AIA/LA Restaurant Design Awards finalists

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On Monday the L.A. chapter of the American Institute of Architects will announce the finalists for their 4th annual Restaurant Design Awards. The Dish got a sneak peek at the results, which were culled from more than 40 submissions:

Restaurant: Blue Velvet designed by Tag Front; Comme Ca designed by KAA Design Group, Inc.; Katsuya Glendale designed by Starck Network/DesignARC; Luckyfish designed by Tag Front; Mozza Osteria designed by Kelly Architects, Inc.; R+D Kitchen designed by stenfors/Associates architects.

Cafe/Bar: FOOD designed by Fleetwood Fernandez Architecture; Kitchen 24 designed by Spacecraft/Torres Architects; LAMILL designed by Formation Association/Rubbish Interiors; Monsieur Marcel designed by New Theme, Inc.

Lounge/Nightclub: Elevate Lounge designed by Tag Front; oneworld Lounge at LAX designed by Gensler.

The judges -- one of whom is Patina’s Joachim Splichal -- have already picked the winners and the results will be announced at a ceremony Oct. 16. In the meantime AIA/LA will open up voting for the People’s Choice Awards next week, so put on your thinking caps. My vote goes to Blue Velvet ‘cause I love the whole brooding, ‘80s-noir thing they’ve got going on; oh, and the co-ed bathroom with the crazy sinks -- how weird is that?

Voting begins Monday at www.aialosangeles.org. Deadline to vote is Monday, Oct. 13.

-- Jessica Gelt