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la.eater.com - 6/30/2009

Hangover Observations: Design Awards Winners Recap, Downtown Snags Four!

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AIA's restaurant design awards nominations made the rounds about a month ago , and winners were announced this past Friday at a ceremony held by the AIA/LA. Downtown had some major representation this year, take a gander at the winners below. Bottega Louie Restaurant Category Bottega ...

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Quick Supper at AIA Design Award Winning Bottega Louie
Food, she thought. — ... design awards. Louie, along with Chaya Downtown, KAA and Houston's all won in the restaurant category in Los Angeles. Commenters on Eater LA, have chided Bottega Louie for being too minimalistic, too bare with huge expanses of white walls. I wonder if all these critics have been to Louie. I believe that it is not only the expansiveness of the white walls and marble floors that won the award, but this in combination with the open kitchen, breakfast/cafe/bar area, massive picture windows and beautiful gourmet ...

Morning(s) After: Dwell on Food
N/A — ... exposition expanded the idea of modern living to include new visions of food and culture. Among the events held was American Institute of Architects’ 5th annual restaurant design awards (which L.A. cleaned-up at, by the way) and a panel hosted by Evan Kleiman on the art, packaging, access, and sustainability of food. ...