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Winners of the 2013 Los Angeles Architectural Awards Announced
Grand Prize: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Headquarters (Photo: Nick Merrick, Hedrich Blessing), Design/Executive Architecture Firm: ZGF Architects LLP Community Impact Award: Grand Park, Design/Executive Architect: Mark Rios, Tony Paradowski Design/Executive Architecture Firm: Rios Clementi Hale Studios Community Impact Award: Metro Orange Line Extension, Design Architect: Elaine V. Carbrey, AIA, AICP (Project Manager); Craig Biggi (Senior Designer); Meghna Khanna (Urban Planner/Designer); Dean Howell, ASLA (Landscape Architect) Design Architecture Firm: Gruen Associates “Best of L.A. Architects” Award: Sunnylands Center & Gardens at The Annenberg Retreat (Rancho Mirage, CA), Design Architecture Firm: Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects Landscape Architect: The Office of James Burnett “Best of L.A. Architects” Award: Health Sciences Education Building (Phoenix, AZ), Design/Executive Architecture Firm: CO Architects Executive Associate Architecture Firm: Ayers Saint Gross Civic Award: Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Design/Executive Architect: Mark Lahmon Design/Executive Architecture Firm: PSL Architects Commercial Office Buildings and Headquarters Award: UTA Plaza, Design/Executive Architect: Joey Shimoda and Dan Allen Design/Executive Architecture Firm: Shimoda Design Group Design Concept Award: Wilshire Grand, Design Architecture Firm: AC Martin Partners Design Concept Award: Sixth Street Viaduct, Design Architecture Firm: Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc. Executive Architecture Firm: HNTB Architecture Education Award: University of California Los Angeles Court of Sciences Student Center, Design Architect: Taal Safdie, Ricardo Rabines, Susan Richard Design Architect Firm: Safdie Rabines Architects Education Award: The Resnick Institute for Sustainability/Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Caltech, Design/Executive Architects & Firm: John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects City of Los Angeles Green Building Award: Playa Vista Elementary School (Photo: Edmund Barr), Design/Executive Architecture Firm: Osborn Architects Healthcare Award: UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Medical Building, Design/Executive Architect: Michael W. Folonis, FAIA Design/Executive Architecture Firm: Michael W. Folonis Architects Hospitality Award: Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea – Clubhouse, Design Architecture Firm: Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design Executive Architecture Firm: Heerim Architects and Planners Housing Award: Nakahouse, Design/Executive Architect: Austin Kelly, AIA and Monika Häfelfinger, SIA Design/Executive Architecture Firm: XTEN Architecture Multi-Family-Affordable Housing Award: 28th Street Apartments (Photo: Eric Staudenmaier Photography), Design/Executive Architecture Firm: Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc. Contractor Company: Alpha Construction Co. Inc. Landscape Architecture Award: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County – North Campus, Landscape Architecture Firm: Mia Lehrer + Associates Design/Executive Architecture Firm: CO Architects Interiors Award: Biola University Prayer Chapel, Design/Executive Architect: David Herjeczki, Nathan Kim Design/Executive Architecture Firm: Gensler Retail Award: Sonos Studio, Design/Executive Architect: Rania Alomar Design/Executive Architecture Firm: RA-DA Mixed-Use Award: Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center, Design/Executive Architect: Elliot Barker Design/Executive Architecture Firm: BASE Architecture; Photography: Nico Marques/Photekt Renovated Buildings Award: Chrysalis, Design Architect: Tricia Hamachai Design Architecture Firm: Killefer Flammang Architects Renovated Buildings Award: Samuel Freeman (Photo: Jill Paider Photography), Design/Executive Architect: Warren Wagner, AIA Design/Executive Architecture Firm: W3 Architects, Inc. Preservation Award: The Japanese House at the Huntington Library, Design Architect: Kelly Sutherlin McLeod, FAIA Design Architecture Firm: Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, Inc. Preservation Award: The Siqueiros Mural Protective Shelter, Viewing Platform and the Interpretive Center, Design Architect: Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA Design Architecture Firm: Brooks + Scarpa Architects Executive Architect: Mahmood Karimzadeh, AIA Executive Architecture Firm: City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Architectural Division Retail Award: James Perse Malibu, Design Architect: Leo Marmol, Ron Radziner Design Architecture Firm: Marmol Radziner Restaurant Award: Bel Air Bar and Grill, Design Architect: Barbara Flammang, AIA Design Architecture Firm: Killefer Flammang Architects LA County Sustainability Award: East Rancho Dominguez Library, Design Architecture Firm: Carde Ten Architects Under Construction Award: The Broad, Design Architecture Firm: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Executive Architect Firm: Gensler Under Construction Award: Agensys, Designer: Carlos Carrasquillo Design/Executive Architecture Firm: HLW International, LLP Under Construction Award: New Tom Bradley International Terminal, Design/Executive Architecture Firm: Fentress Architects Associate Architecture Firm: HNTB Corporation L.A. Architectural Lifetime Achievement Award: Ray Kappe, principal of LivingHomes and Founder of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)

Preservation Award: The Siqueiros Mural Protective Shelter, Viewing Platform and the Interpretive Center, Design Architect: Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA Design Architecture Firm: Brooks + Scarpa Architects Executive Architect: Mahmood Karimzadeh, AIA Executive Architecture Firm: City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Architectural Division
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Preservation Award: The Siqueiros Mural Protective Shelter, Viewing Platform and the Interpretive Center, Design Architect: Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA Design Architecture Firm: Brooks + Scarpa Architects Executive Architect: Mahmood Karimzadeh, AIA Executive Architecture Firm: City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Architectural Division