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Tribute to Outstanding Architecture : Awards: Los Angeles Business Council’s beautification awards honor new, remodeled residential and commercial development, and landscaping.

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TIMES STAFF WRITER

A 60-year-old Wilshire Boulevard department store considered a prime example of the Zigzag Moderne architectural style of the 1920s will receive the 1990 Landmark Award in the Los Angeles Business Council’s beautification awards program.

The Landmark award to the former Bullock’s Wilshire building (recently renamed I. Magnin Wilshire), at the corner of Westmoreland Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, honors buildings that have become a part of the historical conservancy of the city.

For the record:

12:00 a.m. April 8, 1990 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday April 8, 1990 Home Edition Real Estate Part K Page 2 Column 6 Real Estate Desk 2 inches; 63 words Type of Material: Correction
Missing credits--In a March 25 article listing winners of the Beautification Awards of Los Angeles Business Council, Ted Tokio Tanaka’s name was omitted as the architect on the Cabrillo Condominium project and Eric B. Holtsmark’s as the architect of record for the Checkers Hotel project. Information provided to The Times also omitted the names of Nishimatsu Construction as a co-contractor with Linbeck Construction on the Checkers project.

The beautification program was begun 20 years ago by the business council. This year’s presentation luncheon will be held on April 2 at the Hotel Bel-Air.

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Other awards pay tribute to developers, architects and contractors for outstanding achievements in new and remodeled residential and commercial development and landscaping.

Project winners in four Perpetual Awards categories are First Interstate World Center, the Jeffrey Tamkin Award for outstanding new commercial high rise; Venice Renaissance, the Alan Casden Award for outstanding new multifamily residence; the Robert Bridges home, the Ray Watt Award for outstanding single-family residence, and Tillman Water Reclamation Plant, the Kaufman & Broad Award for outstanding new public or civic project.

A new award given this year for Outstanding Public Interior singles out the Home Savings of America Tower Sky Lobby in this category.

“Our awards program had 70 submissions this year, which represents a 25% increase over last year,” said Richard Magee of Richard Magee & Associates, chairman of the council’s urban beautification committee.

“I believe this year’s entries also reflected a higher percentage of quality projects, which may indicate that developers are becoming more aware of the need for quality design in a market that has become increasingly competitive.”

Judges were Dan Dworsky, president, Dworsky Associates Architects; Lawrence R. Moline, LRM Landscaping; Harshad Patel, president, Harshad Patel Design Consortium, and Michael Rachlin, Rachlin & Rachlin Inc. Magee served as panel moderator.

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Los Angeles Business Council

Urban Beautification Awards Program

Winners, 1990

New Commercial High Rise

(Jeffrey Tamkin Award)

First Interstate World Center

Owner: Maguire Thomas Partners

Architect: Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners

Contractor: Turner Construction Co.

New Commercial Mid Rise

Bamboo Plaza

Owner: FAMCO Investments

Architect: Associated Architects & Planners

Contractor: Koll Construction Co.

New Commercial Low Rise

Columbia Savings & Loan

Owner: Columbia Development Partners

Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Contractor: Koll Construction Co.

New Institutional Project

Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Clinic

Owner: Salick Healthcare

Architect: Morphosis Architects

Contractor: Cal-Pac Construction

New Civic/Public Project

(Kaufman & Broad Award)

Tillman Water Reclamation Center

Owner: City of Los Angeles

Architect: Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall

Contractor: Tutor-Saliba-Perini-Scott

New Multifamily Residence--Condo

Cabrillo Condominiums

Owner: Harlan Lee & Associates

Architect: Ted Tokio Tanaka

Contractor: Bernard Perloff & Roger Webster

New Multifamily Residence-Apartment

(Alan Casden Award)

Venice Renaissance

Owner: Harlan Lee & Associates

Architect: Johannes Van Tilburg & Partners

Contractor: Harlan Lee & Associates

New Single-Family Residence

(Ray Watt Award)

The Bridges Residence

Owner: Janelle and Robert Bridges

Architect: Robert Bridges

Contractor: Same

New Commercial Landscaping

Santa Monica Five Parking Structure

Owner: City of Beverly Hills

Architect: Gruen Associates

Landscape Architect: Peter Walker & Partners

Contractor: Macco Constructors Inc.

New Public Interior

Home Savings of America Tower Sky Lobby

Owner: Ahmanson Commercial Development

Architect: Albert C. Martin & Associates

Contractor: Swinerton & Walberg

Restored Commercial High Rise

Checkers Hotel

Owner: Ayala International

Architect: Kaplin McLaughlin Diaz

Contractor: Linbeck Construction Co.

Remodeled Commercial Low Rise

The Gersh Agency

Owner: The Gersh Agency

Architect: Kanner Associates

Contractor: David Strauss

Remodeled Residential

The Einstein Residence

Owner: Cliff and Mandy Einstein

Architect: Goldman/Firth/Architects

Contractor: Sandpiper Construction

Remodeled Residential Landscaping

Brentwood Residence

Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson

Landscape Architect: Galper/Baldon Associates

Contractor: Aljarian Construction

Landmark Award

I. Magnin-B. W. Wilshire Building

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