Herald Examiner Building, Obama Sports Complex, Orange County Museum of Art among 2023 LA Architectural Awards winners

The Los Angeles Business Council has announced the winners of its 53rd LA Architectural Awards. The series seeks to celebrate “designs that embrace innovative design standards that enhance the way we live in Los Angeles.”

Over four dozen projects were recognized across the series, selected from a pool of hundreds of submissions. Among the winners was the Herald Examiner Building, which won the Grand Prize.

“This year, the LABC is honoring projects that improve communities and neighborhoods in substantial and intentional ways,” said Mary Leslie, president of the Los Angeles Business Council. “Our honorees embody innovative designs that were not only crafted to reflect the needs and dreams of the people they were designed for but created as spaces that facilitate progress.”

Following are this year's winning projects.

Grand Prize

Herald Examiner Building by The Georgetown Company

Adaptive Reuse

• 821 Traction Avenue by Klein Agency and Loescher Meachem Architects
• NeueHouse Venice Beach by Loescher Meachem Architects and DesignAgency

Commercial Office & Headquarters

• Brick and Machine by Abramson Architects
• Schaefer II by RAC

Civic Buildings

• John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center by HGA Los Angeles
• Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex by SPF: architects

Education

• Antelope Valley College, Sage Hall Academic Common by HMC Architects
• California Institute of Art Animation Program Renovation by HGA Los Angeles
• Debbie Allen Dance Academy by Gensler

Healthcare

• Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, New Headquarters by CO Architects
• OneLegacy by LA-Architects

Hospitality

• AC and Moxy Hotels by Gensler and Steinberg Hart

Multi-Family Affordable Housing

• Las Flores Apartments by DE Architects
• Adams Terrace by Abode Communities & Architecture Studio
• Summit View Apartments by GGA+
• Hollywood Arts Collective by BSB Design

Multi-Family Market-Rate Housing

• Beaudry by Marmol Radziner and LARGE Architecture
• The Landmark Los Angeles by Gensler

Single-Family Residential Housing

Arroyo Oak House by Aaron Neubert Architects

Housing

• Safe Landing by KFA Architecture and J.R. Miller & Associates
• The Alvarado by Kadre Architects

Interiors

• Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles, Claudia and Nelson Peltz Social Lab by Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign
• CBRE Workplace 360 South Bay by CBRE Design Collective and Kardent
• Eastern Columbia Loft by Sheft Farrace

Landscape

• Logix Federal Credit Union Corporate by Pamela Burton & Company and New Ground
• Veterans Gardens at Pacific Palisades Park by Pamela Burton & Company

Mixed-Use

• The Wilshire & La Jolla Tower by Steinberg Hart
• VOX at Cumulus by TCA Architects

Renovation

• Mayfield Senior School by KFA Architecture
• Rose Garden Tea Room Renovation at the Huntington by Architecture Resource Group

Preservation

Harriman Building at Rancho Los Amigos by Gensler

Retail/Restaurant

Saffy’s by Nicky Kaplan Interiors and NCA Studio

Sustainability

• Confluence Park at FivePoint Valencia and Pacific Landing by AO
• Pacific Landing by Patrick TIGHE Architecture

Beyond LA

• The Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre by Michael Maltzan Architecture and Cibinel Architects
• UCSD Marine Conservation and Technology Facility by Safdie Rabines Architects
• Orange County Museum of Art by Morphosis Architects

Under Construction

• Los Angeles Chargers Training Facility by Gensler
• 42XX by RIOS and House & Robertson Architects
• Port of Los Angeles Window to the Wilmington Waterfront by Sasaki Associates and Port of Los Angeles

Design Concept

• Slauson Connect Recreation Center by Paul Murdoch Architects and Bureau of Engineering, Architectural Division
• 130 West College Street by Grimshaw
• Los Angeles Community College Central Quad by HGA Los Angeles

Innovation & Technology in the Built Environment

• Upper Los Angeles River & Tributaries Plan by Studio-MLA
• Backyard Homes 48th Street by Office Of

Community Impact Award

The Beehive by SoLa Impact

LA & Mexico Sustainable Real Estate Winners

Cosmpol Lifestyle by Jaime Varon, Abraham Metta and Alex Metta