King house, three L.A. architecture firms among 2009-2010 Western Home Awards winners
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The winners of Sunset magazine’s 2009-2010 biennial Western Home Awards demonstrate why Los Angeles has a reputation for cutting-edge architecture: Three of the eight winners are based here.
The awards, sponsored by Sunset and the American Institute of Architects, were given to: the Opie-Burleigh itHouse in Three Rivers, designed by Taalman Koch Architecture (best small-space); the King house, shown above, designed by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (best custom home); and the Vienna Way residence, at right, designed by Marmol Radziner, (best indoor-outdoor living).
In addition, three local firms earned honorable mentions: Jesse Bornstein Architecture, Marmol Radziner and Ras-a Inc.
The winners were chosen by a jury including David Baker of David Baker + Partners in San Francisco; Barbara Bestor of Bestor Architecture in Los Angeles; Wendell Burnette of Wendell Burnette Architects in Phoenix; Jeff Kovel of Skylab Architecture in Portland; and Sunset editor Allison Arieff.The Home section wrote about Erin and Matt King’s best-custom-home winner back in February 2009. For a look inside the house in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Santa Monica, click to our photo gallery.
-- Lisa Boone
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Photo credits from top: Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times; Joe Fletcher
