From small single-family residences to large multi-unit dwellings, from affordable housing apartment buildings to posh SoCal mansions: the third Residential Architecture Award program presented by the AIA Los Angeles chapter has honored twenty-three new projects at various scales. Three Honor awards for exceptional residential design achievement were given to homes by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects, Belzberg Architects, and ShubinDonaldson.
The award jury was comprised of Jenna Chandler, Editor, Curbed LA; Mike Deasy, Chief Executive Officer, deasy/penner; and Alice Kimm, FAIA, Co-Founder, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK).
Read on for the complete list of selected projects and images of the nine Honor and Merit Award-winning homes.
Single-Family Residential (up to 2,500 square feet)
Citation
Saddle Peak Residence (Topanga, CA) — Sant Architects
Tilt-Shift House (Los Angeles, CA) — ANX / Aaron Neubert Architects
Single-Family Residential (up to 5,00 square feet)
Merit
Callow Residence (Altadena, CA) — Corsini Stark Architects
Birch Residence (Los Angeles, CA) — Griffin Enright Architects
Citation
Venice House (Venice, CA) — Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Croft Residence (Los Angeles, CA) — AUX Architecture, Brian Wickersham, AIA
Y Chalet (Faraya, Lebanon) — PARALX
Single-Family Residential (5,00 square feet and up)
Honor
Waverley (Palo Alto, CA) — Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects
Bridge Residence (Los Angeles, CA) — Belzberg Architects
Citation
Brise Soleil (Beverly Hills, CA) — Studio William Hefner
Barrington Residence (Los Angeles, CA) — Eric Rosen Architects
Multi-Family Residential (up to 20 units)
Citation
Bluplex (Culver City, CA) — Yu2e
Multi-Family Residential (20 units and up)
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Otis College of Art and Design Campus Expansion (Los Angeles, CA) — Ehrlich | Fisher
UCSB San Joaquin Housing (Santa Barbara, CA) — Kevin Daly Architects
UCSB San Joaquin Student Housing (Santa Barbara, CA) — Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
Adaptive Reuse | Renovation | Historic Preservation
Honor
Mayumi (Culver City, CA) — ShubinDonaldson
Merit
Harvey House (Palm Springs, CA) — Marmol Radziner (original design: Buff & Hensman)
Three Schindlers Redux (Inglewood, CA) — Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects (original design: Rudolf Schindler)
Silvertop (Los Angeles, CA) — Bestor Architecture (original design: John Lautner)
Citation
Garden House (Atwater Village, CA) — Design, Bitches
The Salkin House (Los Angeles, CA) — Bestor Architecture (original design: John Lautner)
Writer's Block (Arts District, Downtown Los Angeles, CA) — CHACOL, Inc.
Affordable Housing
Merit
Anchor Place (Long Beach, CA) — The Architects Collective
Check out also the photo gallery below to see the fourteen winners of a Citation Award.
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