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.
Stop Making Sense Accessible Dwelling Unit, Los Angeles | Bunch Design
Peach Pit, Los Angeles| Shin Shin Architecture
Flor 401 Lofts, Los Angeles | Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Magnolia Villas, Santa Monica | DE Architects, AIA
Gramercy Senior Housing, Los Angeles | kevin daly Architects
PATH Villas at South Gate, South Gate | Torti Gallas + Partners
Hope on Alvarado, Los Angeles | KTGY
ASPEN-WEST END, Aspen, Colorado | ROCKETT DESIGN
Veneklasen House, Los Angeles | Chu–Gooding
Hilda L. Solis Care First Village, Lost Angeles | NAC
HOPE ON LAFAYETTE, Los Angeles | DeMaria Design
Monterey Co-Living, Los Angeles | Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH]
FRAME, Tijuana, Mexico | Design Opera
Canyon Drive, Los Angeles | Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
Huntley, West Hollywood | Albert Group
Granville1500, Los Angeles | Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
The Fitz on Fairfax, West Hollywood | OFFICEUNTITLED
HT Residence, Manhattan Beach | Laney LA
Sunset Terrace, Laguna Beach | Martin Fenlon Architecture
B+B House, Venice | Design, Bitches
TrussHaus, Los Angeles | Space International
Desert Palisades, Palm Springs | Woods + Dangaran
Project Name: 31st Street • Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach | LMD Architecture Studio
Sail House, Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Studio of Environmental Architecture
Mar Vista, Los Angeles | Woods + Dangaran
Twentieth, Santa Monica | Woods + Dangaran
The Tree House, Southern California | KAA Design
Jigsaw Small Lot Net Zero Townhomes, Culver City | Kendall Architecture Planning + Design
Project Name: Flor 401 Lofts, Los Angeles | Koning Eizenberg Architecture
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
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
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
Hill House, Montecito | Robin Donaldson, AIA
Dolford residential master plan by Brooks Murray Architects, United Kingdom | Miguel Rodrigo Gonzalez + Alvaro Monfort Pardo from Here and Now Agency Location: United Kingdom
Quantor Office Scheme by ncbham, Brussels, Belgium | Miguel Rodrigo Gonzalez + Alvaro Monfort Pardo from Here and Now Agency Location: Brussels,
Arturo + Lauren Engel (@arturo.and.lauren) | Arturo+Lauren