El San Diego Architectural Foundation (SDAF) recognized this year’s best and “not so best” projects throughout San Diego County at the 43rd annual orquídeas y cebollas awards ceremony held at the historic US Grant Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 3. The ceremony was emceed by State Assembly Member Todd Gloria, and two La Jolla projects were given “Orchids.”
Raised by Wolves was given the “Orchid for Interior Design” and the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center won the “People’s Choice Orchid.” The projects awarded Orchids and Onions were nominated by the design community and the public. A jury made up of architects, landscape architects, interior designers, a historic preservation architect, a developer, a visual artist, an architecture professor and a student conducted a day long tour of short listed projects, followed by deliberations. This process resulted in this year’s awards. Along with the jury selected awards there are the People’s Choice awards. One Orchid and one Onion were selected by the public through an online voting process.
A total of 14 projects were awarded Orchids or Onions in the architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, public art, place making and architectural detail. To learn more about the Orchids & Onions program, visitsdarchitecture.org/program/orchids-onions.
