The LEED Platinum-certified Water + Life Museums were recently covered in depth in ArchitectureWeek. The AIA/LA jury commented: "To get LEED Platinum is a remarkable accomplishment in itself, and then in a very handsome building of this scale in this location is quite a feat. This is a 100-year building."

Presiding over the honors were jurors Craig Dykers of the acclaimed Oslo-based firm Snøhetta, designers of the new Oslo Opera House and the visitor center for the World Trade Center site; David Lake of Lake/ Flato Architects in Austin, Texas; and Michael Palladino, a longtime principal with the Los Angeles office of Richard Meier & Partners Architects. Twenty-five awards were given to Los Angeles architects for projects across the United States and around the world.   >>>