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The AIA|LA Presidential Awards

THE HISTORY

The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|LA) has an enriched tradition of recognizing distinguished professionals with an annual allocation of AIA|LA Presidential and Board of Directors Awards. These Awards provide the foundations of what the Los Angeles Chapter stand for: recognition of excellence in design and reward for those individuals whose passion, talent and dedication make an undeniable and permanent contribution to our city’s built environment and our community.

In recognizing that architecture and design matter, and that communities are built on the leadership provided by the profession, the AIA|LA Presidential and Board of Directors Awards enable the Chapter to bestow upon select individuals an honor that has become highly regarded in Southern California.

A POLICY FOR RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE

In an effort to further strengthen the prestige of the Presidential and Board of Directions Awards and, at the same time, make their allocation and designation more consistent with the core values of the Chapter, a transparent policy has been set that will outline the process and define the criteria for each award.

ARCHIVE OF AWARD RECIPIENTS

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AIACC DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATION AWARD

  • 1993: Chester A. Widom, FAIA - National AIA President 1995
  • 1993: Robert Kennard, FAIA
  • 1993: Robert Harris, FAIA; David Hertz; Merry Norris, Hon. AIA|LA; Charles “Duke” W. Oakley, AIA; Ove Arup

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BUILDING TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • 2011: Pacific Design Center RedBuilding

Area Architecture
Charles S. Cohen - Developer/Owner RedBuilding
City of West Hollywood
Englekirk Structural Engineers
FBA Engineering
Gruen Associates
Jones & Jones
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Thermalair, Inc.
Tsuchiyama Kaino Sun & Carter

  • 2010: W Hollywood Hotel & Residences

Community Redevelopment Agency, City of LA
Daly Genik Architects
DCI Engineers
designstudio ltd
Gatehouse Capital
HKS, Inc.
Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
Perkins+Will
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Roschen Van Cleve Architects
Sussman/Prejza
Webcor Builders

  • 2009: LAPD Headquarters

AECOM Design
Roth + Sheppard Architects Studio 0.10
John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering
Council District #9 – City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Police Department
Nabih Youssef Associates Structural Engineering
TMAD Taylor & Gaines
Meléndrez Landscape Architecture, Planning & Urban Design
Tutor-Saliba Corporation
S.J. Amoroso Construction Co, Inc.
Vanir Construction Management, Inc.
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Inc.
Merry Norris Contemporary Art
Department of Cultural Affairs – City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Contract Administration

  • 2008: BCAM/LACMA

Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Gensler
Arup
KPFF
Robert Irwin
Valley Crest Landscape Development
Aurora Development
LACMA
MATT Construction
Eli Broad
County of Los Angeles
Chris Burden

  • 2007: The California Endowment

Rios Clementi Hale Studios
House & Robertson Architects
DMJM Rottet
Sussman/Prejza
Englekirk & Sabol Consulting Structural Engineers, Inc.
IBE Consulting Engineers
Kocher Schirra Goharizi
Urban Partners, LLC
MATT Construction
S.L. Leonard & Associates, Inc.

  • 2006: The J. Paul Getty Villa

SPF:architects
Machado & Silvetti Associates, Inc.
kornrandolph
Morley Construction Company
The Getty Villa Renovation Team
Corbin Smith
Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA
Bradley Johnson, AIA
Matt Randolph
Reginald Jackson, AIA

  • 2005: CalTrans District 7 Headquarters Building

Cal Trans District #7
Morphosis
Gruen Associates Urban Partners, LLC Construction Group - California, LP, Douglas R. Failing, District Director
Kurt Franzen, AIA
Dan Rosenfeld, Hon. AIA|LA
Richard Heim
Marc Kersey

  • 2004: The Gold Line

Ric Thorpe, MTA
Eric Olson, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Andrew P. Cohen, AIA, Gensler
Ki Suh Park, FAIA, FAICP, Gruen Associates
Leslie Elwood, AIA, Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project
Doug Duplisea, Kiewit Washington Joint Venture
Robert Holmquist, AIA, Parsons USA

  • 2003: Walt Disney Concert Hall

Gehry Partners, LLP
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Beck Madson Associates, Inc.
Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.
Frederick Russell Brown & Associates
Gordon H. Smith Corp.
John A. Martin & Associates
LRM, Ltd. Landscape Architecture
Levine/Seegel Associates
Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Office
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Melinda Taylor
Mortenson
The Music Center of Los Angeles County
Nagata Acoustics, Inc.
Rosales Organ Builders

  • 2002: UCLA Westwood Replacement Hospital

Perkins & Will
Pei Partnership Architects
RBB Architects
ARUP
UCLA Medical Center and Capital Programs
John A. Martin & Associates
Davis Langdon Adamson
UCMT-URS/Turner Construction Co. Tutor-Saliba Corp.

  • 2001: Los Angeles City Hall Restoration

AC Martin Partners
Stegeman and Kastner
Clark Construction
Project Restore
Levin & Associates
Nabih Youssef & Associates
Sindik Olson Associates
City of LA Bureau of Engineers

  • 2000: Los Angeles Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels

Rafael Moneo
Leo A. Daly
Morley Builders
Stegeman and Kastner

  • 1999: Staples Center

PCL Construction Services, Inc.
LA Arena Company
NBBJ Sports & Entertainment

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CALIFORNIA HERITAGE AWARD

  • 2006: Dr. Kevin Starr – University Professor & Professor of History, USC
  • 2003: Charles W. Moore, FAIA

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CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

  • 2000: Mayor Richard Riordan & The LA County Board of Supervisors
  • 1999: Los Angeles Center Studios
  • 1998: Warren Olney - Host of “Which Way LA” KCRW
  • 1997: Jane Burrell, Chief, Art Museum Educator, LACMA; David Benoit
  • 1994: Fox KTTV; Jose Rios, News Director

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CITY LEGACY AWARD

  • 2005: Louis Naidorf, FAIA: The Capital Records Tower Building
  • 2004: The 1984 Olympics: Deborah Sussman, Sussman/Prejza & Company
    Paul Prejza, Sussman/Prejza & Company
    Jon Jerde, FAIA, The Jerde Partnership
    David Meckel, FAIA - California College of Arts & Crafts
    John Aleksich, AIA - John Aleksich AIA Architect, Inc.

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CITY REBUILDER AWARD

  • 2006: Nelson C. Rising, Board of Trustees of ProLogis, Former Chairman & CEO of Catellus Development Corp
  • 2005: Art Center College of Design, Daly Genik Architects: Kevin Daly, AIA; Chris Genik, AIA; Richard Koshalek
  • 2004: Wade Killefer, AIA & Barbara Flammang - Killefer Flammang Architects
  • 2003: CIM Group
  • 2002: Tom Gilmore

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CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY & THE PROFESSION

  • 2011: John Chase, Assoc. AIA - Urban Design, City of West Hollywood
  • 2006: Frederick M. Nicholas
  • 2006: Richard Riordan, former Los Angeles Mayor
  • 2005: Eli Broad, Founder, The Eli Broad Foundation
  • 2004: Los Angeles River Project:
    Arthur Golding, Arthur Golding & Associates
    Lewis MacAdams, President, Friends of the Los Angeles River Project
    Councilmember Ed Reyes, City of Los Angeles
    Rob Kubomoto, LA County Dept. of Public Works
  • 2004: Frances Anderton, KCRW
  • 2003: Jan Breidenbach, SCANPH
  • 2003: David Abel, New Schools Better Neighborhoods
  • 2002: Robert Timme, FAIA
  • 2001: Southern California Institute of Architecture
  • 2000: Central City Association
  • 1999: Richard Koshalek
  • 1998: Steve Soboroff- Senior Advisor to Richard Riordan
  • 1997: Barrio Planners
  • 1996: Robert Uyeda, FAIA - Project Architect - Tetra Design
  • 1996: Timothy J. Brandt, AIA - Historic Preservation Consultant, Historic Resources Group
  • 1996: G. Peyton Hall, AIA - Historic Preservation Consultant, Historic Resources Group
  • 1996: A. Jeffrey Skorneck, AIA, Project Manager - Community Redevelopment Agency
  • 1995: Richard Koshalek & David Laventhol – MOCA
  • 1995: Ken Williams - Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
  • 1994: Convention Committee: Ki Suh Park, FAIA, Chair
    Huell Howser – KCET
    John Mutlow, FAIA
    Historic Resources Committee - Gordon Olshlager, AIA, Chair
    Kelly Ingalls, Design Committee
    Jann Williams, AIA, Chair
  • 1993: Shelly Kappe, Hon. AIA|LA
  • 1993: Michael Kreski
  • 1993: Interior Architecture Committee
  • 1993: Young Architects Forum
  • 1993: Design Awards Committee
  • 1993: Government Relations Committee
  • 1993: Michelle Pride-Wells, AIA

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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD * 2010: Ralph Knowles - USC * 2009: Sylvia Lavin, Professor – UCLA Dept. of Architecture & Urban Design * 2008: Thomas S. Hines * 2007: Karen Hanna * 2006: The Art Center College of Design: Richard Koshalek, President * 2006: Southern California Institute of Architecture: Ray Kappe, FAIA, Founder & Eric Owen Moss, FAIA, Director * 2005: Newest members of 2x8:
Martin Gelber, FAIA (Pierce College)
C. Coleman Griffith & Peter DeMaria (Pasadena City College)
William Maxwell Taylor, AIA (LAIAD)
Eduardo Perez & Jerry Ishino (East LA College)
Dorothy Ottolia, AIA & Tor Hovind (Cal State Long Beach)
Dr. Art Wikita (LA Harbor College)
* 2004: LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design: Kazys Varnelis; Craig Hodgetts, AIA; Ben Caffey, AIA * 2003: Randall Wilson, Art Center College of Design * 2002: Ildiko Choy, AIA * 2001: Kathi Littmann & Marvin Taff, FAIA, LAUSD * 1999: Andy Lipkis, TreePeople * 1998: Robert H. Timme, FAIA * 1997: Lou Naidorf, FAIA

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EXCELLENCE IN THE SERVICE OF GOOD DESIGN

  • 2003: Robert F. Maguire III
  • 2002: Michael Lehrer, AIA

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EMERGING PRACTICE AWARD (formerly FIRM OF THE YEAR)

  • 2011: Lee + Mundwiler Architects
  • 2010: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
  • 2009: Daly Genik Architects

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GOLD MEDAL AWARD

  • 2011: Neil M. Denari, AIA
  • 2010: Brenda Levin, FAIA
  • 2009: Michael Rotondi, FAIA
  • 2008: Scott Johnson, FAIA & William H. Fain, FAIA
  • 2007: John Ruble, FAIA & Buzz Yudell, FAIA
  • 2006: Craig Hodgetts, FAIA & Ming Fung, AIA
  • 2005: Michael Palladino, AIA
  • 2004: Jon Jerde, FAIA
  • 2003: Anthony J. Lumsden, FAIA
  • 2002: Barton Myers, FAIA
  • 2001: Eric Owen Moss, FAIA
  • 2000: Thom Mayne, FAIA
  • 1999: Pierre Koenig, FAIA
  • 1998: Richard Meier, FAIA
  • 1997: Frank Gehry, FAIA
  • 1996: Ray Kappe, FAIA
  • 1994: Daniel Dworsky, FAIA 
  • 1993: John Lautner

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GOOD GOVERNMENT AWARD

  • 2009: Adolfo Nodal, President of the Cultural Affairs Commission
  • 2008: Mary Klaus-Martin; Jane Usher
  • 2007: Gary Lee Moore
  • 2006: Mark Winogrond, Interim LA Planning Director & former CAO of Culver City
  • 2005: Deborah Weintraub, AIA, Deputy City Engineer, Public Works / Bureau of Engineering
  • 2004: City of Santa Monica, Environmental and Public Works: Craig Perkins; Susan Munves
  • 2003: LA County Department of Public Works: Tom Remillard; Barbara Cangas, William Haglund, Steve Cloke
  • 2002: Andrew Adleman, Los Angeles Dept. of Building & Safety

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HISTORIC PRESERVATON AWARD

  • 2009: Ken Bernstein, Manager of the Office of Historic Resources, City of LA Department of City Planning
  • 2008: Linda Dishman
  • 2007: Christy McAvoy
  • 2006: Hon. Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles City Councilmember; Windsor Square HPOZ & Griffith Observatory

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HONORARY AIA|LA AWARD (alphabetical by last name)

  • Frances Anderton, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Janice Axon, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Tom Bradley, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Jane Burrell, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Carlo Caccavale, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Dorothy Chandler, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Ida Del Pozzo, AIA|LA
  • Charles Eames, AIA|LA
  • Ray Eames, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Craig Ellwood, Hon. AIA|LA
  • John Entenza, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Buckminster Fuller, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Francesca Garcia-Marques, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Barbara Goldstein, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Ray Herbert, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Elaine Sewell Jones, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Sam Hall Kaplan, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Shelley Kappe, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Valley Knudsen, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Sally Landworth, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Dan MacMasters, Hon. AIA|LA
  • James McCormick, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Esther McCoy, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Rita E. Miller, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Dion Neutra, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Merry Norris, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Rose Marie Rabin, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Marvin Rand, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Danette Riddle, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Dan Rosenfeld, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Harry Saunders, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Art Seidenbaum, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Julius Shulman, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Nicola Solomons, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Chris Tosdevin, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Richard Turpin, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Ann Videriksen, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Konrad Wachsmann, Hon. AIA|LA
  • John H. Welborne, Esq., Hon. AIA|LA
  • Emmet Wemple, FASLA, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Michael Woo, Hon. AIA|LA
  • Will Wright, Hon. AIA|LA

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • 2009: William Krisel, AIA
  • 2007: Norma Sklarek
  • 2006: Ray Kappe, FAIA (for Education)
  • 2002: Ira Yellin
  • 1999: Bernard Zimmerman, FAIA

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • 2000: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
  • 1998: The Getty Center
  • 1998: Harold Williams, President Emeritus
  • 1998: Steve Roundtree
  • 1998: Dr. Barry Munitz
  • 1997: Wing Chao, FAIA

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PACIFIC RIM AWARD

  • 1998: RTKL Associates; David J. Brotman, FAIA
  • 1997: Jon Jerde, FAIA & Kisho Kurokawa, Hon. FAIA

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PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

  • 2011: Merry Norris, Hon. AIA|LA (Design Advocate Award)
  • 2010: Skid Row Housing Trust (Humanity + Architecture Award)
  • 2010: Carl Schatz - Central City Association (City Rebuilder Award)
  • 2010: MATT Construction (Allied Profession Award)
  • 2010: The Architect's Newspaper (Architectural Interpreter Award)
  • 2010: Wallis Annenberg - Annenberg Foundation (Patron of Architecture Award)
  • 2007: Orange Line (Transportation Award):
    STV Inc.
    URS
    Horton Lees Brogden
    Parsons Transportation Group
    Metro (MTA)
  • 2001: Chris Tosdevin, bulthaup (LA)
  • 2000: Cardinal Roger M. Mahony
  • 1998: The Getty Center:
    Harold Williams, President Emeritus
    Steve Roundtree
    Dr. Barry Munitz
  • 1997: Disney Family
  • 1996: Angels Flight Railway:
    Denis Luna, Chairman
    John H. Welborne, President
    Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, Principal
    Severyn Aszkenazy, Principal
    Pueblo Contracting Services
    Francesca Garcia-Marques, Hon. AIA|LA
  • 1996: Habitat for Humanity International
    David C. Snell, Director - Habitat for Humanity Int’l
  • 1995: Dan P. Garcia - Warner Bros.
  • 1994: Ira Yellin - The Yellin Company

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • 2008: Nabih Youssef

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PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AWARD

  • 2009: Mia Lehrer + Associates – Vista Hermosa Park Project
  • 2007: William H. Fain, FAIA
  • 2006: Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks
  • 2005: Rios Clementi Hale Studios: The Chess Park in Glendale Mark Rios; Frank Clementi; Robert G. Hale
  • 2004: UCLA - Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden: Howard Troller, Troller-Mayer | Associates; Cynthia Burlingham, UCLA Hammer Museum

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SPIRIT OF LOS ANGELES AWARD

  • 2007: Charles Steven Cohen
  • 2006: Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa

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TWENTY-FIVE YEAR AWARD

  • 2011: Loyola Law School Campus: Frank O. Gehry, FAIA
  • 2010: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
  • 2009: St. Basil Roman Catholic Church: AC Martin Partners, Inc.
  • 2008: Century Plaza Towers: Minuro Yamasaki
  • 2007: The 2468 House: Thom Mayne & Michael Rotondi
  • 2006: The Gehry Residence
  • 2005: The De Bretteville-Simon Houses
  • 2003: Pacific Design Center
  • 2002: Gemini G.E.L.: Frank Gehry & Associates
  • 2001: Art Center College of Design
  • 2000: Pierre Koenig Case Study House
  • 1999: DWP Building

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URBAN DESIGN AWARD

  • 2010: Bill E. Roschen, FAIA - LA Planning Commission (Urban Design & Planning Award)
  • 2008: Team responsible for the “DESIGN for a LIVABLE DOWNTOWN” Urban Design Guildelines & Street Standards (Urban Design Team Award)

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Last Updated: Mar 27, 2012