The AIA Pasadena & Foothill Chapter honored 30 winning entries from around the globe at its September 28 "Out of the Box!" celebration in Los Angeles. This event capped a cutting-edge design competition that shows all of the entries on a 3D Web site that is open to all. The Web site displays the exhibition within a 3D virtual replica of the celebration event, which featured special lighting and video effects and showed some of the multimedia project presentations on the main video screen. These presentations are available for public viewing online.

Jury

The jury members were:
• Chair Linda Sanders, FAIA, dean of the College of Environmental Design, Cal Poly Pomona
• Patrick Scheer, AIA, Scheer Tanaka Dennehy Riley Architects, Inc.
• Ann Gray, FAIA, owner and publisher, Balcony Press
• Lee Hershberger, AIA
• Stuart Denker, Stuart Denker Design Consultants.

The Energy Category juror was Gregg D. Ander, FAIA, of Southern California Edison. The chapter established a special category for digital design to allow submittals from all over the world, including student entries. This category was juried by Michael Hricak, FAIA, Rockefeller/Hricak Architects; and George Proctor, AIA, professor of architecture, Cal Poly Pomona. Winners in this and other categories received prizes of software.

Honor Awards

1. Reconstruction: Pomona Colleges Bridges Hall of Music, by Claremont Environmental Design Group, Inc.
"This reconstruction is seamless. It looks more like a thorough cleanup than a reconstruction," the jury said. "The architects did a masterful job of enlarging and improving the spaces without losing the original greatness."
Image: CEDG

2. Institutional: Cyril C. Nigg Center, by DeVa de Veer Dickson Architecture
"This infill project is very fitting to the campus. It incorporates thoughtful details in the handling of materials such as the brickwork with the integration of the cross and the glass mullions in relation to the cross," said the jury.
Photograpy: Deva Architecture

3. Interiors: Colorado Lodge, by D.S. Ewing Architects, Inc.
"This building is spectacular, and must have been both a serious and fun challenge to the architect," according to the jury. "They managed to achieve a gothic sense of interior light. Rustic logs are nicely used within the scale of each space."
Photography: Rob Muir

4. Single Family Residence: 1470 Linda Ridge Road, by Deva de Veer Dickson Architecture
"This residence shows an elegant evolution from post-war post and beam. It beautifully shows simple materials well used," said the jury. They found the project to be "dramatic, yet with restraint. It shows great siting and sensitive landscaping design and has addressed a number of issues of sustainability."
Photography: Deva Architecture

5. Recreational: Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum, by Sparano + Moody Architecture
"This work provides, on a tiny budget, a beautiful, clear, fun, invitation to appreciate art and history," according to the jury. They appreciated the handling of forms, materials, and details.
Photography: John Linden

6. Digital: Object Genome Project, by Onuma & Associates
This project captured the interest of the jury for seeming simple at first and then unfolding and unfolding again in its richness, rigor, and complexity. "Through this methodology, architectural environments and typologies can be mapped, from entire cities to parts of buildings," they said.
Image: Webscape

7. Unbuilt (Citation): St. Bonaventure Parish School, by Perkins & Will
"The designers have created meaningful open space between functions on the site," the jury said. "The two-circle basis for the design, although imperceptible to visitors, has resulted in a beautiful juxtaposition of buildings and gives a rationale to the awkward massing of existing buildings."
Image: J. Scott Smith

8. Design for Sustainability: AIA Los Angles Chapter Office, by Perkins & Will
In this project, the jury felt there was a good use of materials to give a luxury feel for a small budget. Use of sustainable principles in a small interior is a good precedent. The challenge was doing a small site using LEED™ guidelines.
Photography: Benny Chan

Merit Awards

1. Commercial: Offices for Warner Constructors, by John Cambianica Architects
Photography: Michael Orloff

2. Commercial: Design Studio, by James V. Coane & Associates
Photography: Christopher Courts

3. Design for Sustainability: University of La Verne Arts and Communication Center, by Claremont Environmental Design Group, Inc.
Photography/Image: CEDG

4. Digital Architecture: 2000 Landmarks, by Harman-Becker, Innovative Systems Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany
Image: Harman-Becker

5. Digital Architecture: Joslyn Senior Center Activity Room, by Patrick Sullivan Associates
Image: Patrick Sullivan Architects

6. Digital Architecture: Plaza Mexico, Lynnwood, Calif., by David Hidalgo Architecture
Image: Abdi Ziai

7. Digital Architecture: Sierra Vista Junior High School, by Osborn Architects
Images: Osborn Architects

8. Industrial: Finished Goods Warehouse, by Osborn Architects
Photography: Fotoworks, Benny Chan

9. Institutional: Sun Air Aviation Executive Flight Center, by La Canada Design Group
Image: Peter Malinowski / InSite

10. Institutional: Parking Services Coyote Drive Information Booth, by Clerkin & Clerkin
Photography: Sean Clerkin / Fred Stocker

11. Institutional: The Neighborhood Church, by D.S. Ewing Architects, Inc.
Photography: Magnus Stark

12. Reconstruction: Lohrer & DeLuca and Massar & Bickle, by Buff, Smith & Hensman Architects
Photography: David Glomb

13. Single Family Residential: Moseley Residence, by Buff, Smith & Hensman Architects
Photo: Thomas A. Heinz

Three unbuilt projects captured merit awards: "USDA Forest Service Training and Conference Center" and "Miss Sixty," by PBWS Architects, and "Southeast Middle School #3," by Gonzalez Goodale Architects. The chapter also awarded citations for design to students Krishan Patti, University of Nottingham, England; Daniel E. Stromberg, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Calif.; Jason T. Kim, Cal Poly Pomona, Calif. (three awards); and Ulrika Gyllenberg, Maja Hellspong, and Andreas Klesty, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

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