Hollywood, CA
The City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Architectural Division
2015 AIA|LA NEXT LA RECIPIENTS
Click on image to view 2015 Next LA (Unbuilt Projects) winners slideshow.
HONOR AWARDS
Guggenheim Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
XTEN Architecture
MERIT AWARDS
Hanking Center Tower
Shenzhen, China
Morphosis Architects
8600 Wilshire
Beverly Hills, CA
MAD and Gruen Associates
T3 Tower
Beirut, Lebanon
PARALX
Vasilitsa House
Vasilitsa, Greece
Yianna Bouyioukou Architects
Berkeley Global Campus
Richmond, CA
Kevin Daly Architects with Greg Lynn Form
Stoneview Nature Center
Culver City, CA
Ehrlich Architects
Dublin City Library and Parnell Square Cultural Center
Dublin, Ireland
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
Los Angeles River Urban Agriculture Plan
Los Angeles, CA
Perkins + Will
Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles, CA
GRUEN Associates
Grey Gardens
Los Angeles, CA
Bestor Architecture and Dutton Architects
CITATION AWARDS
Providence Saint John’s Phase 2 Master Plan
Santa Monica, CA
Perkins Eastman, Architecture & Planning and Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
Telstra 288 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, Australia
NBBJ
The Main Museum of Los Angeles Art
Los Angeles, CA
Tom Wiscombe Architecture
Museum of Compassion (MOC)
Louisville, Kentucky
Aaron Neubert Architects
Technology Campus Masterplan (Parcel 10)
Playa Vista, CA
LARGE Architecture
Civic Center Isola-Garibaldi
Milan, Italy
MLLO
Bandersnatch
Portland, OR
Steven Christensen Architecture
2015 AIA|LA PRESIDENTIAL HONOREES
Gold Medal: Steven Ehrlich, FAIA
25-Year-Award: Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad. Los Angeles, California
The Jerde Partnership
Sussman/Prejza
Emerging Practice: Omgivning
Guggenheim Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
XTEN Architecture
MERIT AWARDS
Hanking Center Tower
Shenzhen, China
Morphosis Architects
8600 Wilshire
Beverly Hills, CA
MAD and Gruen Associates
T3 Tower
Beirut, Lebanon
PARALX
Vasilitsa House
Vasilitsa, Greece
Yianna Bouyioukou Architects
Berkeley Global Campus
Richmond, CA
Kevin Daly Architects with Greg Lynn Form
Stoneview Nature Center
Culver City, CA
Ehrlich Architects
Dublin City Library and Parnell Square Cultural Center
Dublin, Ireland
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
Los Angeles River Urban Agriculture Plan
Los Angeles, CA
Perkins + Will
Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles, CA
GRUEN Associates
Grey Gardens
Los Angeles, CA
Bestor Architecture and Dutton Architects
CITATION AWARDS
Providence Saint John’s Phase 2 Master Plan
Santa Monica, CA
Perkins Eastman, Architecture & Planning and Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
Telstra 288 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, Australia
NBBJ
The Main Museum of Los Angeles Art
Los Angeles, CA
Tom Wiscombe Architecture
Museum of Compassion (MOC)
Louisville, Kentucky
Aaron Neubert Architects
Technology Campus Masterplan (Parcel 10)
Playa Vista, CA
LARGE Architecture
Civic Center Isola-Garibaldi
Milan, Italy
MLLO
Bandersnatch
Portland, OR
Steven Christensen Architecture
2015 AIA|LA PRESIDENTIAL HONOREES
Gold Medal: Steven Ehrlich, FAIA
25-Year-Award: Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad. Los Angeles, California
The Jerde Partnership
Sussman/Prejza
Emerging Practice: Omgivning
(Karin Liljegren, AIA; Principal,
Omgivning)
Design Advocate: Alissa Walker
Community Contribution: Dana Cuff
(Director, cityLAB)
Educator of the Year: Sarah Lorenzen, AIA
Community Contribution: Dana Cuff
(Director, cityLAB)
Educator of the Year: Sarah Lorenzen, AIA
(Associate Professor and Chair, Cal Poly
Pomona)
Honorary AIA|LA: Aaron Paley, Hon. AIA|LA
(President, Community Arts Resources)
Building Team of the Year: The Team Responsible For The Hercules Campus at Playa Vista
Levin & Associates Architects
The Ratkovich Company
Nabih Youssef & Associates
ARC Engineering
Galvin Preservation Associates
EPT Design
Spectra Company
Ross Project Management
(President, Community Arts Resources)
Building Team of the Year: The Team Responsible For The Hercules Campus at Playa Vista
Levin & Associates Architects
The Ratkovich Company
Nabih Youssef & Associates
ARC Engineering
Galvin Preservation Associates
EPT Design
Spectra Company
Ross Project Management