designwire daily | IIDA Debuts Best of Orange County Awards

IIDA Debuts Best of Orange County Awards

by Ian Volner | Monday, October 10, 2011

Gensler's CB Richard Ellis Corp

The Southern California branch of the International Interior Design Association will be hosting a gala evening at the Hangar Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa next Tuesday, with local and regional professionals turning out to hear the final decision in the inaugural Best of Orange County Awards for Excellence in Interior Design. The awards evening will be the last function of Orange County’s 2011 NeoConnect tradeshow, an annual products exhibition and networking event.

LPA's The Surfrider Foundation

The winner will be selected from a group of three finalists, all firms with recent projects in Orange County: Gensler’s Newport Beach location for real estate firm CB Richard Ellis; the local chapter of environmental non-profit The Surfrider Foundation, by firm LPA; and the Irvine, California offices of engineering consultants Glumac, again by design giant Gensler.

An anonymous 11-member jury panel will choose the winning team. The same jury was also responsible for whittling down the trio of finalists from a broader pool of applicants that included gkkworks, Schlemmer+Algaze+Associates, and McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners.

Gensler's Glumac Corp

NeoConnect and the Best of Orange County Awards take place Tuesday, October 11, from 4:30 to 8:30pm at Hanger Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, California.