In addition to honoring renowned architect Ray Kappe with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the Los Angeles Business Council has awarded thirty-one local projects for their design excellence, sustainability and community impact at the 43rd annual LA Architectural Awards.
The 2013 Los Angeles Architectural Award Winners:
Grand Prize: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Headquarters / ZGF Architects LLP
Community Impact Award: Grand Park / Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Community Impact Award: Metro Orange Line Extension / Gruen Associates
“Best of L.A. Architects” Award: Sunnylands Center & Gardens at The Annenberg Retreat (Rancho Mirage, CA) / Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects + The Office of James Burnett
“Best of L.A. Architects” Award: Health Sciences Education Building (Phoenix, AZ) / CO Architects + Ayers Saint Gross
Civic Award: Lancaster Museum of Art and History / PSL Architects
Commercial Office Buildings and Headquarters Award: UTA Plaza / Shimoda Design Group
Design Concept Award: Wilshire Grand / AC Martin Partners
Design Concept Award: Sixth Street Viaduct / Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc. + HNTB Architecture
Education Award: University of California Los Angeles Court of Sciences Student Center / Safdie Rabines Architects
Education Award: The Resnick Institute for Sustainability/Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Caltech / John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
City of Los Angeles Green Building Award: Playa Vista Elementary School / Osborn Architects
Healthcare Award: UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Medical Building / Michael W. Folonis Architects
Hospitality Award: Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea – Clubhouse / Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design + Heerim Architects and Planners
Housing Award: Nakahouse / XTEN Architecture
Multi-Family-Affordable Housing Award: 28th Street Apartments / Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc.
LA Architecture Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Ray Kappe
Kappe stated: “I am very honored to be given this Lifetime Achievement Award by the Los Angeles Business Council for my 60 years in architectural practice and my contribution to architectural education, as well as my twenty years of involvement with urban design for the City of Los Angeles.”
Sustainability Award: Morphosis Los Angeles, Culver City / Morphosis Architects
Reference: Los Angeles Business Council, Bustler
