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David wins the National Design Award

We are thrilled to announce that Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, awarded the 2022 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

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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

2015

  • How Millenials are Traveling Better Than You - Conde Nast Traveler

  • Seaside Living: 50 Remarkable Houses (featuring Panel House) VIEW

  • Daring and Inspirational Architecture Around the World - KCRW Art Talk VIEW

  • The Jumbo's Second Acts - Air & Space Magazine (featuring 747 Wing House) VIEW

2014

  • LA TIMES -AIA|LA hosts tour of 5 sustainable homes by David Hertz VIEW

  • Roma Court Residence for sale "Unparalleled Chic, designed by world renowned Architect David Hertz F.A.I.A." VIEW

2013

  • Hemispheres October 2013, featuring the 747 Wing House VIEW

  • FIND BLISS Magazine (featuring David Hertz & McKinley House) VIEW

  • American Builders Quarterly, An Eco-Pioneer’s Live-Work Lab(Featuring McKinley ) VIEW

  • Installation Magazine, SCI-ARC @ 40 VIEW

  • DITLO day in the life of David Hertz VIEW

  • SHFT "David Hertz, Repurposed" VIEW

 2012

  • An Eco-Conscious Museum for Art-Deco Autos - New American Luxury (featuring Mullin Auto Museum) VIEW

2011

  • THE PLAN August (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF

  • Record Houses April 2012 (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF

  • California Cool Book (Featuring Panel House) Download PDF

  • HANDCRAFT (china) (Featuring 747 House)

  • Dwell June 2012 (Westside home tour)

  • GA Houses 124 (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF

  • GARDEN DESIGN "Amazing Spaces" March 2012 Download PDF

  • Green is Beautiful 'The Eco-friendly house" 2012 (featuring Nordine) Download PDF

  • Harpers Bazaar "Rihanna interview" (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF

  • INGREEN Residential Homes (Featuring Panel House) Download PDF

  • Los Angeles Magazine Dec 2012 (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF

  • Lufthanseat 'Luftansa Airline Newspaper' (Featuring 747 House)

  • Marie Claire Malaysia Download PDF

  • NEW AMERICAN LUXURY Summer 2012 (Featuring 747 House & Mullin Automotive Museum) Download PDF

  • View magazine "Home Grown" Download PDF

  • Le Monde July 2012 (Featuring 747 House)

  • ArcCA 10.3 (Featuring 747 House)

  • SCI-ARC issue 002, 2011 Download PDF

  • MARK Another Architecture n0 29 (Featuring 747 House), Dec 2010 Jan 2011 Download PDF

  • USA Today 10 best Green Homes VIEW

2010

  • The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture (McKinley House) Download PDF

  • Vanity Fair, Oct 2010 Download PDF

  • New Green Homes, 2010

  • ArcCA Design Awards Issue Design Education (Featuring Panel House), 2010

  • Angeleno magazine “winging it" (Featuring 747 House), 2010 Download PDF

  • 944 Magazine (Featuring 747 House), 2010 Download PDF

  • Ripleys Believe it or Not (Featuring 747 House), 2010

  • Greenopia The Urban Dwellers Guide to Green Living in Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Times Online "Auto museum displays the crème of the crop" (Featuring Mullin Automotive Museum), 2010

  • Dwell Magazine "100 Houses We Love" (Featuring McKinley House), 2010 Download PDF

  • Home Edition Mehr als Wohne, 2010

  • JetGala 02 (Featuring 747 House), Sept/ Oct 2010 Download PDF

  • Sunset Magazine (Featuring 747 House), 2010 Download PDF

  • Jimon "30 Min. with David Hertz" Download PDF

  • Wired mag Nov 2010 (Featuring 747 House)

2009

  • Green Architecture Now! Featuring Wing House Download PDF

  • INFILL: New Houses for Urban Sites Download PDF

  • New York Times, Featuring Slat House, 02/5/09 Download PDF

  • Web MD, Featuring Hall Residence, 02/09

  • Infill: New Houses for Urban Sites, Featuring Panel House

  • Green Architecture Now, Featuring 747 Wing House Download PDF

  • Upwardly Mobile, Featuring 747 Wing House, Fall 2009 Download PDF

  • Ventura Life, Featuring 747 Wing House, 02/09

  • New York Times Magazine, “Love for Sail”, Featuring David Hertz, Spring 2009

  • New Green Homes

  • GA Houses 113, Featuring Panel House

  • Design Diffusion News, Featuring Panel House, 11/09

  • Dwell, "Sustainability in Stages" 01/09 LINK

2008

  • Los Angeles Times Magazine July "Take it Outside" Download PDF

  • Modern Residential Design

  • John Lautner Foundation

  • Curbed LA

  • Plenty Magazine (Wing House)

  • AOL (Wing House)

  • Garden Design, McKinley Residence 06/08

  • CBS Sunday Morning 05/08

  • World’s Greenest Homes Discovery Channel (McKinley Residence) 05/08

  • New York Times, featuring green consulting work and accolades 07/08

  • German GQ 747 WingHouse Download PDF

  • Professional House Builder (UK) Wing House

  • Innovative HOME magazine, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • Westside Today Beverly Hills 90210, March, featuring the Stradella House Download PDF

  • ASID, Winter 07/08

  • The Inc. Life, January, featuring the Ennis House Download PDF

  • Dreaming Green: Eco-Fabulous Homes Designed to Inspire, Featuring Panel House

  • LA DESIGN magazine (747 Wing House) Download PDF

2007

  • Off The Grid Homes (McKinley House) Download PDF

  • VENICE CA book (Panel House) Download PDF

  • WIRED magazine (Panel House) Download PDF

  • Sustain Magazine, vol8 issue 2, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF

  • Dwell, March, featuring the Panel House Download PDF

  • Angeleeno Magazine, March, featuring the Panel House Download PDF

  • Kitchen Trends, vol23 no2, featuring the McKinley House Download PDF

  • Airliners, January/February, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • Financial Times, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF

  • CNET, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • LA Weekly, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF

  • House and Laboratory, featuring the McKinley House

  • Kinhte & DoThi, featuring the McKinley House Download PDF

  • IdealesHEIM, featuring the McKinley House

  • Interior Design Russia, featuring the Panel House Download PDF

  • Green Seed Radio Segment

  • West Magazine (Panel House) Download PDF

2006

  • Dream House is Taking Wing, Chicago Tribune, February, featuring 747 Wing House VIEW

  • Passages Arquitectura y Critica, September, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • Sunset - Outdoor Living, September, featuring the McKinley Residence

  • Il Giornale Dell’Architettura, Nov., featuring the 747 Wing house

  • Expresso actual, September

  • LA Architects, featuring Living Homes

  • Brown Alumni Magazine, featuring Living Homes

  • HGTV Designer’s Portfolio, featuring various projects

  • Aluminum Now, Vol 8 Jul/Aug, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • Popular Science Online, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • Angeleeno Magazine, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • Smart Homeowner Magazine, featuring the Panel House

  • Variety Weekend, August, featuring McKinley poolbath

  • Variety Weekend, July, featuring McKinley

  • ED+C, Excellence in Design Awards finalist, McKinley

  • Cruising LA Handbook, featuring McKinley residence

  • The Independent Magazine, July 29, featuring McKinley residence

  • Absoluut Architectuur, Editie 3, featuring David Hertz

  • SellModern.com, May, featuring multiple projects

  • H2O, Vol7, No.2, featuring David Hertz

  • LA Time Home, May, featuring McKinley residence

  • InHabitat, May, featuring the Panel House

  • BusinessWeekOnline, May, featuring multiple projects

  • BathroomTRENDS, Vol 22 No 5, featuring the Stradella Residence

  • GAHouses Project 2006, 96, featuring the Panel House Download PDF

  • W, May, featuring David Hertz Download PDF

  • Times Journal of Construction + Design, April, featuring Syndecrete®

  • LifeScapes, March , featuring the Panel House

  • Bathroom TRENDS, Vol 21 no 10, featuring Syndecrete®

  • The Hollywood Reporter, February, featuring the Stradella Residence & Hall Residence

  • AIT, January/February, featuring 747 Wing House

  • Dwell, December/January, featuring the McKinley Residence Download PDF

2005

  • Western Interiors, March/April, featuring Syndecrete®

  • Architectural Coatings, July, featuring the McKinley Residence Download PDF

  • Better Homes & Gardens, May, featuring Syndecrete®

  • Child Magazine, May, featuring the McKinley Residence

  • Distinction, May/June, featuring the McKinley Residence Download PDF

  • Custom Home, April, featuring Syndecrete®

  • LA Times Magazine, September, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF

  • LivingETC (England), August, featuring McKinley Residence Download PDF

  • Los Angeles Magazine, February, featuring the McKinley Residence

  • Los Angeles Times –HOME, June 30, featuring McKinley Residence Download PDF

  • Malibu Times, Sep./Oct., featuring the McKinley Residence Download PDF

  • Organic Style, July/August, featuring the McKinley Residence Download PDF

  • Outside, April, featuring the McKinley Residence Download PDF

  • Sunset Magazine, July, featuring the McKinley Residence

  • The Argonaut, featuring the McKinley Residence

  • The Venice Paper, May/June, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • The Ventura County Star, November, featuring the 747 Wing House

  • The Wall Street Journal, November, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF

  • NY Times House & Home, October 27th, featuring Syndecrete®

  • Thacher News, featuring Thacher Dormitory Download PDF

2004

  • Concrete Architecture Featuring Tilt-up Slab Download PDF

  • Creating the Inspired House: Discovering Your Place Called Home Download PDF

  • The New York Times, Nov. 4, featuring David Hertz

  • The Robb Report, October 2004, featuring McKinley Download PDF

  • Newsweek, Oct. 25, featuring David Hertz

  • The Venice Paper, September, featuring David Hertz

  • Worth Magazine, October, featuring the McKinley addition

  • Mother Earth News, August/September, featuring the Hall Beach House Download PDF

  • Yogi Times, July-August, featuring the McKinley addition

  • Santa Barbara Magazine, June-July, featuring the Hall Beach House

  • GA Houses 81, featuring the McKinley addition Download PDF and Binder Residence Download PDF

  • Natural Home Magazine, July-August, featuring Syndecrete®

  • DBZ Magazine (Germany), June, featuring the McKinley addition Download PDF

  • WorkSpace Magazine, featuring Syndecrete®

2003

  • Brave new Houses: Adventures in Southern California Living Download PDF

  • Prefab (book) Featuring Tilt-up Slab House Download PDF

  • Natural Home, November/December, featuring Syndecrete®

  • Vlife (Featuring McKinley House), 2003 Download PDF

  • Good Green Homes (Featuring Panel House), 2003 Download PDF

  • Dwell, March/April, featuring Syndecrete®

  • Custom Home, April, featuring Syndecrete®

  • Instyle Home, Fall/Winter, “Green House” by Amanda Griscon, featuring the Hall Beach House. Download PDF

  • Variety, October, “Green Chic” by Janelle Brown, featuring the McKinley Residence and David Hertz, AIA Architects.

  • Greenlight (News from the Environmental Media Association), Spring, “ ‘Green’ Remodeling & Homebuilding” featuring David Hertz.

  • Western Interiors and Design, July/August, “Surface Tension,” featuring Syndecrete® Tile

  • The New York Times, April 10, “A House Any Tree Would Hug,” featuring the Hall Beach House Download PDF

  • GA Houses 74: Project 2003 featuring the McKinley addition Download PDF

  • American Home Style & Garden Kitchen & Bath, Summer, “Not So Crazy Quilt”

  • American Home Style & Garden, February, “Want Style from the Ground Up?”

  • Better Homes and Gardens, October, Fresh-Idea Kitchens

  • B. Smith Style, June / July, “Room To Move”

  • Business Santa Monica: The Official Publication of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Portrait of a Winner: David Hertz, Founder of Syndesis, Inc., Sustainable Quality Award Recipient

  • Design DK: The Danish Design Centre Journal, December, Refuse

  • Fine Homebuilding, January, “Concrete, Timber and Glass” featuring McKinley house

  • Home Magazine “Sustainable products in residential design”

  • House Beautiful, Hip Baths

  • House Beautiful Kitchen & Bath Planner, Spring / Summer, Kitchen Surface & Floors

  • LA Architecture, Emerging Architects issue featuring Syndesis on cover

  • Landscape Architecture, January, Technology: Glass Under Foot

  • Los Angeles Times Magazine, May, “Rooms in Bloom”

  • Residential Architect, September, “Doctor Spec: Counter Intelligence”

  • The Wall Street Journal “Home offices” featuring Bay residence

  • Better Homes and Gardens, Oct/Nov, “Remodeling Ideas”

  • Dwell, June, “House of Seven Patios”

  • Dwell, October, “Do It Yourself Concrete Countertops”

  • Fine Homebuilding, September, Concrete Bathtub

  • The Franklin Report: Los Angeles Architects

  • GA Houses 67, featuring McKinley Residence and Hess Tilt-Up Slab House Download PDF

  • GA Houses 66, Projects 2001, featuring Hess Tilt-Up Slab House Download PDF

  • Interiors, April, “Sustainable You”

  • LA Architect, January / February, “Material World”, featuring Syndecrete®

  • LA Architect, September/October, featuring Stradella Residence

  • Los Angeles Magazine, April, “Home Divine” Trends

  • Los Angeles Times, Book on Remodeling, “Building is Tailored to L.A. Resources”

  • The New York Times, “Backwater No More, Venice, Calif., Is Rising”

  • Organic Style Magazine, Sep/Oct “The Inside Story” Download PDF

  • One Magazine, “Poolish Behavior” shot at Stradella residence

  • Oregon Home, November/December, “Japanese Modern”, Cover article featuring the Garell residence

2002

  • AJ-The Architect’s Journal England,

  • April, “Mix Master” American Architect David Hertz”

  • The Seattle Times, May 19th, featuring the Garell Residence

  • Bathroom Trends Magazine, May

  • Casa Brutus

  • Greenspec, The City of Santa Monica Environmental Directory

  • The HVAC News (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) “Architecture Hot and Cold: Creative Cooling with Cool Design”

  • New York Times, House and Home Section, September 26 “Putting the Fab in Pre-Fab” Featuring Hess (Tilt-up Slab) Residence

  • Surfaces Magazine

  • The Venice Paper, November/December “What Venice Architects Are Drinking”

 

2001 

  • Oregon Home Featuring Garell house Download PDF

  • LA Architect (featuring Stradella) Download PDF

  • Dwell, December, “How Families Live with Cutting Edge Design”, Cover article featuring the McKinley residence Download PDF

 

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1999

  • Fine Homebuilding Annual Issue on Houses, Summer Download PDF

  • Architectural Record, April, Kitchens

  • Architektur & Wohnen, April, “Private Oasen” Download PDF

  • Décor & Style, June, “A Harmonious Kitchen Environment”

  • Design Journal “The Greening of the Building Industry”

  • GA Houses 60, featuring Stradella Residence Download PDF

  • House Beautiful Home Building, Spring / Summer, “The New Contemporary”

  • House Beautiful Kitchen & Bath Planner, Spring / Summer, Bath Surface & Floors

  • House Beautiful Kitchen & Bath Planner, Fall / Winter, Material Guide: Countertops

  • Identity Magazine “An Abundance of Riches”

  • LA Architect “Emerging Architects”

  • Los Angeles Times, Southern California Living, “Hello Hybrids”

  • SCI-Arc Alumni Newsletter, Summer, David Hertz ‘83

  • Sunset, October, 1999-2000 Western Home Awards Download PDF

  • Sun Valley Magazine “Surfaces in Depth”

1998

  • American Homestyle “Concrete Jumble”

  • Atlanta Business Chronicle: Home Quarterly Remodeling, “Concrete Counters Offer Heavy-Duty Alternative”

  • Better Homes and Gardens Special Interests Publications: Windows and Wall Ideas, “Soaked in Style”

  • Custom Builder, November / December, “Coastal Efficiency”

  • Home Magazine, Countertops

  • Interiors, February “ Green Market”

  • Interior Expressions, March / April, “New Blood 101: One Hundred One, an Exhibit for the Millennium”

  • Landscape Architect, August, “Paving the Way”

  • Los Angeles Business Journal, Who’s Who Real Estate: L.A.’s Architects

  • Los Angeles Times, “Designing LA, Southland Architecture”

  • Metropolis, May, featuring Syndecrete®

  • Style 1900: The Quarterly Journal of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Summer / Fall, “Beyond the Bungalow: The Influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement on Contemporary Architecture”

  • Times Community News: A Supplement to the Los Angeles Times, “Syndesis Wins Environmental Award”

1997

  • Architectural Record, December, “Reader’s Choice Awards 1997”

  • Home, March, “Surfaces”

  • Home, April, “Simply Done”

  • House Beautiful, February, “Today’s Kitchens”

  • House Beautiful Kitchens and Baths, Summer, “Remarkable Renovations”

  • Los Angeles Times Magazine, November, “An Experiment in Efficiency” Download PDF

  • Metropolis, October, “An Established Experiment”

  • New Times, AIA Home Tour in Venice

  • Signs of the Times, November, “Architectural Sign Substrates and Sign Extrusions”

  • Suddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, “Da Strahlt der Joschka”

  • Sunset, March, “A Concrete Revival”

1996

  • AQMD Advisor, September “Bel Air Home Showcases Green Design, Including Zero-VOC House Paints”

  • Architectural Record, January, Record Houses “The Market’s Buying Green” featuring the Stradella residence

  • Los Angeles Times, November, Metro News “David Hertz’ Public Sculpture”

  • The Outlook, October, “The Natural House” featuring the Stradella residence

  • Sunset, January, “Terazzo with a Twist”

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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