Honorable Mention: Lichen House
The Lichen House nestles within the fog and oaks in the hills above California’s Sonoma Valley. The free-ranging branches of the site’s mature oak trees support lacey veils of draping
Honorable Mention: SOMA Residence, Artist Gallery + Studio
The existing historic industrial-use building provided a unique canvas and challenging opportunity for this carefully considered adaptive re-use project in the rapidly evolving SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. Historic elements
Honorable Mention: Terrace House
This dramatic remodel of a non-descript 1950s hillside residence converts a two-story structure into a three-story home for a growing family. The front and rear facades employ 20-foot-tall,30-inch-deep steel brise
Honorable Mention: High Desert Retreat
Sited on a rocky desert plateau outside of Palm Desert, this single-family residence is tightly nestled within a constellation of boulders overlooking the Coachella Valley and the San Jacinto Mountain
Honorable Mention: Volume Inc.: This Will (Not) Be Easy exhibition
Pinterest, Instagram, Behance, and all the other visual-rich platforms we scroll through regularly barrage us with the pristine, perfectly photographed results of creative toil, but rarely the philosophy or blood-sweat-and-tears
Honorable Mention: Crisis Clean Up
“Hundreds of disasters occur each year. Hundreds of thousands of people are affected by them. About a million homes are destroyed annually. Crisis Cleanup is a collaborative disaster work order
Honorable Mention: We Are Not For Profit
The tobacco industry has been exploiting the African American community for decades through the use of Menthol flavored cigarettes through manipulative marketing tactics and putting money in the pockets of
Honorable Mention: Mayor of Bayville: Co-Creating the Bay Area’s Future
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Association of Bay Area Governments (MTC/ABAG) are two agencies that handle long-range planning, financing, and transportation in the SF Bay Area. Exygy, who partners with
Honorable Mention: El Pípila: Guardians of Guanajuatan Cuisine
A broad community of supporters and 3 tenacious women, graduates of the La Cocina business incubator for women food-entrepreneurs from communities of color, have brought El Pípila to life. This
The Gun Violence Memorial Project
The Gun Violence Memorial Project seeks to address America’s gun violence epidemic by creating space for remembrance, healing, and education. The sheer scale of this epidemic often reduces victims of