42 of Los Angeles' best new projects and architects honored at the 2022 AIA|LA Design Awards

The annual AIA|LA Design Awards winners have been announced following a gala in front of a crowd of more than 500 at the chapter’s awards party at the BroadStage in Santa Monica.

New built and unbuilt projects were recognized in the Design and Next LA Awards categories and presented to the audience by their three-member jury and eleven-year-old aspiring architect Madison Dorsey and 2023 AIA|LA President-Elect Leslie Sydnor. The chapter's highest honor, the Gold Medal Award, was also presented to Perkins&Will Principal and Director of Global Diversity Gabrielle Bullock as part of the ceremony. In total, forty-two projects were awarded in both categories around the theme of "Elevate Community." 

“‘Elevate’ is a fitting description for our profession’s primary goal. Particularly here in Los Angeles, ‘elevate’ is a concept we aim to actualize through our work," current president Mitra Memari said in her address. "All the awards tonight reflect these efforts to ‘elevate,’ whether through innovative and sustainable design; developing supportive housing; adaptive reuse to preserve our history; reimagining healthcare facilities to improve the patient experience; or working on the frontlines to advocate for equity and inclusion in all forms.”

Each winner complies with environmental standards in the national AIA's 2030 Commitment climate strategy. 

Here is the full list of recognized projects and images of this year's Honor Award winners.

2022 AIA|LA DESIGN AWARD WINNERS

Typology: Adaptive Re-use/Renovation/Historical Preservation

• Honor Award: One Westside (Los Angeles, CA) by Gensler
• Merit Award: The Press (Costa Mesa, CA) by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects
• Citation Award: Herald Examiner (Los Angeles, CA) by Gensler
• Citation Award: Pritzker Hall Modernization (Los Angeles, CA) by CO Architects

Typology: Affordable Housing

• Honor Award: La Placita Cinco (Anaheim, CA) by City Fabrick and TCA Architects
• Merit Award: Gramercy Senior Housing (Los Angeles) by Kevin Daly Architects 
• Citation Award: 649 Lofts & Joshua House Health Center (Los Angeles, CA) by Abode Communities

Typology: Mixed-Use

• Merit Award: XOMA (Mexico City, Mexico) by Belzberg Architects

Typology: Commercial/Mixed-Use

• Merit Award: Millennium East Village (Santa Monica, CA) by Michael W. Folonis Architects

Typology: Educational

• Merit Award: California State University, Los Angeles, Student Services Building (Los Angeles, CA) by ZGF
• Merit Award: John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center (Santa Monica, CA) by HGA
• Citation Award: Ojai Valley School (Ojai Valley, CA) by Frederick Fisher and Partners (FF&P)

Typology: Healthcare/Institutional/Civic

• Honor Award: BAR Center (Los Angeles, CA) by Belzberg Architects
• Merit Award: Riverside Main Library (Riverside, CA) by Johnson Favaro
• Citation Award: First Americans Museum (Oklahoma City, OK) by Johnson Fain
• Citation Award: Cedars-Sinai Los Feliz (Los Feliz, CA) by Abramson Architects 

Typology: Architectural Installations

• Honor Award: Leimert Park Community Fridge (Los Angeles, CA) by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects
• Merit Award: Over View (Pittsburgh, PA) by FreelandBuck
• Citation Award: Gallery 90220 (Los Angeles) by Gensler

Typology: Interior Architecture

• Merit Award: Psyop (Los Angeles) by Vertebrae
• Merit Award: Dropbox Headquarters (San Francisco, CA) by Johnston Marklee

Typology: Single-Family Residential

• Honor Award: HT Residence (Manhattan Beach, CA) by Laney LA
• Merit Award: A+M House (Los Angeles) by Eric Owen Moss 
• Citation Award: Desert Palisades (Palm Springs, CA) by Woods + Dangaran

Typology: Multi-Family Residential

• Honor Award: 11NOHO (North Hollywood) by Brooks + Scarpa
• Merit Award:  Allen Apartments (Buffalo, NY) by asap/ adam sokol architecture practice
• Merit Award: Canyon Drive (Los Angeles, CA) by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
• Citation Award: Granville 1500 (Los Angeles, CA) by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects

2022 AIA|LA NEXT LA WINNERS

Typology: Affordable Housing

• Honor Award: LAC + USC Restorative Care Village by GGA 

Typology: Cityscapes

• Merit Award: PLA by SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop, Inc.
• Merit Award: Low Rise - Designed by Bestor Architecture

Typology: Commercial/Mixed-Use

• Citation Award: 843 N Spring Street - Designed by LEVER Architecture

Typology: Educational 

• Merit Award: UC Riverside Plant Growth Environments by HKS Architects, Inc.
• Citation Award: Philadelphia Neurological Institute by Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign

Typology: Multi-Unit Residential 

• Honor Award: One Full House by Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS)
• Merit Award: Echo Park Co-living by West of West

Typology: Single-Unit Residential

• Merit Award: Infill ADU by Sharif, Lynch: Architecture
• Citation Award: Dusty Mile by The LADG

Typology: Temporary Shelter

• Citation Award: King Solomon Village by City Design Studio LLC

Typology: Adaptive Reuse

• Citation Award: Japanese Institute of Sawtelle by Good Project Company
• Citation Award: Xantho Workhouse by Brooks + Scarpa

Typology: Competitions 

• Citation Award: We and Our Mountains by MNOffice