Livable Cities

October 2011

Plaza Centro Masterplan, Tucson

Westside Prize 2011

Westside Urban Forum Citation

1200 Sweetzer Maisonettes

Building of America Award 2010

Construction Communications Gold medal

Bixel + 5th Courtyard Apartments.

Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award 2009

Biscuit Company Lofts

" This adaptive reuse of a 1925 industrial building renewed a neglected historic resource while anchoring a biv rant new community in the Arts Disctrict of Downtown Los Angeles"

Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Awards 2008

Merit Award

Lago Vista Guesthouse " Aleks Istanbullu made sure to buid and detail Lago Vista, as the guest thouse is called, every bit as carefully as the larger residences he's designed in and around Los Angeles"

Building of America Award 2008

Construction Communications Gold medal

Biscuit Company Lofts. "If somebody moves into this building, he (or she) really should know that it's not just a pile of bricks and some nice details, but there's really a story behind it."

Merit Award. 3500 SF or Less Category Design Awards 2008

Residential Architects Magazine

Lago Vista Guesthouse. "Green! So many projects are serious, and this one is fun," enthused a judge. "It merges with the site, and then it doesn't," said one member. "I like the blasphemous quality of it, setting up a dialogue between the natural and the artificial."

Chicago Title, Renovated Buildings, Residential Category 38th LA Architectural Awards

Los Angeles Business Council

Biscuit Lofts Company "Nearly all of the original flooring, including the bathroom terrazzo, concrete vaults and one icy thick maple floors have been restored, as well as the steel clad columns, exposed brick interior walls and the bronze windows. All remain vital aesthetic attributes of the lofts."

Design Honor Award 2007

Faith & Forum magazine and the AIA Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture

Church of our Saviour. "There is careful attention to materials and how they should be used. An emphasis on daylight seems essential in creating environments that strive to be spiritual and uplifting. Spatial scale is also key: environments scaled to the individual worshipper, to the congregation in total, and to the neighborhood of the faith community."

Design Excellence Award 2004

City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission

Westchester Loyola Library.

AIA Los Angeles Chapter Next LA Citation 2002

Aomori Maisonettes in the Sky

Jury Comments: " This design suggests a novel integratio of landscape and urban architecture and is a clear and simple idea for a complex problem."

Special Design Award

Aomori Housing Competition 2002

Aomori Maisonettes in the Sky

City of Los Angeles Certificate to Appreciation 1996

MTA Train Depot / Child Care

AIA California Council Merit Award

Design Awards 1994

SC/AQMD Child Care Center

AIA California Council Community Planning + Design Honor Awards 1994

St. Elmo Village Bungalow Court + Classrooms.

AIA Los Angeles Chapter Honor Award Design Awards 1994

SC / AQMD Child Care Center Jury Comments: " A wonderful project because there's a certain simplicity that goes through it but there's also a kind of lesson on how spaces and things are put together that is an education for children in tis own right. I would really like my children to be there because there is so much light and air."- Laurinda Spear

Pershing Square Design Competition Merit Award

Pershing Square

Architectural Design Award 1985

Architectural Commision of Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills Golf