AIA Los Angeles Lauds 29 Examples of Innovative Residential Design

The program recognizes single-family, multifamily, renovation, and affordable housing projects.

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Courtesy Lehrer Architects

AIA Los Angeles has named 29 winners for its 2017 Residential Architecture Awards, which recognizes both single- and multifamily projects. Most of the projects are located in California, but residences in Thailand, Spain, China, and New York—all with teams that included L.A.-area firms—also made the list. Three projects by L.A.-based Patrick Tighe Architecture were recognized this year (the most by a single firm), including the Garrison Residence (above) in Redondo Beach, Calif., which won a merit award in the single-family residential (up to 5,000 square feet) category.

Single Family Residential (up to 2,500 square feet)

Honor: Affordable Starter Home Prototype, South Los Angeles
Lehrer Architects

Joshua White

Honor: IVRV House, Los Angeles
SCI-Arc

Paul Vu

Merit: Wagner Guest House, Los Angeles
Schmidt Architecture

Dominique Vorillon

Citation: Vertical Venice Prefab (V.V3), Los Angeles
Office of Mobile Design

Art Gray, Kevin Lau

Citation: Nurizzo Residence, West Hollywood, Calif.
Patrick Tighe Architecture

Single Family Residential (up to 5,000 square feet)

Paul Vu

Honor: MU77, Los Angeles
Arshia Architects

Jeremy Bitterman

Honor: Skyline, Santa Barbara, Calif.
ShubinDonaldson

Tom Bonner

Merit: Wall House, Ojai, Calif.
Johnson Fain

Art Gray

Merit: Garrison Residence, Redondo Beach, Calif.
Patrick Tighe Architecture

Michael Wells Photography

Citation: Hedge House, Los Angeles
Jacobschang Architecture

Single Family Residential (5,000 square feet and up)

Spaceshift Studio

Honor: Chiang Mai Residence, Chiang Mai, Thailand
WHY

Marcello Pozzi

Honor: 90 Pheasant, Southampton, N.Y.
Marcello Pozzi Architecture & Design

Laura Hull

Merit: Romero Canyon, Montecito, Calif.
Studio WIlliam Hefner

Benny Chan/Fotoworks

Citation: Edges Residence, Los Angeles
Belzberg Architects

Miguel de Guzman

Citation: La Moraleja Villa, Madrid
XTEN + Extudio + Losada Garcia

Multi-Family Residential (up to 20 units)

Laure Joliet, Iwan Baan

Honor: Blackbirds, Los Angeles
Bestor Architecture

Lawrence Anderson

Merit: Cloverdale749, Los Angeles
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Multi-Family Residential (up to 50 units)

Su Chen

Honor: Peace Creek Villas, Chengdu, China
John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

Paul Vu

Merit: Mariposa1038, Los Angeles
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Adaptive Reuse | Renovation | Historic Preservation

Douglas Olson, Geoff Captain

Honor: The Elysian, Los Angeles
David Lawrence Gray Architects

Michael Weschler

Honor: Oakdell Residence, Los Angeles
Assembledge+

Courtesy Brandon Shigeta

Honor: Hide Out, Los Angeles
Dan Brunn Architecture

Media Carrot Photography

Merit: Edwin Residence, Los Angeles
AND studio

Eric Staudenmaier

Merit: Bowen House, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
ORA

Nick Merrick/Hedrich Blessing Photographers

Merit: Restoration of Marina Tower Model Apartment by Killingsworth, Brady & Smith, Long Beach, Calif.
Ted Hyman, FAIA

Steve King

Citation: Rear Window House, Culver City, Calif.
Edward Ogosta Architecture

Affordable Housing

Iwan Baan

Honor: Broadway Affordable Housing, Santa Monica, Calif.
Kevin Daly Architects

Iwan Baan

Merit: Crest Apartments, Los Angeles
Michael Maltzan Architecture

Merit: La Brea Affordable Housing, West Hollywood, Calif.
Patrick Tighe Architecture, John V. Mutlow Architects

View more images of the 2017 AIA|LA Residential Architecture Awards winners in ARCHITECT’s Project Gallery.

About the Author

Sara Johnson

Sara Johnson is the former associate editor, design news at ARCHITECT. Previously, she was a fellow at CityLab. Her work has also appeared in San Francisco, San Francisco Brides, California Brides, DCist, Patchwork Nation, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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