Los Angeles Business Council Honors 30 Project Teams at 38th Annual LA Architectural Awards

The Los Angeles Business Council last week honored the region’s finest architecture design projects at the 38th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards..

Broad Contemporary Art Museum

The awards program, which recognizes entire project teams (architects, developers and contractors), spotlighted the abundance of world-class architecture and sustainable development being built in Los Angeles today.  Co-chairs Andy Cohen, FAIA, executive director at Gensler and Brooke Lauter, first vice president of corporate communications at Arden Realty and key leadership from sponsoring companies presented the awards to more than 30 project teams across 17 architectural and building categories.

In a new award category this year, the LABC and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa presented the first Los Angeles Green Building Award. This new category was created in order to properly acknowledge deserving projects that advance sustainable development in the city. Reinforcing Los Angeles’ growing prominence in the world of contemporary architecture, 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Jean Nouvel of France was the event keynote speaker.

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“For all of us that believe that growth and business and sustainability and the environment can go hand in hand, our time is now,” said Mayor Villaraigosa. “The demand in Los Angeles for building greener, more efficiently and earth-friendly has never been greater.”

In addition, the LABC presented a special Community Impact Award to the city of Los Angeles along with the exceptional architects and contractors who together comprise the city of Los Angeles Green Building Program. This award recognizes the 56 active sustainable municipal building projects, one of the largest municipal building programs in the nation. The LABC especially commended the Bureau of Engineering
as a green building leader in the city, for their management of 49 active LEED projects.

“It’s an honor for the city to be recognized for its environmental leadership,” says Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, who helped write the legislation that created the Green Building Program. “With the most expansive green building ordinance in the country, we are reducing our carbon footprint and acknowledging the advances of the green building industry.”

The LABC Architectural Awards honor project teams whose developments improve the quality of architecture and enhance the urban fabric of Los Angeles. Awards were presented in 17 categories: Civic, Design Concept, Education, Green Building, Healthcare, Housing, Interiors, L.A. Pride, Landscape Architecture, Mixed-Use, New Buildings, Preservation, Renovated Buildings, Retail, Sustainability, Unbuilt and Grand Prize.

“For over a year, the LABC has worked with the city to develop a private sector green building program and today we congratulate those design teams who have voluntarily complied and are building sustainable in Los Angeles,” says Mary Leslie, president of the Los Angeles Business Council.

Also for the first time, the LABC sent a Call for Entries to local high schools and universities and awarded the Rising Star Award to a student team from UCLA. Famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman honored the next generation and presented the award.

All awardees were selected by a 13-member jury of distinguished peers, including architects, developers and contractors. To receive an award, projects must be located within Los Angeles County and completed during 2006 or 2007 (“design concept” and “unbuilt” categories exempt).

The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA received the grand prize for developing and supporting the vision for a new LACMA campus. The team designed a series of buildings, connective walkways, grand stairways, open plazas, sculpture gardens, and public art, all in an effort to connect the campus and establish an environment that would unify the new exhibition of contemporary art, with the balance of their current collection.

ALLEN MATKINS
Green Building Award

Built
Project: Luma   
Architect: Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
Contractor: Howard S. Wright Construction  
Owner: The South Group

Unbuilt
Project: W Hollywood
Architect: HKS Architects, Inc.
Contractor: Webcor Builders
Owner: Gatehouse Capital              

Design Concept
Project: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Owner: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Macerich
Grand Prize
                       
Project: Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA         
Design Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Executive Architect: Gensler
Contractor: MATT Construction Corp.
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

AEG
Civic Award

Project: Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA         
Design Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Executive Architect: Gensler
Contractor: MATT Construction Corp.
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

CRESA PARTNERS
Design Concept Award

Affordable Low-Rise
Project: Sierra Bonita Housing
Architect: Tighe Architecture
Owner: West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation

Residential High-Rise
Project: 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard
Design Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Executive Architect: House & Robertson Architects, Inc.
Owner: SunCal Companies

Commercial
Project: Hotel Ray
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Owner: The Ambrose Group

Perkins + Will
Education Award

Project: LAUSD Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
Architect: Johnson Fain
Owner: Los Angeles Unified School District
Contractor: Clark Construction

L.A. Pride Award

Project: Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium
Architect: HKS Architects, Inc.
Contractor: DPR Construction       
Owner: The Los Angeles Dodgers

ARDEN REALTY
Sustainability Award

Commercial
Project: Symantec - Culver City
Architect: HOK                    
Contractor: Webcor Builders
Owner: Symantec Corporation

Civic
Project: Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility
Architect: HOK                    
Contractor: Intertex General Contractors, Inc.
Owner: City of Santa Clarita
               
Housing
Project: LivingHome
Architect: Ray Kappe Architects and Planners with LivingHomes
Contractor: Profile Structures INC - modular
Owner: LivingHomes
                       
HOK/FIVEKILLER CONSULTING
Healthcare Award

Project: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Design Architect: Pei Partnership Architects
Executive Architect: Perkins + Will
Consulting Architect: RBB Architects Inc.
Contractor: Tutor Saliba
Owner: UCLA Capital Programs

WATT COMPANIES
HOUSING AWARD

Single Family
Project: Altamira Residence
Architect: Marmol Radziner and Associates 
Contractor: Jerico Development Inc.
Owner: Eric and Susanne Johnson
Project: House in West Los Angeles
Architect: Barton Myers Associates, Inc.
Contractor: Peck Homes
Project: Skyline
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Owner: Skyline LLC

Multi Family High-Rise
Project: Luma   
Architect: Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
Contractor: Howard S. Wright Construction  
Owner: The South Group

Multi Family Low-Rise
Project: Habitat 825    
Architect: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
Contractor: Archetype, Inc.
Owner: Habitat Group Los Angeles

HAWORTH
Interiors AWARD

Commercial
Project: Edmunds.com
Architect: STUDIOS architecture
Contractor: Warner Constructors Inc.               
Owner: Edmunds.com

Civic
Project: Ahmanson Founders Room
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Contractor: SAS Construction
Owner: Music Center

Retail
Project: Paperfish Restaurant
Architect: Clive Wilkinson Architects
Contractor: Corporate Contractors
Owner: Patina Restaurant Group

SuncAL COMPANIES
Landscape ARCHITECTURE AWARD

Civic
Project: Santa Monica Airport Park
Architect: ah'bé landscape architects
Contractor: L.A. Engineering
Owner: City of Santa Monica

Residential
Project: South Park Streetscape
Architect: ah'bé landscape architects
Contractor: Kato Landscape
Developer: The South Group Partnership
Owner: City of Los Angeles
               
G&C equipment corporation
Mixed-Use aWARD

Design Concept
Project: Hotel and Residences at LA Live
Architect: Gensler
Contractor: Webcor Builders
Owner: AEG    

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS/CENTURY PLAZA TOWERS
New Buildings AWARD

Commercial
Project: Wallis Annenberg Research Center at the House Ear Institute    
Architect: Perkins+Will
Contractor: Rudolph & Sletten
Owner: House Ear Institute

Civic
Project: Santa Monica College - Theatre Arts Building   
Architect: Leo A Daly
Contractor: Turner Construction
Owner: Santa Monica College

MARSH
Preservation Award

Project: Ennis House Rehabilitation
Architect: Eric Lloyd Wright & Wiehle-Carr, Associated Architects
Owner: Ennis House Foundation
Contractor: MATT Construction Corp.

CHICAGO TITLE
Renovated Buildings Award

Residential
Project: The Biscuit Company Lofts
Architect: Aleks Istanbullu Architects
Owner: Linear City, LLC
Contractor: Linear City, LLC

Civic
Project: Cloverfield Services Center
Architect: Killefer Flammang Architects
Owner: OPCC
Contractor: Mackone Development, Inc.

GENSLER
Retail award

Design Concept
Project: Santa Monica Place
Design Architect: Jerde Partnership
Executive Architect: Omniplan
Owner: Macerich
Contractor: Whiting Turner

UNISOURCE SOLUTIONS
Unbuilt AWARD

Civic
Project: Hollenbeck Replacement Police Station
Architect: AC Martin Partners
Owner: City of Los Angeles
Contractor: FTR International, Inc.

Commercial
Project: Red Building   
Design Architect: Peli Clarke Pelli
Executive Architect: Gruen Associates
Owner: Pacific Red, LLC               
Contractor: Jones & Jones

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