2017 Awards

2017 Orchids & Onions Awards Ceremony

The 2017 Orchids & Onions Awards Ceremony was held on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at the historic US Grant Hotel. The ceremony was emceed by Sam “The Cooking Guy” Zien.

The Orchid Winners

GRAND ORCHID Celadon on 9th & Broadway
PEOPLE’S CHOICE ORCHID Imperial Beach Public Library
ARCHITECTURE National City Aquatic Center
ARCHITECTURE The Duke
ARCHITECTURE UCSD Jacobs Medical Center
ARCHITECTURE UCSD Altman Clinical & Transitional
ARCHITECTURE Research Institute
ARCHITECTURE Patrick Henry High School PHAME Building
ARCHITECTURE Quonset Project
LANDSCAPE The Summit at Rancho Bernardo
LANDSCAPE Civita Park Phase 1
LANDSCAPE Charles Lewis III Memorial Park
INTERIOR DESIGN Tacos Libertad + Cache´
HISTORIC PRESERVATION Hotel Churchill
ADAPTIVE REUSE Liberty Station ARTS District
PUBLIC & ORNAMENTATION Cypress

The Onion Winners

PEOPLE’S CHOICE ONION San Diego International Airport Car Rental Facility
ARCHITECTURE The Vue on 5th
ARCHITECTURE Washman Car Wash
URBAN PLANNING Starbucks

Core Organizing Committee

CHAIRS Pauly De Bartolo, Craig Howard, Laura Warner, Margit Whitlock, and Gitte Russo
GRAPHICS CHAIR Laura Duhachek
LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER Ian Patzke

Photographers

studio MAHA
Mike Torrey Photography
Andy McRory Photography
Darren Bradley Photography
Brandon Means

Jury

Doug Austin
Randy Van Vleck
Marvin Malecha, FAIA
Leigh Kyle
Laura Ducharme Conboy
Kristine Schnell
Jeana Renger
Jair Cortez

Volunteers

Yolanda Campbell
Maria Caneja
Melissa Clark
Brenda Cote
Anne Militante
Zubin Patrawala
Jessica Schwartz
Joniene Swick