LACMA and wildfire groups among 2025 LA Architectural Award winners

The Los Angeles Business Council has announced the winners of its 55th LA Architectural Awards. Taking place less than a year after wildfires devastated areas in and around the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, the 2025 edition of the series was aimed at “honoring organizations that are uniting Angelenos around wildfire recovery and rebuilding and celebrating innovative designs that reflect the region’s leadership in culture, sports and mobility.”

Four dozen projects were recognized across the series, selected from a pool of hundreds of submissions. Among the winners were theLos Angeles County Museum of Art David Geffen Galleries, the LAX/Metro Transit Center, and the Intuit Dome. The Community Impact Award was awarded to 19 local organizations taking the lead in rebuilding communities devastated by January’s fires.

“This year we are honoring projects that are building – and rebuilding – a Los Angeles that puts community first,” said LABC President Mary Leslie. “From grassroots organizations working on the ground in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades to world-class cultural, sports, and transit venues, our award winners demonstrate the determination to showcase Los Angeles for the World Cup and Olympics in the near term and create a bright, sustainable, and shared long-term future.”

Below, we have published this year’s full list of winners. You can compare this year’s selection to those of previous years by reviewing our ongoing coverage of the series here.

Grand Prize Award

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art - David Geffen Galleries by Atelier Peter Zumthor, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill LLP, and Olin

Chairman’s Award

• Intuit Dome by AECOM, Anderson Barker Architects, City Design Studio
• LAX/Metro Transit Center Station by Gruen Associates/ Grimshaw  

Community Impact Award

• California Community Foundation 
• Department of Angels
• Altagether
• Altadena Rising
• Clergy Community Coalition
• Community Women Vital Voices
• Eaton Fire Collaborative Leadership Council
• Eaton Fire Residents United
• Eaton Fire Survivors Network
• Pacific Palisades Community Council
• Palisades Recovery Coalition
• Project Passion
• PostFire
• Resilient Palisades Coalition
• Team Palisades
• Legacy Land Project
• UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate 
• Steadfast LA

Housing Projects – Multi-Family Affordable

• Lamia Rose by KTGY
• Las Palmas Apartments by KFA Architecture
• Bryson Legacy by AO
• CD 1 Cypress Park Homeless Housing by Kadre Architects with Lehrer Architects and BOE, Architectural Division
• 600 San Pedro by Large Architecture

Housing Projects – Multi-Family Market Rate

• The Charlie by OFFICEUNTITLED
• Rosewood Residences Beverly Hills by MVR + Partners

Housing Projects – Single Family Residential

• Lantern House by RIOS
• New Project Beverly Hills Residence by Paul Brant Williger

Education

• Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum by AUX Architecture
• University of Southern California Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall by HOK

Renovated Buildings

• 11755 Wilshire by RIOS
• Japanese Institute of Sawtelle by Good Project Company
• Wilshire Boulevard Temple Resnick Family Campus by Gruen Associates

Adaptive Reuse

• Betty Bazar Community Center by Kadre Architects
• AIALA + ACLA Center for Communities by Clay Holden Architects
• Palisades Charter High School by Gensler

Mixed-Use Projects

• The Whole Child’s Safe Families Interim Housing and Support Services Center by SVA Architects
• Alloy by SCB, Works Architecture

Hospitality

• Regent Santa Monica Beach Hotel by Houston/Tyner, A Professional Architecture Corp.

Design Concept

• Exposition Park Master Plan by Torti Gallas + Partners and MIG
• Puente Hills Regional Park by HDR, Inc, OJB Landscape Architecture, and Studio-MLA 
• Rams Village at Warner Center by Gensler and Studio-MLA

Under Construction

• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Replacement Program by CO Architects and HMC Architects
• 700 Broadway by Large Architecture
• Sushi Samba by NCA Studio and Dizon Collective
• Hollywood Park Studios, A Kroenke Holdings Development by Gensler

Civic Buildings

• Gower Court Mausoleum by Lehrer Architects LA, Inc. and Roberto Sheinberg Arqitectura Y Diseno
• Museum of Natural History – Commons by Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects

Interiors

• Figueroa Eight by Johnson Fain, Price Architects Inc + HKS Architects, Inc, and Rottet Studio 

Landscape

• Freedom Tree Park by CHEE SALETTE and Tina Chee Landscape Studio
• Casitas Avenue Open Space by Tina Chee Landscape Studio
• Porter Ranch Park Pavilion by Kalban Architects and C2 Collaborative

Healthcare

• Hope Plaza, City of Hope Comprehensive by CO Architects and EwingCole (Cancer Care)

Workplace

• The Campus Project by House & Robertson and LEVER Architecture
• 42XX by House & Robertson Architects
• LUMEN WestLA by M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. and Gene Watanabe

Retail/Restaurants

• Helms Bakery by Oakes Architects, Inc.

Preservation

• Brunswick Court by LR/Architecture

Sustainability

• The Rainbow Garden by Marmol Radziner and Tavi Design Group
• Citrus Crossing by AC Martin

Mexico & Los Angeles Real Estate Award

• Edificio La Nacional by Fernanda Ahumada, Karen García, Christiane Salem, and Francisco Román

Beyond LA

• Orange County Sanitation District Headquarters by HDR, Inc
• Crow Museum of Asian Art at The University of Texas at Dallas by Morphosis Architects and GFF
• University of Arizona, Grand Challenges Research Building by ZGF
• Lever Club by Marmol Radziner and SOM

Legacy Award

• Andy Cohen, Global Co-chair, Gensler