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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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.
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.
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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