2026 SARA California Design Award Winners

Awards Gala photos
Awards Gala photos

Excellence Awards

Clayton Korte |

CA

Cayucos Ridge Barn, Cayucos, CA

Endrestudio | Architects + Engineers | SC

Thomas and Vivian A. Wong Honor Tower, Greenville, SC

ESKW/Architects | Ny

Bedford Green House, BrONX, NY

Michael Hennessey Architecture | CA

Up In The Clouds, San Francisco, CA

Walker Warner | HI

Hale Mau'u, HI

Honor Awards

Aidlin Darling Design |VA

Contemplative Commons at the University of VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, VA

caha design group, | CA

Prescott Market, Oakland, CA

Clayton Korte | CA

Vineyard Residence, Buellton, CA

Feldman Architecture | CA

Stone Villa, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

First Office | CA

Beige House, Los Angeles, CA

Flad Architects | CA

Vantage, South San Francisco, CA

Ono | CA

Two-Fold Studio, Fairfax, CA

RO | ROCKETT DESIGN | ID

SUN VALLEY | RIVER CAMP, Ketchum, ID

Robert Gurney Architect | MD

Hempstead House, Bethesda, MD

Studio AR&D Architects | CA

Desert Palisades 97, Palm Springs, CA

Timothy Bryant Architect | CA

John Elgin Woolf - Pendleton Residence Pool House Reconstruction, Beverly Hills, CA

Walker Warner | CA

Driftwood, Coastal California, CA

Walker Warner | CA

Cloud Nine Ranch, CA

Walker Warner | HI

Makena Guesthouse, Maui, HI

merit Awards

Bliss Landscape Architecture | CA

Sea Meadow Residence, Carmel, CA

Clayton Korte | CA

Fulldraw Winery, Paso Robles, CA

CLB Architects | Mountain West

Boomerang, Mountain West

First Office | CA

Green House, Los Angeles, CA

Flad Architects | CA

Avia Labs, Millbrae, CA

Griffin Enright Architects | ca

Canyon Residence, Pasadena, ca

HORST ARCHITECTS | Ca

HOLLYWOOD HOUSE, HOLLYWOOD, CA

ISTUDIO Architects | d.c.

Kingman Island Environmental Center, Washington, d.c.

John Maniscalco Architecture | ca

Three Pavilions, Truckee, ca

John Maniscalco Architecture | MT

Headwaters Camp, Big Sky, MT

KATZ ARCHITECTURE | NY

El Teatro, NY

KATZ ARCHITECTURE | NY

Artists in Residence - A Home for Traveling Performers, Brooklyn, NY

Klima Architecture | UT

PowdrHaus, Park City, UT

Mark English Architects | CA

Cow Hollow, San Francisco, ca

MATEU Architecture | Ga

Casa Mas Alta, Sky Valley, Ga

Ogawa Fisher Architects | ca

Color Casita, Menlo Park, ca

RO | ROCKETT DESIGN | ca

BAJA MX - BEACH HOUSE, Punta Arena, ca

Robert M. Gurney Architect | Va

Spring Mill House, McLean, Va

Robert M. Gurney Architect | D.C.

Phillips Park House, Washington, D.C.

Robert M. Gurney Architect | D.C.

Riggs, Washington, D.C.

SheltonMindel | ME

Maine Island Retreat, Vinalhaven, ME

SheltonMindel | CA

Art on the Park, Kenfield, ME

SheltonMindel | England

European Townhouse, London, England

SheltonMindel in Association with Reed A. Morrison Architect | NY

Long Island Waterside Retreat, Southampton, NY

SPF:architects | Ca

Bronze and Black House, Los Angeles, CA

Studio AR&D Architects | CA

Rancho Road Residence, Rancho Mirage, CA

Studio AR&D Architects | CA

Thunder Ridge, Rancho Mirage, CA

Studio AR&D Architects | CA

Desert Palisades 30, Palm Springs, CA

Tyreus Architecture | CA

Green Street, San Francisco, CA

Walker Warner | MT

Big Sky, MT

Ward | Blake Architects | ID

Hay Shed Residence, Idaho Falls, ID

Ward | Blake Architects | WY

Freedom Residence, Freedom, wy

student excellence Awards

Salvatore Costanzo | Clemson University

For the Birds, Ocracoke, NC

Shane McGoldrick & Lily Wolf | Clemson University

Shell-tered, Port Sulphur, LA

student Honor Awards

Gianna Arquilla | Clemson University

Dollars & Sense, Hemingway, SC

Caileigh Treash & Hamilton Sprawls | Clemson University

Pawnee Nation College School of Nursing, Pawnee, OK

Matthew Ngango & Jared Cook | Clemson School of Architecture

Anderson Community High School, Anderson, SC

Salvatore Costanzo & Luke Esparza | Clemson University

Health Beyond Borders, Las Cruces, NM

Salvatore Costanzo | Clemson University

Netting Sea and Sky, Barcelona, Spain

student merit Awards

Audrey Cherek, Jenna Lambertz, Haley Hoffman, and Tyler Catlin | University of Nebraska - Lincoln

The Lighthouse, Lincoln, NE

Hanna Anderson | Palomar College

The Golden Rhythm Hall, Escondido, CA

Cynthia Aranda, Karina Rendon, Magdalena Aranda   | Midlands Technical College

El Encuentro: Rediscovering Southern Roots: Revamping Mills for Modern Era, Greenwood, SC

Harris Agnew, Shiza Chaudhary, Mary Cotterman, Meredith DeLong-Maxey, Mairead Driscoll, Manuel Estrada, Isaac Goodin, Darien Hersh, Connie Liou, Zeya Min-Fink, Amanda Nordwall, Atlee Paterno, Elizabeth Solkey, Madeleine ZahnFaculty: Kyle Schumann | University of VirginiA

Timber Topographies, Charlottesville, VA

Emma Walton & Nate Lomax  | Clemson University

Rooted, Anchorage, Ak

Jenda Simonsen & Lauren Wilwerding | University of Nebraska Lincoln

Aviation Institute, Nebraska, NE

 

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