This
year’s jury included: Michael Wilford form London,
Matthias Sauerbruch from Berlin, and Wendell Burnette
from Arizona, as well as local architects Jerry Lomax,
FAIA; Bill Adams, FAIA; Mary Ann Ray; and Peter Di Sabatino,
AIA of the Otis Art Institute.
The
Jury was especially impressed with the continuing energy
of Los Angeles and an assemblage of projects as diverse
as the practice of architecture itself. Los Angeles
is an intriguing environment in which to practice, with
a somewhat stage-like quality, a city of moments and
experimentations.
Jury
Comments
Michael
Wilford commented on the intensely ambitious nature
of the work he saw:“Considering there’s
no clear environmental network as in most other large
cities, there’s a lot of personality and character
here. Unlike anywhere in the world, architecture here
takes place on its own terms and must be judged accordingly.”
Upon
viewing the interior submissions, it was clear to Matthias
Sauerbruch that Los Angeles is an “interior culture.
There’s an intimacy and connectivity...The work
seemed to be even more experimental and finely detailed
[than the built architectural work.]"
For
more comments from the Jury, visit the individual projects
featured on this web site.