Here are AIA California's 2023 Residential Architecture Awards winners

The American Institute of Architects California has revealed the sixteen winning projects of this year's AIA CA Residential Design Awards. 

Representing a wide array of scales, typologies, and locations across the Golden State, the selected buildings were recognized for a combination of design excellence and sustainability performance. 

The Awards jury was comprised of Paul Mankins (Founder, Substance Architecture; Professor of Practice in Architecture, Iowa State University College of Design), Pauline Souza (Director of Sustainability and Lead, K-12 and Community Studio, WRNS), and  William Taylor (Principal, StreetStudioLA; Founding Director, Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design).

Following are the winning residential projects of 2023.

(Cover image) Climate Action Award: Laurel Hills Residence
Los Angeles, CA
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Climate Action Award: Casa Adelante 2060 Folsom
San Francisco, CA
Mithun in collaboration with Y.A. Studio, associate architect.

Honor Award: Santa Ana Arts Collective
Santa Ana, CA
Studio One Eleven

Honor Award: Ribera Road
Carmel, CA
Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects

Honor Award: Madrone Ridge
Sonoma County, CA
Field Architecture

Honor Award: Evelyn ADU
Albany, CA
3R Studio

Merit Award: Tahanan Supportive Housing
San Francisco, CA
David Baker Architects

Merit Award: Manhattan Beach House
Manhattan Beach, CA
Montalba Architects / David Montalba, FAIA, SIA, LEED AP

Merit Award: Sunset Residence
Los Angeles, CA
Griffin Enright Architects

Merit Award: Owl House
Petaluma, CA
MAD Architecture/ Mary Dooley, AIA

Merit Award: Moss Rock
Healdsburg, CA
Swatt Miers Architects, Robert Swatt, FAIA

Merit Award: 666 Oak
San Francisco, CA
Kennerly Architecture & Planning, Inc

Merit Award: House Stepping Down A Hill
Los Angeles, CA
Bestor Architecture

Design For Energy Award: Las Flores Apartments
Santa Monica, CA
DE Architects AIA

Design for Resources Award: Berkeley Way Apartments and Hope Center
Berkeley, CA
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

Design for Ecosystems Award: Sea Ranch Meadow II
The Sea Ranch, CA
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop