architecture california the journal of the american institute of architects california council a r cCA aiacc design awards issue 04.3 photo finish ❉ Silent Archives ❉ AIACC Member Photographs ❉ The Subject is Architecture arcCA 0 4 . 3 aiacc design a wards issue p h o t o f i n i s h Co n t e n t Tracking the Awards 8 Value of the 25 Year Award 10 ❉ Eric Naslund, FAIA Silent Archives: 14 In the Blind Spot of Modernism ❉ Pierluigi Serraino, Assoc. AIA AIACC Member Photographs 18 ❉ AIACC membership The Subject is Architecture 30 ❉ Ruth Keffer AIACC 2004 AWARDS 45 Maybeck Award: 48 Daniel Solomon, FAIA Firm of the Year Award: 52 Marmol Radziner and Associates Lifetime Achievement 56 Award: Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA ❉ Interviewed by John Parman Lifetime Achievement 60 Award: Daniel Dworsky, FAIA ❉ Interviewed by Christel Bivens Kanda Design Awards 64 Reflections on the Awards 85 Jury: Eric Naslund, FAIA, and Hugh Hardy, FAIA ❉ Interviewed by Kenneth Caldwell Savings By Design A w a r d s 88 Co m m e n t 03 Co n t r i b u t o r s 05 C r e d i t s 9 9 Co d a 1 0 0 1 arcCA 0 4 . 3 Editor Tim Culvahouse, AIA a r c C A is dedicated to providing a forum for the exchange of ideas among mem- bers, other architects and related disciplines on issues affecting California archi- Editorial Board Carol Shen, FAIA, Chair tecture. a r c C A is published quarterly and distributed to AIACC members as part of their membership dues. 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Calys, AIA California Council Michael M. Hricak Jr., FAIA John A. Kaytor, AIA Charles A. Higueras, AIA 1303 J Street, Suite 200 Carl F. Meyer, AIA AIA Los Angeles Thomas E. Lollini, FAIA Sacramento, CA 95814 Gordon N. Park, AIA, CDS M. Charles Bernstein, AIA Clark D. Manus, FAIA 916.448.9082 Bruce Race, FAIA John R. Dale, AIA Roseanne McNulty, AIA 916.442.5346 fax National Associate Director Paul A. Danna, AIA Beverly Jo Prior, AIA www.aiacc.org John M. Cary, Jr., Assoc. AIA Mehrdad Farivar, AIA AIA San Joaquin Associate Directors Robert G. Hale Jr., AIA Arthur T. Dyson, AIA 2004 Executive Committee Tina Marie Bauer, Assoc. AIA Stephen H. Kanner, FAIA AIA San Mateo County President Douglas Smith, Assoc. AIA AIA Monterey Bay Philip J. Bona, AIA David J. Brotman, FAIA Student Director Michael L. Waxer, AIA AIA Santa Barbara First Vice President/President-elect Rollin Homer AIA Orange County Paul Polrier, AIA Stephan Castellanos, FAIA AIA California Central Coast Kevin Fleming, AIA Mark D. Wienke, AIA Treasurer Desiree V. Peacock, AIA Jeffrey T. Gill, AIA AIA Santa Clara Valley Jeffrey J. Emrick, PE AIA AIA California Desert James T. Wirick, AIA Richard C. Kirchner, AIA Secretary Lance Christopher O’Donnel, AIA AIA Pasadena & Foothill Lee Salin, AIA Anne Laird-Blanton, AIA AIA Central Valley Fred P. Wesley, AIA AIA Sierra Valley Vice President of Nicholas D. Docous, AIA Ara Zenobians, FAIA Christina D.B. Frankel, AIA Regulation and Practice Virgil C. Hancock, AIA AIA Redwood Empire AIA Ventura County John C. Melcher, AIA Donald R. Sharp, AIA Michael Palmer, AIA Howard E. Leach, AIA Vice President of Legislative Affairs AIA East Bay AIA San Diego Pamela M. Touschner, AIA John S. Nelson, AIA Jack Carpenter, FAIA AIACC Staff Vice President of Steven R. Winkel, FAIA Gordon R. Carrier, AIA Executive Vice President Communications/Public Affairs AIA Golden Empire Larry Allen Hoeksema, AIA Paul W. Welch, Jr., Hon. AIA Lee I. Lippert, AIA Bruce M. Biggar, AIA AIA San Fernando Valley Lori Reed Executive Vice President AIA Inland California John P. Grounds, AIA Director of Marketing and Communications Paul W. Welch, Jr., Hon. AIA Mark Everett Graham, AIA Comment what was given by the circumstances. a r c C A , itself, operates within a number of con- straints—many set, as one might suppose, by cost. The size of the journal, the matte paper, and the duotone printing are all, in part, a response to a a r c C A is thicker this quarter. We’ve added a full- limited budget, one structured to lessen the bur- color section to celebrate the AIACC 2004 award den on dues revenue. winners: Design Awards, Maybeck Award, Firm of the Year Award, and Lifetime Achievement A w a r d s . But there are other reasons, as well, chief among Also included are awards given by Savings B y them a decision not to try to be a mini-Architec- Design, a sponsor of this special section. All of our tural Record, but rather to distinguish what we do sponsors, to whom we’re most grateful, are rec- as clearly as possible from it and similar maga- ognized on the back “cover” of the section; take a zines. Our mission is not to highlight individual look, and, if you have the opportunity, thank them buildings, but rather to illuminate the broader for their support. context within which architects practice. Over the last month or so, I’ve received two thought- Of course, we’re delighted to celebrate—and to ful letters critical of arcCA’s graphic design; dur- make a lasting record of—the individual buildings ing the same period, we’ve received a graphic that have won awards. But we also expect the design award, one of many that the magazine has special awards section to call out some of these earned. In an issue devoted to awards, the coinci- graphic distinctions, so I want to be clear about dence is worth noting. The simplest way to them. I’m proud of our graphic design, and I’m account for the discrepancy is to say that opin- committed to the identity that it has helped estab- ions differ, which is true enough. Some people like lish for a r c C A as one of the most thoughtful AIA some things, and other people like others. component publications in the country. Alternatively, one might say not that opinions dif- Which is not to say that, as our funding increases fer, but that c r i t e r i a differ. The people who give (which will happen most quickly if readers encour- graphic design awards aren’t likely to be the same age their favorite consultants to advertise here), I people who make up our readership; they have would not entertain the possibility of a larger for- different expertise, recall different precedents, mat, to accommodate larger images and type; or are aware of different constraints. Similarly, our a paper stock that would afford higher resolution own award juries differ from year to year, as does printing; or more color. Those of you who have the context within which the awards are judged. suggested as much, know that you’re heard. Trends emerge and fade. Hence, we found it use- Meanwhile, enjoy the pictures. t ful last year to highlight several years of Design Tim Culvahouse, AIA, editor Awards, for your comparison. We repeat that exercise this year, in “Tracking the Awards.” I mentioned constraints, an acknowledgment of E R R A T A which may constitute a third level of differentia- In a r c C A 04.3, “Small Towns,” we made two errors in tion in the judging of work, graphic or architectur- attributing sponsorship for David Dewar’s AIA presentations. al. Reflecting on the Design Awards selection The AIA component sponsor is not “AIA Sacramento Chap- process, juror Eric Naslund, FAIA, notes that this ter” (there is no such thing) but rather AIA Central Valley year’s Awards Jury took care to try to distinguish Chapter. And the sponsoring firm is the Lionakis Beaumont what the architect brought to the project from Design Group.