• Login / Join
  • About
  • •
  • Contact
  • •
  • Advertising
bustler logo
bustler logo
  • News
  • Competitions
  • Events
  • Bustler is powered by Archinect
  • Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

  • Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • Search

    Search in

  • Submit

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event
  • Login / Join
  • News|Competitions|Events
  • Search
    | Submit
    | Follow
  • Search in

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event

    Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • About|Contact|Advertising
  • Login / Join

AIA|LA reveals 2017 Restaurant Design Award winners

By Justine Testado|

Monday, Jun 26, 2017

Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD. Photo: Christopher Warren.

Earlier this month, the AIA Los Angeles chapter revealed 11 competitive finalist eateries for the 2017 Restaurant Design Awards. Last Friday, the category winners and People's Choices — which include WORD, Design, Bitches, the Rockwell Group, and more — were revealed during a ceremony at Dwell on Design Los Angeles.

Take a gander at the winning projects below.

Restaurant category:

Cassia, Santa Monica, CA. Designed by: Montalba Architects, Inc. Photo: John Linden

Cassia, Santa Monica, CA. Designed by: Montalba Architects, Inc.

Jury Comments: “This is just a purely beautiful space. The ceiling heights, the textures, the surfaces, the layout are super inviting. It feels serious yet fun, big and modern, yet intimate. | We loved the light, we loved the white tile, and you can see the concrete beams of the original building. | The detailing was very well executed and thoughtful, and the selection of materials and the overall composition was highly considered.”

​Little Octopus, Nashville, TN. Designed by: Design, Bitches. Photo: Lisa Dilow & Nashville Guru

Little Octopus, Nashville, TN. Designed by: Design, Bitches. 

Jury Comments: “We loved that a lot of things about this were surprising—the quirk of the bar, the white ceilings, which made the space super sunny, the quilted corral fabrics, the Japanese-like banquettes, the mid-century lamps. | Meticulously done, without feeling overdone. It’s pretty and tasteful and elegant without the theme being shoved down your throat. It’s very concise. It’s very thoughtful. | We like the condition of where the infill restaurant makes its presence known on the exterior façade.”

​Salazar, Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Project M+. Landscape Designer: The Yard (Samantha Gore). Interior Design: The Yard (Samantha Gore) + Project M+. Photo: Darcy Hemley

Salazar, Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Project M+. Landscape Designer: The Yard (Samantha Gore). Interior Design: The Yard (Samantha Gore) + Project M+. 

Jury Comments: “We love that, at a time when everyone is repurposing things, the reuse of the building was wonderful. It really engages the neighborhood. | We love the joy of the whole project. The architectural elements are beautiful but the natural quality of the environment shines through in an authentic way. | The idea of the restaurant as a landscape, as a garden, resonated.”

Cafe/Bars category:

​Beer Belly, Long Beach, CA. Designed by: MAKE Architecture. Photo: Monika M. Armstrong

Beer Belly, Long Beach, CA. Designed by: MAKE Architecture. 

Jury Comments: “We thought it was interesting that we couldn’t tell the difference between renderings and actual design. That was significant. | The wood work is so graphic and so strong. It really has a big impact without going over the top in terms of décor and design.”

Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD. Photo: Christopher Warren

Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD.

Jury Comments: “It had a lot of impact with very few elements. | We loved the communal aspect and its materials and how it engages the neighborhood. | We responded positively to the graphic sensibility of the wood screen, and also the urban and social engagement of the corner.”

Lounge/Nightclub category

​Break Room 86, Los Angeles, CA Designed by: Houston Hospitality. Photo: Dylan & Jeni

Break Room 86, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: Houston Hospitality.

Jury Comments: “It has such a sense of fun and we love the creative aspects that they put together. | The theme permeated all aspects of the project and incorporated components of TV and Record Album into the architectural. | All of these lounges work on a theme, but this one stoked me the most in terms of, not only the décor, but the interactive aspect of it for the guests. Going in there and being able to immerse yourself in this idea of the break room and the karaoke and the music: it almost felt more authentic in its craziness.”

People's Choice Award winners:

People's Choice Award - Restaurant: Felix Trattoria, Venice, CA. Designed by: Wendy Haworth Design Studio & David Hertz, FAIA. Photo: Wonho Frank Lee
People's Choice Award - Lounge/Bar: Avenue LA, Los Angeles, CA, Designed by: Rockwell Group. Photo: Warren Jagger / Alen Lin

Pictured above: People's Choice Award - Cafe/Bar: Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD.

The 2017 jury includes: writer Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times; architect Aaron Neubert, Founder and Principal Architect ANX / Aaron Neubert Architects; restaurateur Caroline Styne, Restaurateur and co-owner of The Lucques Group (Lucques, a.o.c, Tavern, The Larders, Larder Baking Company and operators of Food + Wine at the Hollywood Bowl)

Photos courtesy of the AIA|LA.

RELATED NEWS AIA|LA names Salazar, Felix Trattoria, Beer Belly among 2017 Restaurant Design Awards finalists
RELATED NEWS Workshop Kitchen + Bar by SOMA - Best Designed Restaurant in the Americas
RELATED NEWS Winners of the 2013 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards

Related

aiala ● aia los angeles ● restaurant design ● restaurant design awards ● food ● los angeles ● california ● usa ● competition
WORD
WORD
Montalba Architects, Inc.
Montalba Architects, Inc. Hiring!
Design,Bitches
Design,Bitches
Make Architecture
Make Architecture
Rockwell Group
Rockwell Group
David Hertz Architects Inc FAIA, & S.E.A. Studio of Environmental Architecture
David Hertz Architects Inc FAIA, & S.E.A. Studio of Environmental Architecture

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

AIA|LA reveals 2017 Restaurant Design Award winners

The winning MICROHOME competition designs present innovative modular off-grid structures

Snøhetta among three winners of the 2023 Houen Fund Prize

Janet Echelman receives two international awards in recognition of her urban sculptures

New architecture and design competitions: Warming Huts, LIT Lighting Design Awards, LA+ EXOTIQUE, and Lyceum Fellowship Competition

Pratt reveals Kay WalkingStick, Kenneth Cobonpue, and Edward Mazria as Legends 2023 honorees

Materiality and social justice showcased in three public installations forming NYCxDESIGN’s 2023 Design Pavilion

Schmidt Hammer Lassen's rock formation-inspired design wins competition for new office building in Oslo

Innovative community centers shine in 2023 Concrete Masonry Student Competition

Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

These are the 2023 Modernism in America Awards winners

New architecture and design competitions: Dewan Award For Architecture, House of the Future, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, and Green Product Awards

SCAPE and Kate Orff win 2023 OBEL AWARD for ‘radical breakwaters design’

Open House Chicago returns with free access to over 170 sites across the city

Cornell’s Jenny Sabin awarded the 2023 Rippmann Memorial Prize by DigitalFUTURES

London Design Festival announces four design medal winners for 2023

Frida Escobedo to receive the third Charlotte Perriand Award

Next page » Loading

AIA|LA reveals 2017 Restaurant Design Award winners

By Justine Testado|

Monday, Jun 26, 2017

Share

Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD. Photo: Christopher Warren.

Related

aiala ● aia los angeles ● restaurant design ● restaurant design awards ● food ● los angeles ● california ● usa ● competition
WORD
WORD
Montalba Architects, Inc.
Montalba Architects, Inc. Hiring!
Design,Bitches
Design,Bitches
Make Architecture
Make Architecture
Rockwell Group
Rockwell Group
David Hertz Architects Inc FAIA, & S.E.A. Studio of Environmental Architecture
David Hertz Architects Inc FAIA, & S.E.A. Studio of Environmental Architecture

Earlier this month, the AIA Los Angeles chapter revealed 11 competitive finalist eateries for the 2017 Restaurant Design Awards. Last Friday, the category winners and People's Choices — which include WORD, Design, Bitches, the Rockwell Group, and more — were revealed during a ceremony at Dwell on Design Los Angeles.

Take a gander at the winning projects below.

Restaurant category:

Cassia, Santa Monica, CA. Designed by: Montalba Architects, Inc. Photo: John Linden

Cassia, Santa Monica, CA. Designed by: Montalba Architects, Inc.

Jury Comments: “This is just a purely beautiful space. The ceiling heights, the textures, the surfaces, the layout are super inviting. It feels serious yet fun, big and modern, yet intimate. | We loved the light, we loved the white tile, and you can see the concrete beams of the original building. | The detailing was very well executed and thoughtful, and the selection of materials and the overall composition was highly considered.”

​Little Octopus, Nashville, TN. Designed by: Design, Bitches. Photo: Lisa Dilow & Nashville Guru

Little Octopus, Nashville, TN. Designed by: Design, Bitches. 

Jury Comments: “We loved that a lot of things about this were surprising—the quirk of the bar, the white ceilings, which made the space super sunny, the quilted corral fabrics, the Japanese-like banquettes, the mid-century lamps. | Meticulously done, without feeling overdone. It’s pretty and tasteful and elegant without the theme being shoved down your throat. It’s very concise. It’s very thoughtful. | We like the condition of where the infill restaurant makes its presence known on the exterior façade.”

​Salazar, Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Project M+. Landscape Designer: The Yard (Samantha Gore). Interior Design: The Yard (Samantha Gore) + Project M+. Photo: Darcy Hemley

Salazar, Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Project M+. Landscape Designer: The Yard (Samantha Gore). Interior Design: The Yard (Samantha Gore) + Project M+. 

Jury Comments: “We love that, at a time when everyone is repurposing things, the reuse of the building was wonderful. It really engages the neighborhood. | We love the joy of the whole project. The architectural elements are beautiful but the natural quality of the environment shines through in an authentic way. | The idea of the restaurant as a landscape, as a garden, resonated.”

Cafe/Bars category:

​Beer Belly, Long Beach, CA. Designed by: MAKE Architecture. Photo: Monika M. Armstrong

Beer Belly, Long Beach, CA. Designed by: MAKE Architecture. 

Jury Comments: “We thought it was interesting that we couldn’t tell the difference between renderings and actual design. That was significant. | The wood work is so graphic and so strong. It really has a big impact without going over the top in terms of décor and design.”

Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD. Photo: Christopher Warren

Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD.

Jury Comments: “It had a lot of impact with very few elements. | We loved the communal aspect and its materials and how it engages the neighborhood. | We responded positively to the graphic sensibility of the wood screen, and also the urban and social engagement of the corner.”

Lounge/Nightclub category

​Break Room 86, Los Angeles, CA Designed by: Houston Hospitality. Photo: Dylan & Jeni

Break Room 86, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: Houston Hospitality.

Jury Comments: “It has such a sense of fun and we love the creative aspects that they put together. | The theme permeated all aspects of the project and incorporated components of TV and Record Album into the architectural. | All of these lounges work on a theme, but this one stoked me the most in terms of, not only the décor, but the interactive aspect of it for the guests. Going in there and being able to immerse yourself in this idea of the break room and the karaoke and the music: it almost felt more authentic in its craziness.”

People's Choice Award winners:

People's Choice Award - Restaurant: Felix Trattoria, Venice, CA. Designed by: Wendy Haworth Design Studio & David Hertz, FAIA. Photo: Wonho Frank Lee
People's Choice Award - Lounge/Bar: Avenue LA, Los Angeles, CA, Designed by: Rockwell Group. Photo: Warren Jagger / Alen Lin

Pictured above: People's Choice Award - Cafe/Bar: Little Ground Café, Los Angeles, CA. Designed by: WORD.

The 2017 jury includes: writer Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times; architect Aaron Neubert, Founder and Principal Architect ANX / Aaron Neubert Architects; restaurateur Caroline Styne, Restaurateur and co-owner of The Lucques Group (Lucques, a.o.c, Tavern, The Larders, Larder Baking Company and operators of Food + Wine at the Hollywood Bowl)

Photos courtesy of the AIA|LA.

RELATED NEWS AIA|LA names Salazar, Felix Trattoria, Beer Belly among 2017 Restaurant Design Awards finalists
RELATED NEWS Workshop Kitchen + Bar by SOMA - Best Designed Restaurant in the Americas
RELATED NEWS Winners of the 2013 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Archinect JobsArchinect Jobs

The Archinect Job Board attracts the world's top architectural design talents.

VIEW ALL JOBS POST A JOB

Director of Marketing & Business Development

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Director of Marketing & Business Development

New York, NY, US

Design Manager

DAHLIN ARCHITECTURE | PLANNING | INTERIORS

Design Manager

Irvine, CA, US

Architect/Project Manager

Eigelberger Architecture + Design

Architect/Project Manager

Aspen, CO, US

Senior Architectural Designer

SVA Architects, Inc.

Senior Architectural Designer

Santa Ana, CA, US

Senior Project Architect

IMC Architecture

Senior Project Architect

Brooklyn, NY, US

Project Architect

HMR Architects

Project Architect

Princeton, NJ, US

Architect / Architectural Designer

Jessie Carroll Architect

Architect / Architectural Designer

Portland, ME, US

Landscape Architect - Project Manager

Farm Landscape Design

Landscape Architect - Project Manager

Shelter Island, NY, US

Pursuit Lead

DAHLIN ARCHITECTURE | PLANNING | INTERIORS

Pursuit Lead

Bellevue, WA, US

Professional I Designer

TenBerke

Professional I Designer

New York, NY, US

Next page » Loading