The results are in for the 2022 Residential Architecture Awards and the Architectural Photography Awards, the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|LA) announced at a May 20 cocktail party held in West Hollywood. Twenty-eight exceptional residential projects received awards across eight categories and 18 photographs were recognized in three categories.
The winning residential projects were grouped by typology: Single Family (small, medium, large), Multi-Residential (small, medium, large), Adaptive Re-Use, Additions and Accessory Dwelling Units, Affordable Housing, Sustainable Housing, and Temporary Housing. Projects within each category were also distinguished by level of award—honor, merit, and citation—with honor being the highest distinction.
Central themes highlighted in this year’s awards include addressing issues such as the housing crisis and climate change. In addition to receiving a Merit Award in the Affordable Housing category, Koning Eizenberg Architecture also received the Climate Positive Award for Flor 401 Lofts.
“Flor 401 Loft exemplifies how climate-sensitive design is inseparable from a truly equitable housing solution,” commented the 2022 AIA|LA Residential Architecture Awards jury, a panel comprised of Flora Lee, associate partner, MAD Architects; Gisela Loehlein, Head of Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and Stacy Williams, Bunche Center Librarian at the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
The 2022 AIA|LA Residential Architecture Awards also spotlighted women- and minority-owned firms, including Design, Bitches and Shin Shin, the latter also being a part of a handful of newcomers to the awards.
The Architectural Photography Awards were grouped into three categories: Best Image, Best Rendering, and Best Instagram Feed. A total of 18 images by 15 photographers were recognized based on how successfully they were able to create new ways of seeing well-known work. The panel deciding the Honor, Merit, and Citation awards consisted of architectural photographer Ashok Sinha, Montalba Architects founding partner David Montalba, and Elizabeth Parker, chief creative officer at Shimahara Visual.
Below is the full list of winners of both the 2022 AIA|LA Residential Architecture Awards and the Architectural Photography Awards. All winning projects in the Residential Architecture Awards are located in the City of Los Angeles or L.A. County unless otherwise indicated. And while we’ve included photographs of the Honor Award winners from both awards programs in the below list, images of all this year’s AIA|LA-lauded residential projects and photographs can be viewed here and here.
Residential Awards
Additions and Accessory Dwelling Units
MERIT
Stop Making Sense Accessible Dwelling Unit, Los Angeles | Bunch Design
Peach Pit, Los Angeles| Shin Shin Architecture
Affordable Housing
MERIT
Flor 401 Lofts, Los Angeles | Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Magnolia Villas, Santa Monica | DE Architects, AIA
Gramercy Senior Housing, Los Angeles | kevin daly Architects
CITATION
PATH Villas at South Gate, South Gate | Torti Gallas + Partners
Hope on Alvarado, Los Angeles | KTGY
Adaptive Re-Use/Renovation/Historic Preservation
HONOR
ASPEN-WEST END, Aspen, Colorado | ROCKETT DESIGN
Veneklasen House, Los Angeles | Chu–Gooding
Temporary Housing
CITATION
Hilda L. Solis Care First Village, Lost Angeles | NAC
HOPE ON LAFAYETTE, Los Angeles | DeMaria Design
Multi-Residential – Small
HONOR
Monterey Co-Living, Los Angeles | Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH]
FRAME, Tijuana, Mexico | Design Opera
Canyon Drive, Los Angeles | Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
CITATION
Huntley, West Hollywood | Albert Group
Multi-Residential – Large
HONOR
Granville1500, Los Angeles | Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
CITATION
The Fitz on Fairfax, West Hollywood | OFFICEUNTITLED
Single Family Residential – Small
HONOR
HT Residence, Manhattan Beach | Laney LA
MERIT
Sunset Terrace, Laguna Beach | Martin Fenlon Architecture
B+B House, Venice | Design, Bitches
Single Family Residential – Medium
HONOR
TrussHaus, Los Angeles | Space International
Desert Palisades, Palm Springs | Woods + Dangaran
CITATION
Project Name: 31st Street • Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach | LMD Architecture Studio
Single Family Residential – Large
HONOR
Sail House, Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Studio of Environmental Architecture
Mar Vista, Los Angeles | Woods + Dangaran
MERIT
Twentieth, Santa Monica | Woods + Dangaran
The Tree House, Southern California | KAA Design
Climate Positive Award
Jigsaw Small Lot Net Zero Townhomes, Culver City | Kendall Architecture Planning + Design
Project Name: Flor 401 Lofts, Los Angeles | Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Photography Awards
HONOR
Surface, Absence, The Return [Triptych], undisclosed location, Arizona | Scott Lorenzen, Affiliate AIA LA
Architect: Atelier David Telerman
Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Ryan Gobuty, Assoc. AIA
Architect: Legoretta
Colnaghi lV, London | Marcus Peel
Architect: Crawford and Gray Architects
MERIT
Wrap the Triomphe, Paris | Jonathan Ducrest
Architect: Original Arc de Triomphe designed by Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin; wrapped by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude
C-Glass House, Dillon Beach, California | Taiyo Watanabe
Architect: Deegan Day Design and Architecture, Joe Day
Monolith, La Jolla, California | Darren Bradley
Architect: William Pereira
CITATION
Foggy and Slow Day, Los Angeles | Lung Chi Chang, AIA
Architect: N/A
Mission Bay, San Francisco | Tim Griffith
Architect: Legorreta + Legorreta
Musubi House #1, Pa’auilo, HI | Darren Bradley
Architect: Craig Steely Architecture
Woman on a Bridge, Paris | Jonathan Ducrest
Roter Punkt, Weil am Rhein, Germany | Luis Ayala, AIA
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Best Rendering
HONOR
Hill House, Montecito | Robin Donaldson, AIA
MERIT
Dolford residential master plan by Brooks Murray Architects, United Kingdom | Miguel Rodrigo Gonzalez + Alvaro Monfort Pardo from Here and Now Agency Location: United Kingdom
CITATION
Quantor Office Scheme by ncbham, Brussels, Belgium | Miguel Rodrigo Gonzalez + Alvaro Monfort Pardo from Here and Now Agency
Location: Brussels,
Best Instagram Feed – Firm
Arturo + Lauren Engel (@arturo.and.lauren) | Arturo+Lauren
Best Instagram Feed – Individual
@360photo | Paul Marquez
