The winning and honorable mention entries from the Dingbat 2.0 Competition were announced at the LA Forum’s Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition opening on Saturday, June 19th, at LA Forum Events @ WUHO*. There were EIGHT professional winners and FIVE student winners selected from over 80 entries from 18 countries (number of ‘winners’ includes honorable mentions in both categories). The work of the thirteen winners is being exhibited at the Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition through July 24th.
Download Gallery Guide PDF with all winners + jury commentary.
Professional Winners:
FIRST PLACE:
CARMEN C. CHAM, JAMES BLACK & TYLER GOSS
Footprint, Los Angeles, CA
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SECOND PLACE:
GARY PAIGE, NICK AHO, RICHARD LUCERO, PING PING TAN
GP/S [Gary Paige/Studio], Los Angeles, CA
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THIRD PLACE [Shared]:
LIZ FALLETTA
Los Angeles, CA
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THIRD PLACE [Shared]:
CAROLINE FILICE SMITH
Neceth, Spotsylvania, VA
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HONORABLE MENTION:
JOHN FERRI AIA, CAROLYN MATSUMOTO,
WILSON RODAS, TAKAKO TAJIMA
Los Angeles, CA
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HONORABLE MENTION:
BENJAMIN LUDDY & MAKOTO MIZUTANI
Scout Regalia, Los Angeles, CA
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HONORABLE MENTION:
Ric. Abramson AIA, Daniel Ruiz, Van Pham, Chasen Rainey
Workplays studio*architecture, West Hollywood, CA
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HONORABLE MENTION:
Jeeyong An, Sang Hwa Lee, Ji Yoon Oh
Ginseng Chicken Architecture P.C., New York, NY
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Student Winners:
FIRST PLACE:
The Choripans: Ignacio Barrios, Ariel Gualtruzzi, Delfina Prause, Mauro Aparo
Universidad Nacional del litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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SECOND PLACE:
Tim Norris
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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THIRD PLACE:
Ryan Lovett
Columbia University, New York, NY
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HONORABLE MENTION:
Margaret M. Fain
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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HONORABLE MENTION:
Tommy Pniewski
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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*Woodbury Hollywood
6518 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition-related Events:
In addition to the exhibition, two panel discussions bringing together Dingbat 2.0 competition jury members, city officials, and other members of the design community to discuss the design proposals will be held at the gallery space during the run of the exhibition.
Dates for Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition-Related Events:
Saturday, June 26, 1:30 pm:
- Dwell on Design Dingbat 2.0 Competition Presentation
Saturday, June 26, 3pm:
- Panel Discussion – Dingbat as Urban Typology
Saturday, July 17, 3pm:
- Panel Discussion – Dingbat as Cultural Icon
The Dingbat 2.0 Competition & Exhibition are sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Enterprise Holdings Foundation, the Woodbury University School of Architecture, and the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. Archinect is the media sponsor for the competition, and printing for the Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition has been generously provided by Ford Graphics.
