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The 2025 Design Awards Event
We're celebrating 22 award winning projects, as well as the Trustee's Awards for Excellence and the President's Awards at the California Museum in Sacramento, near the State Capitol. This special celebration is followed by a ticketed reception with food and drinks in the outdoor courtyard of the museum.
Los Angeles Historical Housing and Land Use Study
Project Lead: Elysha Paluszek, Associate, Architectural Historian & Preservation Planner, Architectural Resources Group (ARG), Los Angeles
Client: City of Los Angeles City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Lead Architect, Engineer, or Designer: Katie Horak, Architectural Resources Group (ARG), Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historical Housing and Land Use Study
Los Angeles Historical Housing and Land Use Study is a winner for the 2025 Preservation Design Award for Cultural Resource Studies, Reports. 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/programs/awards/.
About Los Angeles Historical Housing and Land Use Study
Architectural Resources Group (ARG) was retained by the City of Los Angeles to prepare the Historical Housing and Land Use Study as part of the update to the 2021 – 2029 Housing Element of the General Plan (The Plan to House LA). The Study’s purpose was to examine the origins of zoning and land use policy in the twentieth century and how these origins intersected with and were influenced by existing ideas about race and class. The impact of the current housing crisis in the City of Los Angeles is wide-reaching. Angelenos spend more of their income on housing, live in more overcrowded conditions, and have the highest rate of unsheltered homelessness than any city in the country. These impacts are experienced differently across the city.
Community Importance
The Historical Housing and Land Use Study represents an important part of the City of Los Angeles’ efforts to address the racial and socioeconomic disparities which have resulted from public policies and private sector actions in the twentieth century. The Study’s findings are critical as they will be used as a resource to City Planning’s current and future work programs, including staff training as the city continues to mentor and guide planners new to the profession. The Study will be considered in a wide range of citywide planning efforts including future updates to the City’s growth strategy, various community planning programs, as well as multiple Housing Element Implementation Programs. This study will ultimately serve as a resource to inform housing and land use policies that positively transform these historic patterns for a more equitable and inclusive Los Angeles.
About CPF and the Awards
The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. The awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Awards, bringing together hundreds of people each year to share and celebrate excellence in preservation.
The California Preservation Foundation (CPF), a 501c3 nonprofit, was incorporated in 1978. We now support a national network of more than 36,000 members and supporters. Click here to learn how you can become a member.