The AIA Santa Barbara Design Awards program recognizes design excellence in architecture, residential architecture, restoration/renovation, and urban design. Criteria to be used by the jury include quality of design, resolution of the program idea, sustainable responsibility, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique.
On Saturday, December 6, 2019 the jury selected the following 24 projects, for exceptional design excellence
Honor
STEM/Admin Building
Category: Commercial Buildings
KBZ Architects
Photographer: Jason Rick
All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church – Historic Restoration of Original Stone Bell Tower
Category: Historic Preservation, Restoration, Rehabilitation or Reconstruction
Bob Easton Architects
Photographer: Bill Dewey
Minimalist Urban Kristin
Category: Residential Interiors
Anacapa Architecture
Photographer: Erin Feinblatt
Honey House
Category: Single-Family Residential
AB design studio, inc
Photographer: Jason Rick
Impact Hub
Category: Commercial Interiors
Anacapa Architecture
Photographer: Erin Feinblatt
Oceano Student Apartments
Category: Mixed Use and Multi-Family Residential
ACME Architecture
Photographer: Patrick W. Price
Arlington Village Apartments
Category: Santa Barbara Architectural Heritage
RRM Design Group
Photographer: Matthew J. Carver, RRM Designs
Sierra Vista
Category: Small Projects: Single Family Residential Additions, Remodels or Accessary Dwelling Units (ADU’s)
Anacapa Architecture
Photographer: Erin Feinblatt
Merit
The Wayfarer
Category: Commercial Interiors
AB design studio, inc.
Photographer: Jim Bartsch
Music Academy of the West – Campus Renaissance Plan (Master Plan, phases 1, 2a, 2b, &3)
Category: Santa Barbara Architectural Heritage
19six Architects
Photographer: Mehosh Dziadzio
Iconic Hotel – Nicaragua
Category: Proposed/Unbuilt Projects
Anacapa Architecture
Rendering: Geoff April
Autocamp Yosemite
Category: Commercial Buildings
Anacapa Architecture
Photographer: Erin Feinblatt
Surfrider
Category: Single-Family Residential
Archipelago Workshop
Photographer: Kurt Jordan
Chapala Mixed Use Building Category:
Proposed/Unbuilt Projects
Kupiec Architects
Render: Jaime Palencia
Ensemble Theatre Company – “The New Vic” Theatre
Category: Historic Preservation, Restoration, Rehabilitation or Reconstruction
19six Architects
Photographer: Mehosh Dziadzio
Nichols Canyon
Category: Small Projects: Single Family Residential Additions, Remodels or Accessary Dwelling Units (ADU’s)
Archipelago Workshop
Photographer: Kurt Jordan
Safe Passage: Mission Canyon Corridor Master Plan
Category: Proposed/Unbuilt Projects
Fred L. Sweeney, AIA and Tom Jacobs, AIA
Illustration: Fred L. Sweeney, AIA
Honorable Mention
Arlington Theatre Restoration
Category: Historic Preservation, Restoration, Rehabilitation or Reconstruction
19six Architects
Photographer: 19six Architects
Clay Residence- ADU
Category: Small Projects: Single Family Residential Additions, Remodels or Accessary Dwelling Units (ADU’s)
The Warner Group Architects
Photographer: Kelly Teich
Antioch University Santa Barbara
Category: Commercial Interiors
Kupiec Architects
Photographer: Ciro Coelho
Direct Relief
Category: Commercial Buildings
DMHA Architecture + Interior Design
Photographer: Erin Feinblatt
Cherry Brook Residence
Category: Single-Family Residential
NMA Architects
Photographer: Ciro Coelho
Pavilion at Intersect
Category: Commercial Buildings
AB design studio, inc.
Photographer: Stephen Whalen
City of Santa Barbara – Community Development Building
Category: Santa Barbara Architectural Heritage
19six Architects
Photographer: 19six Architects
Design Award Sponsors
2019 Jurors
Christopher Hawthorne
Christopher Hawthorne is the Chief Design Officer for the city of Los Angeles, a position appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti. Prior to joining City Hall, Hawthorne was architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times from 2004 to early 2018. He is Professor of the Practice at Occidental College, where since 2015 he has directed the Third Los Angeles Project, a series of public conversations about architecture, urban planning, mobility, and demographic change in Southern California. He has also taught at U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture. A frequent collaborator with KCET-TV, the PBS affiliate in Los Angeles, Hawthorne wrote and directed the hour-long documentary “That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles,” which had its broadcast debut earlier this year, and received an L.A.-area Emmy Award as Executive Producer for the 2016 KCET program “Third L.A. with Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne.” He has been a Mid-Career Fellow at Columbia University’s National Arts Journalism Program and a Resident in Criticism at the American Academy in Rome. Hawthorne grew up in Berkeley and holds a bachelor’s from Yale College, where he studied political science and architectural history.
John Margolis, AIA
John Margolis received his bachelor’s degree with a Major in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, and later his Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. Early on he pursued his lifelong passion for architecture on urban and library design projects around the country during his tenure at numerous prestigious firms including Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott.
His passion for classical and traditional architecture led him to the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) in 1990 where he currently serves as the Vice President of the Southern California Chapter, and was recently elected to Fellow of the ICAA. John has also served as New England Chapter President for five consecutive years. John is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and is licensed in Massachusetts.
Margot McDonald
Margot McDonald is the Dean of Architecture at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo whose teaching has focused on an integrated project delivery studio with the disciplines of architecture, structural engineering, construction management, and landscape architecture before serving as interim department head. Other teaching areas include building energy courses (heating, cooling, lighting, acoustics, water and waste), historic preservation, and 4th year design in the B.Arch. program at Cal Poly-SLO.
Lutah Maria Riggs Presidents Award
The AIASB is proud to honor Ellen Bildsten, AIA with the Lutah Maria Riggs Metal. Ellen’s work on and in support of the AIA Santa Barbara’s Advocacy Committee is simply inspiring. While managing a thriving architectural practice, she has devoted countless hours tracking, motivating, and leading a very active Advocacy Committee working on a myriad of issues from Housing to Permitting. She is a past president of AIASB, has served on the state board of AIA California, and an active mentor to the women and emerging professionals of the chapter.
Ellen Bildsten, AIA
AIA Santa Barbara Student Design Awards
The AIA Santa Barbara awarded student design awards to architectural drafting and design students at SB City College and UC Santa Barbara for their project designing Accessory Dwelling Units.
Honor: Yuang Li
Merit: Weiwei Gao
Honorable Mention: Maiqi Zhang
2019 AIA Design Awards Exhibition
Submissions of the 2019 Design Awards will be exhibited at Faulkner Gallery, during February and March 2020. First Thursday Reception will be held on February 6, 2020
Photo Gallery
Photo credit Hunter McGrath
