AIA Los Angeles awards 29 projects in 2017 Residential Architecture Awards

The AIA Los Angeles chapter celebrates some of the area's best contemporary residential projects in the Residential Architecture Awards. For 2017, the chapter announced 29 winning projects, many of which were designed by notable L.A. firms like Lehrer Architects, Tighe Architecture, Belzberg Architects, Michael Maltzan Architecture, Bestor Architecture, XTEN Architecture, and plenty more. The winning designers were recognized during the Awards' evening cocktail party in Los Angeles late last week.

Scroll down to check out this year's list of winning projects and a selection of photos.

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (up to 2,500 square feet)

Honor

Affordable Starter Home Prototype (South LA, CA) - Lehrer Architects

IVRV House (Los Angeles, CA) - SCI Arc, submitted by project coordinator and design faculty Darin Johnstone, AIA

Merit 

Wagner Guest House (Los Angeles, CA)- Schmidt Architecture

Citation 

Vertical Venice Prefab (V.V3) (Venice, CA) - Jennifer Siegal, Assoc. AIA - Office of Mobile Design

Nurizzo Residence (West Hollywood, CA) -  Patrick Tighe Architecture 

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (up to 5000 square feet)

Honor 

MU77 (Los Angeles, CA) - Arshia Architects

Skyline (Santa Barbara, CA) - ShubinDonaldson

Merit 

Wall House (Ojai, CA) - Johnson Fain

Garrison Residence (Redondo Beach, CA) - Patrick Tighe Architecture

Citation 

Hedge House (Los Angeles, CA) - Jacobschang Architecture

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (5,000 square feet and up)

Honor 

Chiang Mai Residence (Chiang Mai, Thailand) - wHY 

90 Pheasant (Southampton, NY) - MARCELLO POZZI ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

Merit 

Romero Canyon (Montecito, CA) - Studio WIlliam Hefner

Citation 

Edges Residence (Los Angeles, CA) - Belzberg Architects

La Moraleja Villa (Madrid, Spain) - XTEN Architecture + Extudio + Losada Garcia

Multi-Family Residential (up to 20 units)

Honor

Blackbirds (Los Angeles, CA) - Bestor Architecture

Merit 

Cloverdale749 (Los Angeles, CA) - Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]

Multi-Family Residential (up to 50 units)

Honor 

Peace Creek Villas (Chengdu, China) - John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

Merit 

Mariposa1038 (Los Angeles, CA) - Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]

Adaptive Reuse | Renovation | Historic Preservation

Honor

The Elysian (Los Angeles, CA) - David Lawrence Gray Architects, AIA 

Oakdell Residence (Studio City, CA) - Assembledge+ 

Hide Out (Los Angeles, CA) - Dan Brunn Architecture

Merit

Edwin Residence (Los Angeles, CA) - AND studio 

Bowen House (Manhattan Beach, CA) - ORA

Restoration of Marina Tower Model Apartment by Killingsworth, Brady & Smith (Long Beach, CA) - Ted Hyman FAIA, LEED AP® BD+C 

Citation 

Rear Window House (Culver City, CA) - Edward Ogosta Architecture

AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

Honor

Broadway Affordable Housing (Santa Monica, CA) - Kevin Daly Architects 

Merit: 

Crest Apartments (Van Nuys, CA) - Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.

La Brea Affordable Housing (West Hollywood, CA) - Patrick Tighe Architecture & John V. Mutlow Architects Inc.