RECENTLY FEATURED ON

  • Rolling Stone: ‘IT’S ALL GONE’: DEVASTATION, SURVIVAL, AND HOPE FROM THE CALIFORNIA FIRES

    David was interviewed for the Rolling Stone Magazines feature on the Palisades and Altadena Fires. Read the full article here.

  • BBC: Business Matters Podcast

    BBC interviewed David about fighting the Palisades Fire and how to rebuild better. Listen to the podcast here

  • Wallpaper* Magazine: America’s top creatives, photographed by Inez & Vinoodh

    We are honored to be featured in the August 2024 issue of Wallpaper* Magazine’s portfolio of 50 creatives driving the current discourse on American culture and its dynamic evolution. See full article here

  • California Houses: Creativity in Context by Michael Webb

    We are thrilled to be included in Michael Webb’s new book "California Houses - Creativity in Context”! The book features our Hollywood Bowl House and thirty-five other remarkable houses completed in the past decade.

David wins the National Design Award!

We are thrilled to announce that Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, awarded National Design Award to David Hertz’s WEDEW for Climate Action!

The Climate Action Award recognizes a design project for its significant contributions to addressing the urgency of the global climate crisis.

"Having worked for over 40 years as an Architect to lessen the impacts on the natural environment from that of the built environment, I am honored to be a recipient of such a prestigious award, especially for Climate Action for the WEDEW. I designed the WEDEW as a community-based climate resilience hub, engineered to provide essential resources for distributed renewable energy and point of use atmospheric water and cooling solutions for communities most affected by climate change.” - David Hertz

media

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2017

  • Creator of Marysia Swim settles into Split House- Architectural Digest VIEW

  • Los Angeles Times VIEW

  • Mullin Automotive Museum - Design Detail VIEW

2016

  • For All Intents and Purposes - Leaf Review VIEW

  • David Hertz's Los Angeles Oasis - The New Yorker VIEW

  • Traumhäuser ("Dream House") article on the 747 Wing House VIEW

  • Venice Place Project Heads towards the Finish Line - Argonaut Online VIEW

  • Eastern Canal - Los Angeles Times Home of the Week VIEW

  • Bearing the Fruits of a Venice Labor of Love - Yo Venice VIEW

  • 747 Wing House featured in Hotdogger Magazine (France) VIEW

  • Outdoor at its Core - Design Within Reach VIEW

  • Go Inside Miranda Kerr's Malibu Home - Harpers Bazaar (Skysource) VIEW

  • A Venice Beach Craftsman Cottage Filled With Art - New York Times VIEW

  • US Builders Review

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awards

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2015

  • Best of the Westside: Best Architecture Firm, awarded by 'The Argonaut' magazine

2014

  • AIA Los Angeles Monograph Tour of Venice Beach Residences

2012

  • The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2012 for the 747 Wing House

  • AIA California Council Residential Design Awards 2012 for 747 Wing House

  • The International Design Awards 2012 Gold for 747 Wing House

2010

  • Award Winner - The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, 2010

  • Award Winner- Vanity Fair / Rado Unlimited Spirit Award, 2010

  • Selected for inclusion in :California Design Biennial. PMCA Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art Action / Reaction, 2010

2009

  • Sustainable Quality Award, City of Santa Monica – Excellence in Stewardship of the Environment

  • Move On Award for Achievements in Environmental Sustainability and Public Awareness.

  • THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD FOR 2009 (from the Chicago Athenaeum museum of Architecture and Design and the European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies), Panel House

2008

  • Studio of Environmental Architecture – Green Business Certified by the City of Santa Monica

  • (January) Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects

2007

  • SCI ARC distinguished Alumni Award

  • Exhibition- Southern California Institute of Arch, 2007

  • (February) Awarded first Green Grant from City of SM for his work on the Studio of Environmental Architecture

  • (November) Southern California Institute of Architecture Distinguished Alumni Award

  • Metropolitan Home Design 100, Living Homes

2006

  • Excellence in Design Awards - Environmental Design+Construction - Award for the McKinley Residence

  • Los Angeles DRY 100 - 100 of the most innovative people in L.A.

2004

  • United States Green Building Council, LEED Accreditation

  • City of Santa Monica Sustainable Leadership Award

  • Eco-Home Network with USGBC and AIA Committee on the Environment, Sustainable Living Award

  • Juror, AIA Kansas City Chapter Design Awards

  • Selected for Compendium of World Architects published by Images, Australia

2002

  • Casa Brutus, Japan, Selected Top Ten Emerging Architects in the World

  • Juror, AIA Iowa Chapter Design Awards

  • Oregon Chapter ACI (American Concrete Institute) Award for Excellence in Concrete for the Garell residence

2001

  • Juror, AIA Sunset Western Home Awards

  • Selected for SCI-Arc Alumni Association Competition: “Big Moves”

  • Nominated by the Los Angeles Chapter of the AIA for the College of Fellowship

2000

  • Business Santa Monica: Sustainable Quality Award Recipient

  • AIA Sunset Western Home Award winner for the McKinley residence

  • Certificate of appreciation to Syndesis from LAAIA chapter office team

  • Selected New Blood 101

1999

  • WRAP Award: Western Waste Reduction Award from CAL EPA

  • Product selected for inclusion in exhibition “ICONS: Magnets and Meanings.” SFMOMA

  • Selected New Blood Architects, Los Angeles

1998

  • SQA (Sustainability Quality Awards) Santa Monica City and Chamber of Commerce

1997

  • Glamorous Green: Material Connexion, NY

  • A Salute to Material Specialists & Their Favorite Palettes for ’96 Projects

  • Selected Who’s Who in Real Estate “Profiles of Architects.” L.A. Business Journal

1996

  • Acclaim IIDA Product Design Achievement Awards, awarded Gold Metal Special Finishes

  • Museum of Modern Art in New York: Syndecrete® included in Permanent Collection