AIA|LA Announces the Best Designed Restaurants
Author:Lindsey ShookLast month AIA|LA invited the people to vote for their favorite restaurants from a list narrowed down by jurors Evan Kleiman (host of KCRW’s Good Food, restaurateur and author), Mark Rios (architect and principal of Rios Clementi Hale Studios), and Michael Voltaggio (Top Chef winner, chef, and restaurateur). Now, see the winners!
This past Friday, as a kickoff to Dwell on Design, AIA Los Angeles announced the People’s Choice and Jury winners of the Restaurant Design Awards. The annual competition, which honors excellence in restaurant design, was open to all individuals and practices.
One month and 1,500 votes later, here are the results:
People’s Choice Award Winners
Lounge/Nightclub Category
Salvage Bar, Los Angeles (above)
Designed by Straight Designs and Tima Winter, Inc.
Le Zinque
Café/Bar Category
Le Zinque, Venice
Designed by Modern Arc Inc. and Eric Ryder, AIA
Take A Bao
Restaurant Category
Take A Bao, Study City
Designed by MASS Architecture and Design
People’s Jury Award Winners
Lounge/Nightclub Category
La Descarga, Los Angeles
Designed by Houston Hospitality
Salvage Bar, Los Angeles
Designed by Straight Designs and Tima Winter, Inc.
Café/Bar Category
Le Zinque, Venice
Designed by Modern Arc Inc. and Eric Ryder, AIA
A-Frame
Restaurant Category
A-Frame, Los Angeles
Designed by Knibb Design Group
Beachwood Café, Los Angeles
Designed by Bestor Architecture
La Birreria, New York, NY
Designed by TPG Architecture
Talisker on Maine, Park City, UT
Designed by Denton House Design Studio
Tell us! Do you think the right restaurants won?
