The Los Angeles chapter of AIA has announced the winners of its 2014 Design Awards, Presidential Honorees, and the Next LA Awards, handed out for as-yet unbuilt projects. Winners are LA-based architects, but projects can be located anywhere in the world.Â
See the award winners below!
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Design Awards
Santa Monica Public Parking Structure # 6
Behnisch Architekten & Studio Jantzen
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Merit
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Pico Place
Brooks+ Scarpa
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Citation
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Hwaesong Sport Complex
DRDS
Hwaesong, Kyunggi, Korea
Category: Merit
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Vault House
Johnston Marklee & Associates
Oxnard, CA
Category: Citation
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Edison Language Academy
Kevin Daly Architects & IBI Group
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Merit
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Buzz Court
Heyday
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Merit
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A.P.C. Melrose Place
Laurent Deroo Architecte with WORD (Warren Office for Research and Design)
Los Angeles, CA
Category: MeritÂ
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Cloverdale 749
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects (LOHA)
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Citation
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Tongva Park + Ken Gensler Square
Miriam Mulder, AIA - City of Santa Monica, James Corner Field Operations and Frederick Fisher & Partners
Santa Monica, CA
Cateogry: Merit
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Emerson College
Morphosis Architects
Los Angeles, CA
Cateogry: Honor
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Cornell University
Morphosis Architects
Ithaca, New York
Category: Merit
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La Cage Aux Folles
Warren Techentin Architecture
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Citation
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Presidential Honors
25-Year Award: Kate Mantilini – Morphosis Architects & ROTO Architects
Emerging Practice: PAR – Jennifer Marmon, AIA
Design Advocate: Michael Webb, Hon. AIA|LA
Educator Award: Norman Millar, AIA – Woodbury University
Community Contribution: A+D MuseumÂ
Honorary AIA|LA: Tibbie Dunbar, A+D Museum
Honorary AIA|LA: Adele Yellin
Building Team: Emerson College
Gold Medal: Chris Martin, FAIA & David Martin FAIA – AC Martin Partners
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Next LA
Basketball Training Facility
AECOM
El Segundo, CA
Category: Merit
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Hearth
After Architecture
Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Category: Honor
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Innovative Bioclimatic European School Complex
Yianna Bouyioukou
Crete, Greece
Category: Merit
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The Broad Museum
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Gensler
Los Angeles, CA
Category: Honor
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Lexington Center Reinvention and Expansion
NBBJ & EOP
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Lexington, Kentucky
Category: Honor
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Salford Meadows Bridge
Standard
Salford, Great Britain
Category: Citation
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Heptagon House
Steven Christensen Architecture
Florence, Oregon
Category: Merit
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Liepaja Thermal Bath
Steven Christensen Architecture
Liepaja, Latvia
Category: Citation
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Pop-Up Chapel
Steven Christensen Architecture
Washington County, Oregon
Category: Citation
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Daegu Gosan Public Library
Synthesis Design + Architecture
Daegu, Korea
Category: Merit
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Kinmen Passenger Service Center
Tom Wiscombe Architecture, Inc.
Kinmen, Taiwan
Category: Honor
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Luxelake Bridge
Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design
Chengdu, China
Category: Citation
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