2019 Honor Awards for Design Excellence

Jurors

Ravi GuneWardena AIA
owner
Escher GuneWardena Architecture

Clay Holden AIA
president
Clay Holden Architects

Alice Kimm FAIA
principal
JFAK Architects

Mitra Memari AIA
partner
ZGF Architects

Roland Wiley AIA
principal
Business Development
RAW International

Jury Overview

Co-sponsored by: Poole Professional and XL Insurance
Juried by AIA|LA

These projects are all successful in their own right. Each demonstrates the potential to suggest new futures for practice and design. Aesthetically fulfilling work—special-looking structures with novel design concepts, exquisite details, or enticing materiality—caught our eye. Other criteria we sought involved values and ideals found in those projects that went the extra mile to serve communities and meet users’ needs with unique solutions, restraint, and refinement.