Southland Architects Win 14 of 22 National Awards

Southland architects were winners of 14 of 22 professional design awards presented by the Society of American Registered Architects at its recent national convention in Seattle. The society was founded in 1956 to encourage architects to expand their roles into related fields of architectural design.

A total of 67 entries were submitted, according to the jury chairman, N. Michael Griffith, and winning projects were located in five states, the District of Columbia and Venezuela. The judging was conducted by a panel of architects from Pennsylvania.

Francisco J. Urrutia of Urrutia/Prest Architects in Palm Desert won two of the top three Awards for Excellence and a Honor Award. His winning projects in the first category were two private residences, and in the second category, a gasoline station/car wash, all in Southern California.

The firm of McClellan/Cruz Gaylord & Associates of Pasadena won an Award of Merit for its redesign of the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, and a Award of Honor for the Plaza Paseo Real, a 40-acre shopping center in Carlsbad.

J. T. Nakaoka Associates Architects of Los Angeles received two honor awards for the design of Imaginarium in Canoga Park (Christine H. Nakaoka and James T. Nakaoka) and U.S. Magnetics in Gardena (James Nakaoka).

Other Southland architects who received more than one award included Wolff/Lang/Christopher Architects of Rancho Cucamonga for the Lancaster Performing Arts Center (Kip Grubb) and the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Station No. 4 (Larry Wolff).

National Design Awards

SOUTHLAND WINNERS:

Awards of Excellence

Urrutia/Prest Architects (Francisco J. Urrutia, Architect), Palm Desert, for design of the Newman Residence in Long Beach.

Urrutia/Prest Architects (Francisco J. Urrutia, Architect), Palm Desert, for design of the Lucas Residence in Indian Wells.

Award of Merit

McClellan/Cruz/Gaylord & Associates, Pasadena, for design of the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel, in Pasadena.

Charles Slert Associates, Architects (Charles Slert, Architect), San Diego, for design of the Miramar Metroplex/Theme Building in San Diego.

Wolff/Lang/Christopher Architects, Inc. (Kip Grubb, Architect), Rancho Cucamonga, for design of the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, in Lancaster.

Leidenfrost/Horowitz & Associates (Frances Offenhauser, Architect), Glendale, for design of the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archives in Beverly Hills.

Award of Honor

Widom Wein Cohen/L. Anthony Greenberg (James Bowen, Architect), Santa Monica, for the design of Maple Drive Restaurant in Beverly Hills.

J. T. Nakaoka Associates Architects (Christine H. Nakaoka and James T. Nakaoka, Architects), Los Angeles, for the design of Imaginarium in Canoga Park.

J. T. Nakaoka Associates Architects (James T. Nakaoka, Architect), Los Angeles, for the design of U.S. Magnetics, in Gardena.

Coleman/Caskey (Sam Carson, Architect), Irvine, for the design of University of California at Irvine Medical Center, in Irvine.

McClellan/Cruz/Gaylord & Associates, Pasadena, for the design of Plaza Paseo Real, in Carlsbad.

Robbins & Bown, Inc. (Lawrence A. Robbins, Architect), Van Nuys, for the design of Temple Adat Shalom in Los Angeles.

Wolff/Lang/Christopher Architects, Inc. (Larry Wolff, Architect), Rancho Cucamonga, for the design of Rancho Cucamonga Fire Station No. 4, in Rancho Cucamonga.

Award of Honor (Special Designation)

Urrutia/Prest Architects (Francisco J. Urrutia, Architect), Palm Desert, for the design of Shell Gasoline Station and Car Wash, Palm Springs.

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