Urban Design Awards

AIA California is delighted to announce the 2025 Urban Design Awards Recipients.

For the press release with jury notes, click here. Or scroll down for images of all 2025 recipients with project descriptions, including professional and student categories. 

AIA California’s Urban Design Awards recognizes excellence in the creation, improvement, and sustainability of our physical environment by Architects and Landscape Architects.  Sustainability, as applied to this category of Design Awards, can include reduction of reliance on the automobile, encouraged transit-oriented development, promoted district-wide energy and water management, and fostered biodiversity and cultural resilience.