BEST CUSTOM HOME—5,000 TO 10,000 SQUARE FEET
Auerbach Residence, Los Angeles
Builder: Tyler Development, Calabasas, Calif.; Developer: L. Auerbach Associates, Santa Monica, Calif.; Architect: Landry Design Group, Los Angeles
BEST CUSTOM HOME—OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET
Berberian Residence, Los Angeles
Builder: Finton Associates, Arcadia, Calif.; Architect: Landry Design Group, Los Angeles
BEST RENOVATED OR RESTORED SINGLE HOUSE
JUDGMENT DAY: The 2006 Gold Nuggets judges: (back row, from left): Patrick McBride, GMS Architectural Group, Bellevue, Wash.; Matt Cody, Cachet Homes, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Nick Lehnert, Distinguished Homes, Anaheim Hills, Calif.; Donal O'Callaghan, S&P Destination Properties, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Rick New, DTJ Design, Boulder, Colo.; Richard Emsiek, McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Irvine, Calif.; (front row, from left): Erika Geiser, Christopher Homes, Las Vegas; Jenny Sullivan, BUILDER, Washington; Lisa Parrish, Peter M. Mayer Productions, Alta Loma, Calif.; Shane Parrish, Peter M. Mayer Productions, Alta Loma.
Rubnitz Residence, San Francisco
Builder: A. Murphy Construction, Point Richmond, Calif.; Architect: Rossington Architecture, San Francisco
BEST ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT—CHANGING OCCUPANCY OR USE
Tip Top Lofts, Toronto
Builder: Lomax Construction Management, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Developer: Context Development, Toronto; Architect/ Land planner: Architects Alliance, Toronto
BEST MIXED-USE PROJECT (TIE)
Esther Short Commons, Vancouver, Wash.
Builder: R&H Construction, Portland, Ore.; Developers: Vancouver Housing Authority, Vancouver, Wash., and Kemperco, Portland; Architect: William Wilson Architects, Portland
Casa Mina, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Builder: Frosher Lewis, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Developer: Top Shelf Development, Danville, Calif.; Architect/Land planner: B3 Architects, a Berkus Design Studio, Santa Barbara; Architect of record: Tom Meaney Architects, Santa Barbara
BEST AFFORDABLE PROJECT—UNDER 30 DU/AC
Othello Station, Seattle
Builder: Walsh Construction, Seattle; Developer: Seattle Housing Authority, Seattle; Architect: WRT Solomon E.T.C., San Francisco
BEST LOFT PROJECT (FOR SALE OR RENT)
O1 Lofts, Sacramento, Calif.
Builder: Walsh & Forster, Sacramento, Calif.; Developer: LoftWorks, Sacramento; Architect: Fletcher Farr Ayotte, Portland, Ore.
BEST LIVE/WORK PROJECT (FOR SALE OR RENT) AND BEST NEIGHBORHOOD SITE PLAN—UNDER 15 ACRES
Via Roble, Escondido, Calif.
Builder: Sun County Builders, Vista, Calif.; Developer: Trinity Housing Group, Del Mar, Calif.; Architect/Land planner: Rodriguez Associates Architects & Planners, San Diego
BEST LOW-RISE APARTMENT PROJECT (UP TO THREE STORIES OF HOUSING)
Mandela Gateway, Oakland, Calif.
Builder: James E. Roberts–Obayashi Corp., Danville, Calif.; Developer: Bridge Housing Corp., San Francisco; Architect: Michael Willis Architects, San Francisco
BEST HIGH-RISE APARTMENT PROJECT (OVER SIX STORIES OF HOUSING)
Avalon Bay, San Francisco
Builder/Developer: Avalon Bay Communities, San Jose, Calif.; Architect/Land planner: Fisher-Friedman Associates, Emeryville, Calif.
BEST SENIORS HOUSING PROJECT—DETACHED
Brighton Park, Bakersfield, Calif.
Builder/Developer: Castle & Cooke, Bakersfield, Calif.; Architect: Danielian Associates, Irvine, Calif.
BEST SENIORS HOUSING PROJECT—ATTACHED
Classic Residence by Hyatt, Palo Alto, Calif.
Builder: Devcon Construction Co., Milpitas, Calif.; Developer: Classic Residence, Chicago; Architect: Steinberg Architects, San Jose, Calif.
BEST COMMUNITY SITE PLAN—15 TO 99 ACRES
Bayside Site Plan, Hercules, Calif.
Builders/Developers: John Laing Homes, Roseville, Calif., and William Lyon Homes, San Ramon, Calif.; Architect/Planner: KTGY Group, Irvine, Calif.
BEST REDEVELOPMENT, REHAB, OR INFILL SITE PLAN
Mission Meridian Village, South Pasadena, Calif.
Builder: Gangi Builders, Burbank, Calif.; Developer: Mission Meridian Station, Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Architect/Land planner: Moule & Polyzoides Architects/Urbanists, Pasadena, Calif.
BEST ON THE BOARDS SITE PLAN
Riverfront, Petaluma, Calif.
Builder/Developer: Basin Street Properties, Petaluma, Calif.; Architect/Land planner: KTGY Group, Irvine, Calif.
BEST DETACHED HOME—UNDER 1,700 SQUARE FEET ON A COMPACT LOT/LOT SIZE UNDER 3,200 SQUARE FEET
Oceana—Plan Two, Hercules, Calif.
Builder: John Laing Homes, Roseville, Calif.; Architect: KTGY Group, Irvine, Calif.
BEST DETACHED HOME—1,700 SQUARE FEET AND OVER ON A COMPACT LOT/LOT SIZE UNDER 3,200 SQUARE FEET
Portico at Pacific Highlands Ranch—Residence Three, San Diego
Builder/Developer: Pardee Homes, San Diego; Architect:
Bassenian/Lagoni Architects, Newport Beach, Calif.
BEST DETACHED HOME—UNDER 2,300 SQUARE FEET ON A SMALL LOT/LOT SIZE 3,200 TO 4,500 SQUARE FEET
Madeira at Del Sur—Plan Four, San Diego
Builder: Shea Homes, San Diego; Architect: Woodley Architectural Group, Highlands Ranch, Calif.
BEST DETACHED HOME—UNDER 2,300 SQUARE FEET ON A SMALL LOT/LOT SIZE 3,200 TO 4,500 SQUARE FEET
Xiang Shan Mei Lu—Plan A, Beijing
Developer: Beijing Shuan Xin Real Estate Development, Beijing; Architect: H&S International Beijing, Scottsdale, Ariz.
BEST DETACHED HOME—3,001 TO 3,300 SQUARE FEET
Segovia—Plan One, Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Builder: Pardee Homes, Los Angeles; Developer: Rancho Mission Viejo Co., Rancho Mission Viejo, Calif.; Architect: JZMK Partners, Irvine, Calif.
BEST DETACHED HOME—3,301 TO 3,600 SQUARE FEET
Private Reserve—Plan One, Livermore, Calif.
Builder/Developer: Signature Properties, Pleasanton, Calif.; Architect: Hunt Hale Jones Architects, San Francisco
BEST DETACHED HOME—4,001 TO 4,500 SQUARE FEET
Verdi at Vellano—Plan Two, Chino, Calif.
Builder/Developer: Brookfield Homes, Costa Mesa, Calif.; Architect: Robert Hidey Architects, Scottsdale, Calif.
BEST DETACHED HOME—4,501 TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET
Encantada—Plan Three, Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Builder: Pardee Homes, Corona, Calif.; Architect: Scheurer Architects, Newport Beach, Calif.
BEST DETACHED HOME—OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET
Forest Hills—Villa A, Beijing
Builder: Top Property/Taihe Real Estate, Beijing; Architect: Dahlin Group Architecture Planning, Pleasanton, Calif.
BEST ATTACHED HOUSING PROJECT (FOR SALE)—UNDER 18 DU/AC
Wailea Beach Villas, Maui, Hawaii
Builder: Dick Pacific, Honolulu; Developer: Lokahi Ventures, Honolulu; Architect: Scheurer Architects, Newport Beach, Calif.
BEST ATTACHED HOUSING PROJECT (FOR SALE)—18 TO 40 DU/AC
San Ramon Condominiums at Luxehills, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China Builder/Developer: Chengdu Wide Horizon Real Estate, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China; Architect: Dahlin Group Architecture Planning, Pleasanton, Calif.
BEST ATTACHED HOUSING PROJECT (FOR SALE)—HIGH RISE (EIGHT STORIES AND OVER) AND BEST INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
City Tower at Takanawa, Tokyo
Builder: Sumitomo Fuboson, Tokyo; Developer: Sumitomo Real Estate, Tokyo; Architect: KTGY Group, Irvine, Calif.
BEST SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
Stapleton, Denver
Developer: Forest City Stapleton, Denver; Land planner: Calthorpe Associates, San Francisco
BEST CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDER RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
Cypress, Victorville, Calif.
Builder: Victory Homes, Victorville, Calif.; Architect: Nardini Architecture, Park City, Utah
MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR
Woodbury, Irvine, Calif.
Builder/Developer: Irvine Community Development Co., Newport Beach, Calif.; Land planners: SWA Group, Laguna Beach, Calif., and JZMK Partners, Irvine, Calif.