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39 Los Angeles projects and design firms honored at the 2023 AIA|LA Design Awards
Victory Wellness Center by P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S. Photo: Paul Vu / Here And Now Agency
This year’s AIA|LA Design Awards winners have been announced via a special ceremony held last week at the landmark Los Angeles Theater downtown. Under the theme ‘RE,’ the chapter’s event provided a unique opportunity for attendees to “Reflect, Rewind, Reconsider, and Rejoice in the transformative power of architecture.”
A total of 39 projects were recognized in both build and unbuilt categories. The AIA|LA says these projects best represent their organizational values of equity, diversity, inclusivity, community, and sustainability while also exemplifying the industry’s proactive fight against climate change.
They were joined by the late Gold Medal winner, Jenkins/Gales & Martinez, Inc. founder Earl E. Gales Jr., whose contributions to the career development of minority architects and the local built environment were enshrined as one that created positive outcomes for thousands of Angelenos. The chapter shared: “The 2023 AIA|LA Design Awards celebrated architectural achievements and highlighted the industry's commitment to shaping a more inclusive, sustainable, and inspiring future.”
The full list of Design Awards and NEXT LA winners can be seen below.
2023 AIA|LA DESIGN AWARD WINNERS
Typology: Adaptive Re-use/Renovation/Historical Preservation
- Honor Award: Victory Wellness Center by P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S
- Merit Award: Desmond's by Omgivning Architecture + Interiors
- Citation Award: The Art Room by AUX Architecture
- Citation Award: West End by HLW International
Pacific Landing from Patrick TIGHE Architecture. Photo: PHOTO: Pavel Bendov, Patrick TIGHE Architecture
Typology: Affordable Housing
- Merit Award: Watts Works by Studio One Eleven
- Merit Award: Pacific Landing by Patrick TIGHE Architecture
- Citation Award: Willowbrook by Leher Architects
Main Studio by BA Collective. Photo: Bruce Damonte
Typology: Commercial/Mixed-Use
- Honor Award: Main Studio by BA Collective
- Merit Award: YouTube Theater by HKS Architects, Inc.
Typology: Healthcare/Institutional/Civic
- Merit Award: Houston Endowment Headquarters by Kevin Daly Architects
- Merit Award: Brooklyn Library by Gensler
Plant Research 1 by Perkins&Will. Photo: Paul Vu/Here And Now Agency
Typology: Educational
- Honor Award: Plant Research 1 by Perkins&Will
- Merit Award: California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo, William and Linda Frost Center for Research and Innovation by ZGF
Typology: Interior Architecture
- Merit Award: SC Workplace by Behnisch Architekten
Loyola Marymount University Drollinger Family Stage by SOM. Photo: Dave Burke © SOM & Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM
Typology: Architectural Installations- Honor Award: Loyola Marymount University Drollinger Family Stage by SOM
- Merit Award: Down the Block by FreelandBuck
Typology: Single-Family Residential
- Honor Award: Screen House by BA Collective
- Merit Award: Bonsai House by M Royce Architecture
- Citation Award: Shelter Island House by KoningEizenberg Architecture
- Citation Award: The Tree House by KAA Design
2023 AIA|LA NEXT LA WINNERS
The California Endowment 'Hope Village' Restorative Health Campus by GGA+. Image: GGA+.
Typology: Affordable Housing
- Honor Award: The California Endowment 'Hope Village' Restorative Health Campus by GGA+
- Merit Award: HUB 32 by Brooks + Scarpa
Typology: Cityscapes
- Citation Award: Adapting Boundaries by Mitchell Hubbell
- Citation Award: San Fernando Road by Bestor Architecture
- Citation Award: The Knowledge City by Johnson Fain
Typology: Healthcare/Institutional/Civic
- Merit Award: The Bowtie by RADAR
- Merit Award: Palm Springs Homeless Navigation Center by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
- Citation Award: University Pompeu Fabra, Mercat Del Peix Research Center by ZGF/MIRAG/Double Twist
Typology: Commercial/Mixed-Use
- Citation Award: 1811 Sacramento by Perkins&Will
- Citation Award: Office for Media Production by West of West
Cadigan Building by P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S. Image: rendering by Nephew LA; Animation by Sanghyun Suh - Patterns
Typology: Educational
- Honor Award: Cadigan Building by P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S
- Merit Award: Malibu High School Campus Addition by NAC Architecture / KoningEizenberg
- Merit Award: Saddleback College, Science & Math Building by HGA
- Citation Award: UC San Diego Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects and HMC Architects
Typology: Competitions
- Citation Award: Microplex Prototype by Sharif, Lynch: Architecture
Sunset Steps by West of West. Image: West of West
Typology: Multi-Unit Residential
- Honor Award: Sunset Steps by West of West
- Merit Award: Venice Twins by Colega Architects
Typology: Single-Family Residential
- Merit Award: Cloudrock by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio & There There
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