Louis Naidorf, FAIA

Photograph courtesy of Louis Naidorf, FAIA

2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Louis Naidorf, FAIA Naidorf discovered architecture as a young boy and eventually entered the UC Berkeley School of Architecture in 1946. Within days of receiving his Masters in 1950, he began his career with Welton … [Read more...]

2009 Firm Award Recipient

Photography courtesy of Grant Mudford

2009 Firm Award Koning-Eizenberg Koning Eizenberg was established in 1981 by Julie Eizenberg, AIA, and Hank Koning, FAIA, FRAIA. The Santa Monica-based practice comprises a team of over 20 architects, designers and administrative staff who pursue … [Read more...]

Foshan Lingnan Tiandi Master Plan, Foshan, China

2009 Honor Award for Urban Design Foshan Lingnan Tiandi Master Plan, Foshan, China Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Located in the central south of Guangdong Province and in the hinterland of Pearl River Delta with Guangzhou to the east … [Read more...]

Grangegorman Masterplan, Dublin, Ireland

Rendering by Shimahara Illustration

2009 Honor Award for Urban Design Grangegorman Masterplan, Dublin, Ireland Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners / DMOD Architects, Dublin, Ireland The Grangegorman Masterplan creates a new sustainable higher learning quarter for … [Read more...]

River Town, Los Angeles, CA

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2009 Honor Award for Urban Design River Town, Los Angeles, CA Architect: Johson Fain The River Town plan, for a neighborhood of northeast Los Angeles, envisions the transformation of a place that has been denigrated by time to an outdated … [Read more...]

From an Age of Movement of an Age of Place, Palo Alto, CA

Photo by Robert Frank

2009 Honor Award for Urban Design From an Age of Movement to an Age of Place, Palo Alto, CA Architect: Tony Carrasco, AIA, Carrasco & Associates John Barton, AIA, Barton Architect Bruce A. Fukuji, AIA, Fukuji Planning & Design Community … [Read more...]

North Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois

Photo by Rios Clementi Hale Studios

2009 Honor Award for Urban Design North Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois Architect: Rios Clementi Hale Studios Grant Park is Chicago's principal downtown park. It is located between Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan. Buckingham Fountain, one of the … [Read more...]

Pier 70 Master Plan, San Francisco, CA

Photo by BRU Architects

2009 Honor Award for Urban Design Pier 70 Master Plan, San Francisco, CA Architect: BRU Architects The Plan defines goals and objectives to support significant development and new public waterfront open space, while respecting the Pier 70 Historic … [Read more...]

Jessie Square, San Francisco, CA

Photo by Bruce Demonte

2009 Honor Award for Urban Design Jessie Square, San Francisco, CA Architect: Handel Architects, LLP Jessie Square sits atop a four-level, underground parking garage on the north side of Mission Street across from Yerba Buena Gardens in San … [Read more...]

kē­-ärō’-skŏŏrō, SCIArc, Los Angeles, CA

Photo by Craig Hodgetts, FAIA

2009 Honor Award for Small Projects kē­-ärō'-skŏŏrō, SCIArc, Los Angeles, CA Architect: Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture Chiarascuro is an experiment in light and surface, designed to explore the optical effects of pattern, … [Read more...]