2023 Legacy Award Recipient Tim Barber

Growing up in an historic Ohio town, Tim was fascinated by the rich 18th and 19th-century architecture. With a Bachelor’s of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati, Tim began working in urban reclamation, historic preservation and adaptive re-use. He also joined the first Earth Day celebration – and continues to advocate for sustainable design. Tim opened Tim Barber Architects in Los Angeles in 1994, focused on shaping the future of traditional, residential architecture.

A founder and former President of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s Southern California Chapter, Tim has also served on the National Board of the ICAA. He enthusiastically supports the Los Angeles Conservancy, TreePeople and Habitat for Humanity. He is inspired by classical, traditional and vernacular architecture, traveling the world to understand it through drawing and painting.

2022 Legacy Award Recipient Richard Landry

Richard Landry is the president and founder of Landry Design Group, Inc., an architectural and planning firm that has created some of the world’s finest private residences. A native of Québec, Canada, Richard received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Université de Montréal, where he graduated first in his class, and a Diploma in Architecture & Urban Design from Copenhagen’s Københavns Universitet. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1984, sensing the sprawling city was emerging as a world-class metropolis. Rather than staking his reputation on a signature style, Richard, who founded Landry Design Group in 1987, became fluent in a diverse range of genres, each of them rigorously researched and meticulously executed.

2021 Legacy Award Recipient Nancy Goslee Power

Nancy Goslee Power is a celebrated garden designer based in Santa Monica, California. She has built countless public gardens including The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and the Beverly Hills Beverly-Canon Gardens, and many private gardens in Southern California, on the East Coast, and in Australia and Europe. Her most famous private garden is Moraga Vineyards in Bel Air, California. She is the first Gold Medal winner of the Henry F duPont award for garden design, and is the recipient of the Giants of Design Award from House Beautiful and the American Academy Rome’s prestigious Resident Award in 2004. Nancy has published two books The Gardens of California, 1995, which has become a classic in its field, and The Power of Gardens, a monograph of her firm’s work. She contributed “Essay on the Garden” for the Norton Simon’s book Living Art and has been included in many international garden books, magazines and newspapers.

2019 Legacy Award Recipient Richard Holz

Richard Holz is the founder of Richard Holz, Inc., which for the past twenty five years has specialized in the construction of fine custom homes. He has always focused on maintaining the highest standards for quality, integrity and value with his clients as well as his staff.  A graduate from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and Architecture, he became a licensed architect and contractor in 1972.

2018 Legacy Award Recipient Timothy Corrigan

One of the world’s leading interior designers, Timothy Corrigan has offices in Los Angeles and Paris. He has received numerous honors, and has designed licensed collections for Perennials, Schumacher, Samuel & Sons, Fromental, Royal Limoges, and THG-Paris.  He is the author of The New Elegance: Stylish, Comfortable Rooms for Today and An Invitation to Château du Grand-Lucé (both published by Rizolli).

2017 Legacy Award Recipient Jeff Hyland

Jeff Hyland is a Los Angeles real estate expert, architectural historian and the co-founder and President of Hilton & Hyland.  He is co-author of The Estates of Beverly Hills and author of The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills (both published by Rizzoli), and the recipient of The Will Rogers Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Beverly Hills.

2016 Legacy Award Recipient Suzanne Rheinstein

Suzanne Rheinstein is an interior designer and owner of Hollyhock, the renowned home furnishings store.  She is the author of At Home: A Style for Today with Things from the Past (Rizzoli, 2010) and Rooms for Living (Rizzoli, 2015).  Suzanne and her work have been featured in numerous regional and national lifestyle publications and blogs.

2015 Legacy Award Recipient Peter McCoy

Peter McCoy is the owner and founder of McCoy Construction, which has been in business over 30 years. He received the American Institute of Architects Merit Award, and serves on the boards of Marlborough School and The Good Samaritan Hospital. Prior to his years in construction, Peter was president and CEO of Sotheby’s, worked in the White House as Deputy Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and then became Under Secretary of Commerce with the United States Department of Commerce, Washington D.C.