About CPF and the Awards

Held in conjunction with CPF’s 2026 Annual Conference in Riverside, the 2026 Mission Inn Preservation Design Awards Ceremony and Reception will spotlight excellence in historic preservation in a setting that reflects the very spirit of the work being honored. This special evening brings together award recipients, conference participants, preservation leaders, and supporters from across California to celebrate outstanding preservation projects and leadership through the Preservation Design Awards and President’s Awards.

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Chapman Court Team

Owner/Client – Matthew Neman, Elkwood Investments

Architect – Jonathan Watts, KFA Architecture

Historic Consultant – G. Peyton Hall, G. Peyton Hall

Historic Consultant – Laura Janssen, Historic Resources Group

Contractor – Michael Librush, MDM Builders Group

Civil Engineer – Sherry Bigonah, Kimley-Horn

Structural Engineer – Craig Chamberlain, Nishkian Chamerlain

Structural Engineer – Elizabeth Claassen, Nishkian Chamerlain

Electrical Engineer – Richard Ibrahim, Creative Engineering Group

Plumbing Engineer – Villamor Agcaoili, Creative Engineering Group

Mechanical Engeering – Irina Dmitryev, Creative Engineering Group

Entitlements / Land Use Consultants – Elizabeth Peterson, Elizabeth Peterson Group

Architect – Jonathan Watts, KFA Architecture

Entitlements / Land Use Consultants – Elizabeth Peterson, Elizabeth Peterson Group

Project Lead – Jonathan Watts, KFA Architecture

Chapman Court

The Chapman Court of Los Angeles is a winner for the 2022 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. Tickets and sponsorship options are available at californiapreservation.org/awards.

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A historic building, Chapman Court in Los Angeles, is illuminated at dusk. The ornate structure features architectural details and signage for Sweetgreen. Palm trees and street signs are visible, with a blue sky in the background.
A spiral staircase in a room.
A bright office space with glass desks, white chairs, wood floors, high ceilings, and a skylight. A black spiral staircase leads to a loft area above a glass-walled meeting room.
A spacious, sunlit living room with high ceilings, wooden floors, a decorative metal staircase, ceiling fans, large windows, and minimal furniture, including benches and tables with decorative items.
A bright, modern living room with white walls, skylight ceiling, ceiling fans, wooden dining table, contemporary furniture, staircase, and artwork on the walls. Sunlight pours in, creating patterns on the floor and walls.
A bustling modern restaurant with diners at tables, servers attending guests, and a busy bar area; large copper pendant lights hang from the ceiling and natural light streams in from large front windows.
A modern, brightly lit restaurant with patterned tile floors, orange and white wall and ceiling decor, diners seated at tables, and a counter where a staff member serves a woman holding a child.
A modern, airy café with high ceilings, a staircase, white walls, and minimalist furniture. A few people are ordering at the counter, and others are seated at round tables. Natural light streams in from large windows.
A bright, modern restaurant interior with orange tile counter, people ordering food, and large windows letting in natural light. Indoor plants, wooden tables, and seating booths are visible.
An ornate wrought iron gate with intricate designs, set in a stone archway with a reddish textured ceiling. A decorative hanging lantern is centered above the gate, casting light on the entryway.
A corridor with ornate red and gold arched ceiling, two elevators on the right, white sculpted walls, hanging lantern-style lights, and a decorative wrought iron gate at the far end.
A city sidewalk with people walking past storefronts in an ornate, historic building. Signs for Zen and other businesses are visible, along with a large Z logo in a front window displaying the number 3509. Trees line the street.
A historic building with arched windows, wrought iron balconies, and an ornate stone doorway surrounded by plants and flowers on a sunny day.
A beige stone building with ornate architectural details and arched windows houses a Sweetgreen restaurant on a sunny street corner. Four people walk by on the sidewalk under tree branches.
A wide view of a historic beige building with ornate details and a tower, lined with trees and storefronts, on a sunny day with blue sky and white clouds. Cars and people are visible along the street in front.
A historic, beige stone building with ornate details stands on a city corner under a partly cloudy sky. Palm trees and people are visible along the sidewalks, with modern buildings in the background.

About the Chapman Court Project

Chapman Court is a rehabilitation and renovation of a 1929 mixed-use Spanish Colonial Revival style building into a modern hotspot with new ground-level retail and cafes and second-floor creative commercial offices while preserving its original historic character.
Chapman Court, formerly Chapman Park Studio, is located on the northwest corner of West 6th Street and South Alexandria Avenue at 3501 West 6th Street in the Wilshire Center neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles. It is a two- to three-story plus partial basement mixed-use building with a four-story square tower with clipped corners.

The building, originally constructed in 1928, is a unique example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture with intricate Churrigueresque detailing, by a prominent Los Angeles architectural firm during the 1920s, Morgan, Walls & Clements. The iconic building, with its 34′ tower and 20′ high ceilings, flooded with natural light and skylights, was completely renovated, seismically rehabilitated, and transformed into a mix of restored spaces including four enlarged ground-floor retail spaces, and nine second-floor creative office spaces. The newly-restored Chapman Court remains a crowning jewel in the center of Koreatown.

Featured Image Courtesy Jim Simmons Photography