As this year’s award winners are revealed, we take a look back at the past winners of one of the most prestigious Design Awards: the Maybeck Award, which honors individual Californian architects for their outstanding bodies of work over ten years or more. Since 1992, only fourteen architects have been selected for the Maybeck. Who are they, and what is their legacy in California?
Bernard Maybeck (1862-1957) was a visionary creative force in California architecture. After spending the early years of his career at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1890s, working as the school’s first professor of architecture, he opened a San Francisco practice focused mainly on homes and churches. Among his many acclaimed buildings that have stood the test of time are the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Berkeley and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Maybeck Award Recipients
 1992Joseph Esherick, FAIA |
 1993William Turnbull Jr., FAIA |
 1994Edward C. Bassett, FAIA |
 1995Ray Kappe, FAIA |
 1996Pierre Koenig, FAIA |
 1997Frank Gehry, FAIA |
 2000Mario Ciampi, FAIA |
 2001Craig Hartman, FAIA |
 2003Charles Davis, FAIA |
 2004Daniel Solomon, FAIA |
 2005Rob W. Quigley, FAIA |
 2006George Homsey, FAIA |
 2007Thom Mayne, FAIA |
 2011Steven Ehrlich FAIA |
