SAN DIEGO ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION

presents

Orchids & Onions

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th 2023

Venue 808

2023 Orchid Winners

Public Architecture

Denny Sandford Wildlife Explorers Base Camp at San Diego Zoo

Architect/Designer: HGW Architecture
Owner/Developer: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Photo credit: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

2920 Zoo Drive, San Diego, CA 92101

Epstein Family Amphitheater

Architect/Designer: Safdie Rabines Architects
Owner/Developer: UC San Diego
Photo credit: Philip Scholtz Rittermann

UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093

San Elijo Lagoon Pedestrian Bridge

Architect/Designer: Safdie Rabines Architects & TY Lin
Owner/Developer: Caltrans/SANDAG Build North Coast Corridor (Build NCC)

San Elijo Lagoon, Carlsbad, CA

Private Architecture

Los Patios

Architect/Designer: Kate Meairs, AIA & Hector M Perez
Owner/Developer: Hub & Spoke Communities + Los Patios Build LLC
Photo credit: Carlos Turrubiartes and Hector M Perez

1776 National Avenue, San Diego CA, 92113

Interior Design

Part Time Lover

Architect/Designer: Taylor Leage, CH Projects’ Department of Interior and Arsalun Tafazoli
Owner/Developer: CH Projects
Photo credit: Arlene Ibarra

3829 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104

Pacific Sky School, Pacific Highlands Ranch

Architect/Designer: obrARCHITECTURE, inc.
Owner/Developer: Del Mar Union School District

6631 Solterra Vista Pkwy, San Diego, CA 92130

Landscape Architecture

Pacific Sky School, Pacific Highlands Ranch

Architect/Designer: Schmidt Design Group
Owner/Developer: Del Mar Union School District

6631 Solterra Vista Pkwy, San Diego, CA 92130

Tecolote Shores Park North Playground

Architect/Designer: Schmidt Design Group
Owner/Developer: City of San Diego

1344 E Mission Bay Dr., San Diego, CA 92109

landscape architecture at dusk

Iipay Tipai Kumeyaay Mut Niihepok

Architect/Designer: California State Parks, Southern Service Center
Owner/Developer: California State Parks

2829 Juan St, San Diego, CA 92110.
Located in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Landscape architecture featuring drought tolerant plants

WaterSmart Demonstration Garden at the Helix Water District Administrative Office

Architect/Designer: McCullough Landscape Architecture
Owner/Developer: Helix Water District

7811 University Avenue La Mesa, CA 91942

Public Art

Mandeville Art Gallery at UCSD

UCSD Mandeville Art Gallery

Architect/Designer: Studio E Architects / Lighting Designer The Syska Hennessey Group
Owner/Developer: University of California San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093

Historic Preservation

Front of San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park

San Diego Automotive Museum Restoration

Architect/Designer: Robert Thiele
Owner/Developer: City of San Diego/Balboa Park Committee of 100

2080 Pan American Plaza

People’s Choice Orchid Award

Voting was determined by public voting on all nominated projects via the O&O website.

Callan Ridge

Callan Ridge

Architect/Designer: Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects
Owner/Developer: Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

3020 Callan Road, San Diego, CA 92121

Teen Jury Orchid Award

Voting was determined by High Tech High Chula Vista senior architecture students. They developed criteria and evaluated the Orchid nominees through five categories, aesthetics, functionality, social impact, environmental impact, and context. 

Part Time Lover

Architect/Designer: Taylor Leage, CH Projects’ Department of Interior and Arsalun Tafazoli
Owner/Developer: CH Projects
Photo credit: Arlene Ibarra

3829 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104

2023 Onion Awards

Miscellaneous

Sidewalk Transformer

SDG&E’s Sidewalk Transformer Boxes

Architect/Designer: SDG&E
Owner/Developer: SDG&E

City Wide – this specific example is at 30th and Adams

Bike lane separated from street by concrete sidewalk median.

City of San Diego Bicycle Lanes opportunity to address Climate Change and the planting / protection / maintenance of the Urban Forest

Architect/Designer: City of San Diego
Owner/Developer: City of San Diego

City of San Diego Bike Lanes – wherever they occur – but these were specifically on 4th + 5th Avenue between downtown + Hillcrest

Historic Preservation

Balboa Theatre in downtown San Diego

Balboa Theatre Paint Job

Architect/Designer: City of San Diego & San Diego Theatres, Inc.
Owner/Developer: City of San Diego & San Diego Theatres, Inc.

868 Fourth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Public Policy

Aerial view of a concert at Gallagher Square

Gallagher Square

Architect/Designer: Larimer Design Architecture and GroundLevel Landscape Architecture
Owner/Developer: Padres L.P.

840 K Street, San Diego, CA. 92101

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