At PCBC : Gold Nuggets Honor ‘Best in the West’ Projects

A Wilshire Boulevard commercial project and homes in Santa Ana, San Diego and Scottsdale, Ariz., won top honors in the 25th anniversary Gold Nugget Award ceremonies at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, symbolizing the “Best in the West” in design and land use planning for residential and commercial construction.

The winners were selected from 750 entries from 14 western states by a 12-member jury and, according to Allen Jaffe of San Diego, awards chairman, “will become the trends that sweep east to capture the imagination of architects, builders and buyers alike.”

The detached home of the year honors were shared by the K S E Development Co., builder of the Cantera homes in Santa Ana, designed by McHale/Woods Associates, and The Fifth Green at the Boulders homes, Plan 2, in the Arizona city, built by Malouf Brothers Development Co., Inc., and designed by Berkus Group Architects.

Halcyon Del Mar, Plan 4, built in San Diego by Recreactions of California Inc., and designed by Naegle & Associates/Jamie Stark, project architect, won the attached home of the year award.

The 1-million-square-foot Wilshire Courtyard, built by J.H. Snyder Co. and California Federal Savings & Loan, was selected as the best commercial project of the year. McLarand, Vasquez & Partners Inc. was the architect for the five- and six-story, pedestrian-scaled design, a landmark in the newly revitalized Miracle Mile area.

The same team won another grand award, for best commercial/industrial or mixed-use site plan, for its Water Garden project in Santa Monica.

One of four special judges’ grand awards was presented to the Private Art Gallery, in Santa Barbara, designed by Berkus Group Architects. Judges “recognized (it) as a perfect combination of texture and technology presented in a truly art form that becomes a sculpture on the landscape.”

The Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa garnered a grand award for “most innovative commercial, industrial or institutional project or concept,” designed by the architectural firm of CRSS Inc.

Grand award winners and their categories:

Best recreational facility, private, public or retail--Eastlake Beach Club, Chula Vista; Eastlake Development Co., Naegle Associates Inc., architect.

Best office/professional building under 50,000 square feet--24955 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; Ron Goldman, builder, and Goldman/Firth/Architects.

Best office/professional building, 50,000 to 100,000 square feet--Charleston Place, Mountain View, Calif.; Mozart Development Co., builder, and Gensler and Associates/Architects.

Best office/professional building over 100,000 square feet--Wilshire Courtyard.

Best commercial project-retail--Point Tiburon, Tiboron, Calif.; Innisfree Co., builder, and Fisher-Friedman Associates, architect.

Best rehabilitated commercial or industrial project--799 Market St., San Francisco; Bank of America Corporate Real Estate Division, builder, and Gensler and Associates/Architects.

Best hotel or hotel resort--Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey, Calif.; Cannery Row Associates, builder, and DiNapoli/Berger Architects.

Best industrial project--Warland Business Park, Cypress; Warland Investment, builder, and Howard F. Thompson Associates, Inc., architect.

Most innovative commercial, industrial or institutional project or concept--Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa; Orange County Performing Arts Center, Inc., and CRSS, Inc., architect.

Best custom home--Villa Voelzel, Austin, Texas; Gus Voelzel/John Erickson, builders, and Shefelman, Nix & Voelzel Architects.

Best renovated or restored residential project or single house--Le Faubourg St. Denis, Los Angeles; Haseko/Tekno Development Partners, builder, and Daniel Bouillange, architect.

Best affordable housing development, attached or detached--Via Pacific Gardens, Aptos, Calif.; Santa Cruz Comm.Credit Union/Christian Church Homes of Northern California, builder, and Hardison Komatsu Ivelich & Tucker, architect.

Best apartment project, 1 or 2 stories--Foster’s Landing, Foster City, Calif.; Summerhill Development Co., builder, and Sandy & Babcock, Inc., architect.

Best apartment project, 3 stories or more--St. Tropez, Austin, Texas; Playa Development/Capitol City Service Corp., builder, and Shefelman, Nix & Voelzel, architect.

Most innovative housing product, concept or floor plan--Wagstaffe Residence/Carriage House, Menlo Park, Calif.; R.J. Finato Construction Co., builder, and Design & Engineering Systems, architect.

Best residential site plan, under 25 acres--Masters Hill, Tucson, Ariz., Cienega, Ltd., builder, and The Planning Center, land planner.

Best residential site/land plan, 25 acres or more--Pacific Rim Country Club & Resort, Carlsbad; HPI Development Co., builder, and Austin Hansen Fehlman/Group, land planner.

Best commercial/industrial or mixed use site plan--Water Garden, Santa Monica; J.H. Snyder Co./California Federal Savings & Loan, builder, and McLarand, Vasquez & Partners Inc., architect.

Best single family detached home, under 1,200 square feet--Cantera, Santa Ana; K S E Development Co., builder, and McHale/Woods Associates, architect.

Best single family detached home, 1,200 to 1,500 square feet--Cantera, Santa Ana; K S E Development Co., builder, and McHale/Woods Associates, architect.

Best single family detached home, 1,501 to 2,000 square feet--Santiago Hills-Meadowcreek, Plan 445, Orange; Bren Co., builder, and Danielian Associates, architect.

Best single family detached home, over 2,000 square feet--Pacific Estates at Manhattan Beach, Manhattan Beach; Arbolado Development Corp., builder, and Dan Young of Young &Associates;, architect.

Product design, single family detached homes (production housing on conventional lots): best single famiy detached home, under 1,500 square feet--Sun Chase, San Bernardino County; Centex Homes Corp., builder, and Dale Cexton & Associates, architect.

Best single family detached home, 1,500 to 2,000 square feet--Fifth Green at the Boulders, Plan 3, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Malouf Brothers Development Co., Inc., builder, and Berkus Group Architects.

Best single family detached home, 2,001 to 2,500 square feet--Fifth Green at the Boulders, Plan 2, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Malouf Brothers Development Co., Inc., buillder, and Berkus Group Architects.

Best single family detached home, 2,501 to 3,000 square feet--Paragon Collection, Laguna Niguel; J.M. Peters Co., Inc. builder, and Berkus Group Architects.

Best single family detached home, over 3,000 square feet--Diamond Ridge, Phoenix, Ariz.; Knoell Homes, builder, and Aram Bassenian AIA & Associates, Inc., architect.

Product design, attached homes, (production housing, for sale): Best condo unit or attached home under 1,300 square feet--Halcyon Del Mar, Plan 2, San Diego; Recreactions of California, Inc., builder, and Naegle & Associates/Jamie Stark, project architect.

Best condo unit or attached home, 1,300 to 1,800 square feet--Halcyon Del Mar, Plan 4, San Diego; Recreactions of California, Inc., builder, and Naegle & Associates/Jamie Stark, project architect.

Best condo unit or attached home, 1,801 to 2,200 square feet--Spindrift Del Mar, Del Mar, Calif.; Pelican Bay Development Co., builder, and Architects Lorimer-Case.

Best condo unit or attached home, over 2,200 square feet--Seacliff on the Greens, Plan 2, Huntington Beach; Cayman Development Co.; Johannes Van Tilburg & Partners and Robert Earl and Associates, architects.

Residential Projects, for-sale production housing: Best low density residential project, under 8 dwelling units per acre-- Desert Horizons, Indian Wells, Calif.; Desert Horizons, builder, and Berkus Group Architects, architect and land planner.

Best medium density residential project, 8 to 12 dwelling units per acre--Cantera, Santa Ana; K S E Development Co., builder, and McHale/Woods Associates, architect.

Best high density residential project, over 12 dwelling units per acre--The Grove, Walnut Creek, Calif.; Alta Development, builder, and Backen Arrigoni & Ross, architect.

Best special use residential project, retirement, second home or resort related residential product--Fifth Green at the Boulders, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Malouf Brothers Development Co., Inc., builder, and Berkus Group Architects.