World-Class Design and Sustainable Development Take the Spotlight at 38th Los Angeles...

World-Class Design and Sustainable Development Take the Spotlight at 38th Los Angeles Architectural Awards

Los Angeles Business Council Honors 30 Project Teams that Enhance
the Urban Fabric of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Today, the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) honored the
region's finest architecture design projects, including the new Los
Angeles Green Building Award, at the 38th Annual Los Angeles
Architectural Awards. The Awards Program, which recognizes entire
project teams (architects, developers and contractors), spotlighted
the abundance of world-class architecture and sustainable development
being built in Los Angeles today. Co-chairs Andy Cohen, FAIA,
Executive Director, Gensler and Brooke Lauter, First Vice President -
Corporate Communications, Arden Realty and key leadership from
sponsoring companies presented the awards to more than 30 project
teams across 17 architectural and building categories.

In a new award category this year, the LABC and Mayor Villaraigosa
presented the first Los Angeles Green Building Award. This new
category was created in order to properly acknowledge deserving
projects that advance sustainable development in the city. Reinforcing
Los Angeles' growing prominence in the world of contemporary
architecture, 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Jean Nouvel of
France was the event keynote speaker.

"For all of us that believe that growth and business and
sustainability and the environment can go hand in hand, our time is
now," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "The demand in Los
Angeles for building greener, more efficiently and earth-friendly has
never been greater."

In addition, the LABC presented a special Community Impact Award
to the City of Los Angeles along with the exceptional architects and
contractors who together comprise the City of Los Angeles Green
Building Program. This award recognizes the 56 active sustainable
municipal building projects, one of the largest municipal building
programs in the nation. The LABC especially commended the Bureau of
Engineering as a green building leader in the City, for their
management of 49 active LEED projects.

"It's an honor for the city to be recognized for its environmental
leadership," said Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti,
who helped write the legislation that created the Green Building
Program. "With the most expansive green building ordinance in the
country, we are reducing our carbon footprint and acknowledging the
advances of the green building industry."

The LABC Architectural Awards honor project teams whose
developments improve the quality of architecture and enhance the urban
fabric of Los Angeles. Awards were presented in 17 categories: Civic,
Design Concept, Education, Green Building, Healthcare, Housing,
Interiors, L.A. Pride, Landscape Architecture, Mixed-Use, New
Buildings, Preservation, Renovated Buildings, Retail, Sustainability,
Unbuilt and Grand Prize.

"For over a year, the LABC has worked with the City to develop a
private sector green building program and today we congratulate those
design teams who have voluntarily complied and are building
sustainable in Los Angeles," said Mary Leslie, President of the Los
Angeles Business Council.

Also for the first time, the LABC sent a Call for Entries to local
high schools and universities and awarded the Rising Star Award to a
student team from UCLA. Famed architectural photographer Julius
Shulman, a legend himself, honored the next generation and presented
the award.

All awardees were selected by a thirteen-member jury of
distinguished peers including architects, developers and contractors.
To receive an award, projects must be located within Los Angeles
County and completed during 2006 or 2007 ("design concept" and
"unbuilt" categories exempt). The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at
LACMA received the grand prize for developing and supporting the
vision for a new LACMA campus. The team designed a series of
buildings, connective walkways, grand stairways, open plazas,
sculpture gardens, and public art, all in an effort to connect the
campus and establish an environment that would unify the new
exhibition of contemporary art, with the balance of their current
collection.

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Winners of the 38th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards
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ALLEN MATKINS
GREEN BUILDING AWARD

Built

Project: Luma
Architect: Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
Contractor: Howard S. Wright Construction
Owner: The South Group

Unbuilt

Project: W Hollywood
Architect: HKS Architects, Inc.
Contractor: Webcor Builders
Owner: Gatehouse Capital

Design Concept

Project: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Owner: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

MACERICH
GRAND PRIZE

Project: Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA
Design Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Executive Architect: Gensler
Contractor: MATT Construction Corp.
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

AEG
CIVIC AWARD

Project: Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA
Design Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Executive Architect: Gensler
Contractor: MATT Construction Corp.
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

CRESA PARTNERS
DESIGN CONCEPT AWARD

Affordable Low-Rise

Project: Sierra Bonita Housing
Architect: Tighe Architecture
Owner: West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation

Residential High-Rise

Project: 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard
Design Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Executive Architect: House & Robertson Architects, Inc.
Owner: SunCal Companies

Commercial

Project: Hotel Ray
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Owner: The Ambrose Group

PERKINS + WILL
EDUCATION AWARD

Project: LAUSD Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
Architect: Johnson Fain
Owner: Los Angeles Unified School District
Contractor: Clark Construction

L.A. PRIDE AWARD

Project: Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium
Architect: HKS Architects, Inc.
Contractor: DPR Construction
Owner: The Los Angeles Dodgers

ARDEN REALTY
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Commercial

Project: Symantec - Culver City
Architect: HOK
Contractor: Webcor Builders
Owner: Symantec Corporation

Civic

Project: Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility
Architect: HOK
Contractor: Intertex General Contractors, Inc.
Owner: City of Santa Clarita

Housing

Project: LivingHome
Architect: Ray Kappe Architects and Planners with
LivingHomes
Contractor: Profile Structures INC - modular
Owner: LivingHomes

HOK/FIVEKILLER CONSULTING
HEALTHCARE AWARD

Project: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Design Architect: Pei Partnership Architects
Executive Architect: Perkins + Will
Consulting Architect: RBB Architects Inc.
Contractor: Tutor Saliba
Owner: UCLA Capital Programs

WATT COMPANIES
HOUSING AWARD

Single Family

Project: Altamira Residence
Architect: Marmol Radziner and Associates
Contractor: Jerico Development Inc.
Owner: Eric and Susanne Johnson

Project: House in West Los Angeles
Architect: Barton Myers Associates, Inc.
Contractor: Peck Homes

Project: Skyline
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Owner: Skyline LLC

Multi Family High-Rise

Project : Luma
Architect: Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
Contractor: Howard S. Wright Construction
Owner: The South Group

Multi Family Low-Rise

Project: Habitat 825
Architect: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
Contractor: Archetype, Inc.
Owner: Habitat Group Los Angeles

HAWORTH
INTERIORS AWARD

Commercial

Project: Edmunds.com
Architect: STUDIOS architecture
Contractor: Warner Constructors Inc.
Owner: Edmunds.com

Civic

Project: Ahmanson Founders Room
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Contractor: SAS Construction
Owner: Music Center

Retail

Project: Paperfish Restaurant
Architect: Clive Wilkinson Architects
Contractor: Corporate Contractors
Owner: Patina Restaurant Group

SUNCAL COMPANIES
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD

Civic

Project: Santa Monica Airport Park
Architect: ah'be landscape architects
Contractor: L.A. Engineering
Owner: City of Santa Monica

Residential

Project: South Park Streetscape
Architect: ah'be landscape architects
Contractor: Kato Landscape
Developer: The South Group Partnership
Owner: City of Los Angeles

G&C EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
MIXED-USE AWARD

Design Concept

Project: Hotel and Residences at LA Live
Architect: Gensler
Contractor: Webcor Builders
Owner: AEG

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS/CENTURY PLAZA TOWERS
NEW BUILDINGS AWARD

Commercial

Project: Wallis Annenberg Research Center at the House
Ear Institute
Architect: Perkins+Will
Contractor: Rudolph & Sletten
Owner: House Ear Institute

Civic

Project: Santa Monica College - Theatre Arts Building
Architect: Leo A Daly
Contractor: Turner Construction
Owner: Santa Monica College

MARSH
PRESERVATION AWARD

Project: Ennis House Rehabilitation
Architect: Eric Lloyd Wright & Wiehle-Carr, Associated
Architects
Owner: Ennis House Foundation
Contractor: MATT Construction Corp.

CHICAGO TITLE
RENOVATED BUILDINGS AWARD

Residential

Project: The Biscuit Company Lofts
Architect: Aleks Istanbullu Architects
Owner: Linear City, LLC
Contractor: Linear City, LLC

Civic

Project: Cloverfield Services Center
Architect: Killefer Flammang Architects
Owner: OPCC
Contractor: Mackone Development, Inc.

GENSLER
RETAIL AWARD

Design Concept

Project: Santa Monica Place
Design Architect: Jerde Partnership
Executive Architect: Omniplan
Owner: Macerich
Contractor: Whiting Turner

UNISOURCE SOLUTIONS
UNBUILT AWARD

Civic

Project: Hollenbeck Replacement Police Station
Architect: AC Martin Partners
Owner: City of Los Angeles
Contractor: FTR International, Inc.

Commercial

Project: Red Building
Design Architect: Peli Clarke Pelli
Executive Architect: Gruen Associates
Owner: Pacific Red, LLC
Contractor: Jones & Jones

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The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) is a nonprofit association
of more than 300 businesses, agencies and individuals working to
address critical issues and concerns that impact the business climate
and economic health of Los Angeles. As a 70-year-old advocacy and
educational institution representing the business and professional
community, the LABC serves as an influential link between the public
and private sectors in Los Angeles, connecting the power of business
with the power of government to improve the state of the region. More
information on the Los Angeles Business Council and the Los Angeles
Architectural Awards is available at:
http://www.labusinesscouncil.org.

Los Angeles Business Council
Jessica Schmidt, 310-552-4177

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