The Conservancy’s Modern Committee presents its Modern Masters Awards each December. The awards recognize a lifetime of achievement in the fields of modern architecture and design. Over the spans of their long and impressive careers, the award recipients have all made major contributions to the modern built environment and design aesthetic of Los Angeles.

2015 Modern Masters Award Recipients

• Bob Gurr
• Wayne Thom

2014 Modern Masters Award Recipients

• Richard Bradshaw
• Raul Coronel
• Pat DeRosa
• Ray Kappe
• Malcolm Leland
• Gordon Powers
• Kent Twitchell
• Tom Van Sant

2013 Modern Masters Award Recipients

• Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman, artist/designers (active from 1952-2012)
• Don Gibbs, architect (active from 1961-present)
• Kurt Meyer, architect (active from 1948-1993) 
• Gin Wong, architect (active 1950-present)

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2012 Modern Masters Award Recipients

• Betty Davenport Ford
• W.A. Sarmiento
• Howard Troller

2011 Modern Masters Award Recipients

• Robert Burman
• Victor Cusack
• James Delong
• Edward Fickett

2010 Modern Masters Award Recipients

• Eldon Davis
• Harry Gesner
• William Krisel
• Dion Neutra
• Victor Newlove

2009 Modern Masters Award Recipients

• Jack Laxer 
• Leland Lee
• Marvin Rand
• Julius Shulman