RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
VIEW THE 2021 AIALA RAA WINNERS
PHOTO: Palms House II by kevin daly Architects | Detail of a photo by Benny Chan

AIALA is pleased to exhibit the 2021 AIALA Residential Architecture Awards recipients on this page.

Recipients are awarded with Honor, Merit or Citation awards, “Honor” being the highest.

To review jury notes, click this link to read the press release.


Additions and Accessory Dwelling Units | Merit Award
Stiff Peaks (Los Angeles, CA) designed by Byben and Skeens
PHOTO: Taiyo Watanabe
Additions and Accessory Dwelling Units | Citation Award
3 in 1 House (Santa Monica, CA) designed by Tighe Architecture
PHOTO: Tighe Architecture
Additions and Accessory Dwelling Units | Citation Award
Studio (Pasadena, CA) designed by Oller & Pejic Architecture
PHOTO: Tom Pejic
Affordable Housing | Citation Award
RISE Apartments designed by Egan Simon Architecture
PHOTO: John Egan
Affordable Housing | Citation Award
Path Metro Villas (Los Angeles, CA) designed by KFA Architecture
PHOTO: Jonathan Ramirez
Adaptive Re-Use/Renovation/Historic Preservation | Merit Award
Skyview Residence (Altadena, CA) designed by Dake Wilson Architects
PHOTO: Stephen Schauer
Adaptive Re-Use/Renovation/Historic Preservation | Merit Award
Los Feliz Residence Renovation & Preservation (Los Angeles, CA) designed by Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH]
PHOTO: Eric Staudenmaier
Adaptive Re-Use/Renovation/Historic Preservation | Citation Award
Rising Glen Residence (Los Angeles, CA) designed by Standard Architecture | Design
PHOTO: Benny Chan
Adaptive Re-Use/Renovation/Historic Preservation | Citation Award
Venice Residence (Venice, CA) designed by Studio Benson
PHOTO: Eric Staudenmaier
Temporary Housing | Merit Award
Raymer Street Housing Shelter (Los Angeles, CA) designed by DNA Architecture + Design, Inc.
PHOTO: Undine Prohl
Temporary Housing | Citation Award
The Willows (Canoga Park, CA) designed by GGA Architecture +
PHOTO: Ric Berryman
Multi-Residential – Small | Merit Award
Treehouse (Los Angeles, CA) designed by THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE (formerly Soler Architecture)
PHOTO: William Short
Multi-Residential – Medium | Citation Award
The Harland (West Hollywood, CA) designed by OFFICEUNTITLED

PHOTO: Hunter Kerhart
Multi-Residential – Medium | Citation Award
Kings1030 (West Hollywood, CA) designed by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
PHOTO: Paul Vu
Multi-Residential – Large | Citation Award
Millennium East Village (Santa Monica, CA) designed by Michael W. Folonis Architects
PHOTO: Art Gray
Multi-Residential – Large | Citation Award
L + O (North Hollywood, CA) designed by DE Architects AIA
PHOTO: John Linden
Climate Positive Award
Isle Au Haut Residence (Isle Au Haut, ME) designed by LUNO Design Studio
PHOTO: Trent Bell
Single Family Residential – Small | Merit Award
Shepard Mesa House (Carpinteria, CA) designed by Nabi Boyd
PHOTO: Caitlin Atkinson
Single Family Residential – Small | Merit Award
4/Way House (Topanga, CA) designed by deegan day design & architecture
PHOTO: Taiyo Watanabe
Single Family Residential – Small | Merit Award
Modern Bungalow (Los Angeles, CA) designed by RIOS
PHOTO: Hunter Kerhart
Single Family Residential – Medium | Honor Award
Palms House II (Venice, CA) designed by kevin daly Architects
PHOTO: Benny Chan
Single Family Residential – Medium | Merit Award
Strandhouse (Hermosa Beach, CA) designed by XTEN Architecture
PHOTO: Art Gray
Single Family Residential – Medium | Merit Award
House Stepping Down a Hill (Los Angeles, CA) designed by Bestor Architecture
PHOTO: Bruce Damonte
Single Family Residential – Medium | Citation Award
House of Seven Screens (Glendale, CA) designed by Escher GuneWardena Architecture
PHOTO: Clarke Henry
Single Family Residential – Medium | Citation Award
Laurel Hills Residence (Studio City, CA) designed by Assembledge+
PHOTO: Matthew Millman
Single Family Residential – Medium | Citation Award
Mildred Residence (Venice, CA) designed by Minarc

PHOTO: Art Gray
Single Family Residential – Large | Merit Award
A Bronze House on Nightingale (Los Angeles, CA) designed by Zoltan E. Pali | SPF:architects
PHOTO: Matthew Momberger
Single Family Residential – Large | Merit Award
California House (Los Angeles, CA) designed by GLUCK+
PHOTO: Timothy Hursley
Single Family Residential – Large | Merit Award
Forest Knoll Residence (Los Angeles, CA) designed by Standard Architecture | Design
PHOTO: Mike Kelley
Single Family Residential – Large | Citation Award
Breeze Blocks (Beverly Hills, CA) designed by Kovac Design Studio
PHOTO: Jeremy Bittermann