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AIA/LA Reveals 2007 Restaurant Design Award Winners

With online voting, the general public selected three People's Choice Award winners.

Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 11/2/2007 12:00:00 AM

Six culinary retreats came out on top in the American Institute of Architects/Los Angeles Chapter's (AIA/LA) third annual Restaurant Design Awards. Honoring restaurant design both in the Los Angeles area and projects outside of the city by Los Angeles-based individuals and practices, the 2007 awards program had 14 finalists.

A jury of industry professionals included architect and interior designer Josh Schweitzer of Schweitzer BIM; graphic designer Hillary Jaye of Sussman/Prejza & Company; chef and restaurateur Nancy Silverton; and Ann Gray, publisher of FORM Magazine.

This year, nearly 2,000 votes piled in for the People's Choice Award.

"We had more participants than ever this year and expect the competition to continue to gain traction with each year," says associate director of AIA/LA Carlo Caccavale.

A complete list of winners is below.

Restaurant Category

Red Seven by Wolfgang Puck
Designed by Project Designs NYC
Owner/Client: Wolfgang Puck Catering

Tanzore
Designed by AkarStudios
Owner/Client: Sudesh Sood

Café/Bar Category

I Dream of Cake
Designed by Montalba Architects
Owner/Client: Shinmin Li

Intelligentsia
Designed by Bestor Architecture
Owner/Client: Doug Zell

Lounge/Nightclub Category

Omega
Designed by Preen Inc.
Owner/Client: Moe Ghadri

People’s Choice Award

Restaurant Category
Tanzore
Designed by AkarStudios
Owner/Client: Sudesh Sood

Café/Bar Category
Peach House
Designed by Make Architecture
Owner/Client: Charlene Chiu & Kai Liang

Lounge/Nightclub Category
The Edison
Designed by Kelly Architects
Owner/Client: Andrew Meieran

Top: Wolfgang Puck's Red Seven by Project Designs NYC . Photo by Philip Greenberg. Bottom: Tanzore by AkarStudios. Photo by Randall Michelson.